Deaths spiral: Americas spike in murders

Published: April 7, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

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Estimates suggest that last year\\u2019s rise in murder rates was the greatest in perhaps half a century, reversing a long decline; we ask what is behind it. Amid Europe\\u2019s woefully slow vaccine rollouts, Serbia stands out as an unlikely success story. And the pandemic\\u2019s natural experiment on the ideal number of working hours.

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