Suspect In Train Attack Known To Authorities In 3 Countries Plus 4 More Stories

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Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Suspect In Train Attack Known To Authorities In 3 Countries A 26-year-old Moroccan identified as Ayoub El-Khazzani, has been named by police as the Kalashnikov-wielding man who was subdued by passengers aboard a high-speed train on Saturday. Read this story Ravages Of Heroin Addiction Haunt Friends, Families And Whole Towns Deaths from heroin nearly tripled between 2010 and 2013, and demand for the drug isn't dropping. Towns across the U.S. are grappling with the deadly epidemic — including a once-idyllic town in Ohio. Read this story If These Bones Could Talk: The Stories Human Skeletons Can Tell When human remains turn up at the bottom of the lake or in the trunk of a car, often its the bones that hold the answer. One of the best places to learn to read these clues is in Tennessee. Read this story Italy, Land Of Pizza And Pasta, Is Gluten-Free Friendly Only one percent of Italians have celiac disease, similar to the rest of the world. But since gluten is everywhere, there's high public awareness about it and more than 4,000 gluten-free eateries. Read this story How Solitary Confinement Became Hardwired In U.S. Prisons Early experiments in isolating inmates took place at a Philadelphia prison in the 1800s. Though discredited as cruel, the practice was later revived nationwide during the drug war. Read this story more news stories

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