Where Americans are most likely to kill each other
Federal data released this month shows that the risk of being killed by another person is lowest in New England and the upper Midwest, and highest in the deep South,...
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American moms twice as likely to die in childbirth as Canadians, WHO says
The United States ranks near the bottom of the world's wealthy countries when it comes to the number of women who die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth, according...
The most unrealistic thing about Hollywood romance, visualized
The overwhelming majority of American marriages - about 80 percent - are between people who are roughly the same age. But that kind of pairing is a lot less likely...
Simulator shows what happens when civilians use guns for self-defense
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, the National Rifle Association proposed putting more guns in schools. After a racist shot up a Charleston prayer group, an NRA...
Where you’re most likely to get killed by animals this summer
This week I wrote about which animals are most likely to kill you this summer -- bees, farm animals and dogs, mostly. Which raises the question: Is any place truly...
Charleston paper runs gun shop ad next to church shooting story
Accentuating the irrationality of the Charleston news, the paper puts an ad for a gun shop on the front page today. pic.twitter.com/GyAW4EcKF1— Jonathan A. Neufeld (@jneuf) June 18, 2015 Thursday...
Chart: The animals that are most likely to kill you this summer
Are you afraid of sharks? You should be, what with their insatiable appetite and 15 rows of serrated teeth and the way they lurk in that murky area just offshore...
Why buying drugs online is safer than buying them on the street
"There's no way Silk Road could be reasonably expected to reduce violence," Federal District Court Judge Katherine Forrest said at the recent sentencing hearing for Ross Ulbricht, the convicted founder...
Coffee divides the nation. Where does Chicago stand?
Coffee, the straightforward combination of ground coffee beans and piping hot water, increasingly can be a complicated thing. Niche coffee shops today — the sort that have spread through extra...
Which jobs make you more likely to do drugs, drink?
Drug abuse—including and especially alcohol abuse—costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars in lost productivity each year. But new government data released earlier this year can now tell us exactly...