Is Pete Buttigieg the worst transportation secretary in history?

Observers think the former mayor of South Bend has done a surprisingly competent job on policy, but hasn’t always had a handle on the politics of being in the White House, Josh Marcus reports

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A family feud, gruesome ‘kill room’, and pots of human soup: How the murder of Abby Choi shocked Hong Kong

Weeks before 28-year-old socialite and Instagram star Abby Choi was reported missing, authorities say a ‘meticulous’ plot was already in motion to make her disappear. Io Dodds reports

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How Stockholm Syndrome got its name - and why you shouldn’t believe in it

Few realize that ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ is a term that was foisted on a woman by a male psychiatrist who had never met her after a Swedish bank heist worthy of a movie. Fifty years after the hostage situation that gave the syndrome its name, Sheila Flynn reports on how minds have changed — and how police may have avoided criticism by pathologizing a victim

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A celebrated athlete found dead in the Virgin Islands. What we know about Jamie Cail’s sudden death

Top high school and university athlete found unresponsive by boyfriend at shared residence in US Virgin Islands on 21 February, Gustaf Kilander and Joe Sommerlad report

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