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Notes from Central Taiwan is a column written by long-term resident Michael Turton, who provides incisive commentary informed ...

Author Michael Connelly and former LAPD detective Rick Jackson will discuss their contested theory linking the Zodiac killings to the Black Dahlia murder.

Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's grey-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.

Author Michael Connelly and former LAPD detective Rick Jackson will discuss their contested theory linking the Zodiac killings to the Black Dahlia murder.