NIGHTSTALKER
Four people have died in a spate of murders in the same neighborhood since October. No one saw the man behind the first three, but eyewitnesses may have changed that.
Lynn Waddell is a freelance writer based in St. Petersburg, Fla. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. She's a former staff writer of the Las Vegas Sun and The Birmingham News.
‘COWARDLY’
Sayfullo Saipov allegedly killed eight people when he drove his truck onto a Manhattan bike path before yelling ‘Allah Akbar.’ Neighbors say he was devout, but didn't expect this.
HELLRAISER
The boy who would grow up to be an ISIS murderer was a violent and abusive student who was bounced from school to school.
Our Heroes
Gay couples. Straight couples. Best friends. Parents and children. Here are the stories of a love much stronger than the Orlando shooter’s hate.
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Changed Man
Omar Mateen committed the most horrific act of anti-gay violence on U.S. soil. But there was a time when he had gay friends, a high school classmate says.
Libya Tragedy
The Florida pastor tells Lynn Waddell he knows negative portrayals of the Prophet Muhammad can cause violence, but insists he never regrets exercising free speech.
Few & Far Between
Plagued by sparse attendance, convention protesters still say they had some success. Lynn Waddell reports.
ANGRY IN TAMPA
Union leaders protest a GOP platform they say is killing organized labor. By Lynn Waddell.
Trouble in Tampa
Voter fraud is a fraud, Tampa protestors proclaimed, perpetrated by GOP-controlled state legislatures to discourage minority voting, writes Lynn Waddell.
Women’s Rights
Spunky Code Pink cofounder Medea Benjamin on the Republican National Convention protest scene. By Lynn Waddell.