Antonine Maillet, award-winning Canadian novelist inspired by her Acadian roots, dead at 95
EntertainmentNew Brunswick-born Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright and proud Acadian, has died at 95 at her home in Montreal, according to her publisher.Author of 1979's...
Genetic Genealogy Can Stop Violent Criminals and Free the Wrongly Convicted
Since 1989, 3,615 individuals convicted of crimes have been exonerated in the U.S., freed after their conviction was reversed. Post-conviction DNA testing played a part in 606 of these exonerations. Brothers Robert and David Bintz became the latest additions to this disturbing list on September 25, after investigative genetic genealogy (IGG)—which relies on genealogical and
How will Lebanon cope with a looming humanitarian crisis?
Inside Story Israeli attacks have forced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians from their homes. Israel’s full-scale bombing campaign across Lebanon is into its second week and causing mass displacement. Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati says about one million people have left their homes in the south, the east and parts of the capital, Beirut.
