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SALEM, Ore. — The first dead bull was found in a timbered ravine in eastern Oregon. There was no indication it had been shot, attacked by predators or eaten poisonous plants. The animal's sex organs and tongue had been removed. All the blood was gone. In the next few days, four more Hereford bulls were found within 1.5 miles in the same condition. There were no tracks around the carcasses. Ranch management and law enforcement suspect that someone killed the bulls. Ranch hands have been advised to travel in pairs and to go armed. Ever since the bulls were found...

On Not Being A Victim Re'eh 5778 Making a series of programmes for the BBC on morality in the twenty-first century, I felt I had to travel to Toronto to have a conversation with a man I had not met before, Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson. Recently he has recently become an iconic intellectual for millions of young people, as well as a figure of caricature and abuse by others who should know better.[1] The vast popularity of his podcasts – hours long and formidably intellectual – suggests that he has been saying something that many people feel a need to...

When a presidential candidate's motorcade includes an ambulance, it's time to call it quits.

Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, a centrist Democrat seeking an early edge in an all-but-certain crowded presidential field, launched a long-shot bid for the White House Thursday. Fifteen months before his own state holds caucuses - the first step in the nominating process - Vilsack announced his candidacy, filed documents with the Federal Election Commission and heralded a multistate tour beginning Nov. 30. The governor is the first Democrat to file for the presidency although a number of better known candidates are presumed to be running. "Americans sent a clear message on Tuesday. They want leaders who will take this country...

A woman who lives near Silt says her husband found a condom in a shell of one of the nuts she purchased in bulk at Wal-Mart in Rifle. Diane Geist brought home the mixed nuts, still in their shells, over the holidays. She said her husband, Brian, discovered a condom in one on the morning of New Year's Eve when he was reading a book and dining on some nuts at their home south of Silt. "My husband cracked open a hazelnut and a condom popped out. He couldn't believe it. He just sort of sat there and stared at...