“San Francisco police are getting high praise for their “bait bikes” — the GPS-tracked bicycles they’ve been laying out across the city to lure thieves, who are then pounced upon. The New York Times this week picked up on the story and posted a video about the crackdown. (At one …

“Contrary to what researchers reported 50 years ago, today’s average first-time heroin user isn’t a 16-year-old male of color. She’s actually much more likely to be a 23-year-old white woman. This, researchers conclude in a study published today in JAMA Psychiatry, represents “a marked shift in the demographics of heroin …

“Six elderly people in China are said to have killed themselves to ensure they died before new regulations banning coffin burials come into force, a newspaper has reported. China has a tradition dating back thousands of years of ancestor worship, which usually requires families to bury their relatives and construct …