A new vaccine offers hope against an ancient disease “He is a leprous man, he is unclean,” says Chapter 13 of Leviticus. Throughout the ages, leprosy has been looked upon with contempt and horror. The Bible enjoins lepers to “dwell alone,” wear torn clothing and cry out “Unclean, unclean.” In the Middle Ages lepers were barred from public buildings, forbidden to speak with children and required to sound a bell or clapper.

You’re driving through the southern Illinois cornfields, shuffling your iPod—as I was, a few months ago—and that voice comes on, pure and effortless as a mountain stream, and your first reaction is a satisfied, goin’-home exhale even before your brain registers that it’s Merle. The lyrics aren’t fancy, just brilliant simple, slicing right down to the truth; the guitar is gritty, deep and driving. But…wait a minute. What on earth? Those lyrics: this is not your regulation country music song.

Netflix has removed the LGBTQ tag from its Ryan Murphy-created Jeffrey Dahmer limited series, “Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.” The show, starring Evan Peters as the notorious serial killer, launched Sept.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Any given Sunday in Washington, there’s a caste of insiders who stagger their DVRs to make sure they snag even the more obscure public affairs roundtables. They then make a full pot of coffee to power through what is, in essence, a mandatory sixth day of the work week, dutifully watching as Cabinet secretaries and members of leadership promote the party line, 2024 hopefuls hope against hope that they’re ready for their national debut, and the pundit class serves up hyper-distilled truths that busy parents can parrot at soccer practice through the week.

We added another 9 of Africa’s worst. Sani Abacha| Nigeria| 1993-1998 ADVERTISEMENT He rose to power after he sacked the interim president following the annulment of the 1993 elections. He was responsible for the looting of USD 5 billion in funds. Abacha was accused of gross human rights violations and most infamous for the public hanging of political activist Ken Saro Wiwa. Abacha was killed in the president’s palace in 1998 where it is suspected that he may have been poisoned via two Indian prostitutes, a plan said to have been orchestrated by political rivals.