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Critical Metals

The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea


Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice?

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The Surprisingly Lucrative Business of Recycled E-Waste

In Nigeria and elsewhere, entrepreneurs are making money by dismantling electronics—and sending valuable metals back to the developed world.

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Criminal Justice

Vancouver pioneered liberal drug policies. Fentanyl destroyed them

So-called harm-reduction measures have become a rod for Justin Trudeau’s back.

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How a Former Bank Robber Saved Her Football Star Son from a System Unkind to the Mentally Ill

Antonio Carrion was headed for the NFL when the voices started and he drifted away. Then his estranged mother finished her time for robbery and saved his life.
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The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam

How a member of a breakaway Mormon sect teamed up with a Lambo-driving, hard-partying tycoon to bilk the government for hundreds of millions of dollars.
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The War Vet, the Dating Site, and the Phone Call From Hell

Jared Johns found out too late that swapping messages with the pretty girl from a dating site would mean serious trouble. If only he had known who she really was.
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Prescription for Death

How painkillers destroyed the town of War, West Virginia                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [PDF]

The Ultimate Forgiveness

What motivates people who befriend the murderer of someone they loved?
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Sand Crisis 

The World’s Disappearing Sand   

Sand is the essential ingredient that makes modern life possible. And we are starting to run out.
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The Battle for Our Beaches

Development and industrial demand are stripping shorelines of sand, and replenishing them is ever more costly.
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