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Wagner group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly died in private jet crash – if confirmed, it wouldn’t be first time someone who crossed Putin met a suspicious demise

Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

The lesson in the presumed death of the mercenary leader two months after his mutiny against Putin: Don’t make yourself an enemy of Russia’s leader.

Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss joins long list of those who challenged Vladimir Putin and paid the price

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

The Wagner Group boss had died in mysterious circumstances when his private jet crashed on August 23 2023.

Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low

Judith Stepan-Norris, University of California, Irvine; Jasmine Kerrissey, UMass Amherst

Many of the reasons for strikes now – low compensation, technological change, job insecurity and safety concerns – mirror the motives that workers had for walking off the job in decades past.

Insider trading − the legal kind − is a lot more profitable if you work for a multinational company

D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University; Dallin Alldredge, Florida International University

Executives and other high-level inside traders at US companies with global sales earned about three times as much in a month as the average investor, a new study found.

Canines go to college in this class that seeks to give shelter dogs a fresh start

Shlomit Flaisher-Grinberg, Saint Francis University

Shelter dogs get a new shot at life through a college course that teaches them how to be faithful companions once again.

Secrets of an octopus’s garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival

Amanda Kahn, San José State University; Jim Barry, San José State University

Thousands of pearl octopuses were discovered in 2018 lining thermal vents near a deep-sea volcano. Researchers now know why octopus moms gather there.

Campus sexual assault prevention programs could do more to prevent violence, even after a decade-long federal mandate

Heather Hensman Kettrey, Clemson University ; Martie Thompson, Appalachian State University

In the 10 years since the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act took effect, the measure appears to have had a greater effect on knowledge about sexual assault than on prevention.

LGBTQ+ caregivers of people with dementia face unique stresses that lead to poorer physical and mental health

Joel G. Anderson, University of Tennessee

Discrimination, isolation and stigma related to sexual orientation or gender identity likely contribute to the higher rates of depression and lower quality of life of LGBTQ+ caregivers.

With fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, Pope Francis’ upcoming visit brings attention to the long and complex history of the minority religious group

Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University

The Catholic community that Pope Francis will visit later this month has a complex history that goes back to the 13th century, when the Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan.

Memes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly

Looking for a US ‘climate haven’ away from heat and disaster risks? Good luck finding one

What the pope’s visit to Mongolia says about his priorities and how he is changing the Catholic Church