Prejudice: It’s only human

We find ourselves in a society that frowns upon treating what’s different as lesser, yet cannot seem to stop alienating what does not match up to any preconceived standards. We despise prejudice, but fail to rid the world of it. However, is prejudice truly to be eliminated?

Confession in boy’s death solves case that haunted Minnesota

For nearly 27 years, one man knew where Jacob Wetterling was. Late last month, Danny Heinrich agreed to confess to killing the 11-year-old boy — setting in motion a flurry of difficult negotiations between defense attorneys, investigators and prosecutors that would put him behind bars for decades and finally unlock the secrets to a mystery …