The Most Gripping Stories You Can’t Miss This Week

This week for BuzzFeed News, Elena Carter unravels the mysterious case of the Omaha Two. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.

Are These Former Black Panthers Murderers or Martyrs? — BuzzFeed News

In 1971, Omaha Black Panther leaders Edward Poindexter and Mondo we Langa were sentenced to life in prison for a bombing that killed a local police officer. In the 45 years since, they’ve been fighting for a quieter type of liberation — their own. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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The Biggest Name in Women’s Shoes Is Steve — BuzzFeed News

Doree Shafrir goes inside the Long Island factory of Steve Madden, whose shoes made over $1 billion last year and are in the closet of practically every woman under 30 in America. He may not be an artiste, but that doesn’t bother him — most of the time. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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The Rise and Fall of Warren Jeffs — Rolling Stone

Jesse Hyde chronicles the FLDS leader’s disturbing ascent in Short Creek, a remote polygamist enclave that straddles the Arizona and Utah border. Why hasn’t his subsequent fall from grace also been a fall from power? Read it at Rolling Stone.

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Libya Is Isis’s Latest Battleground — BuzzFeed News

Five years after the uprising that led to the downfall of Qaddafi, Libya is a failed state, torn apart by rival militias. ISIS is growing stronger by the day, and poorly armed makeshift militias are all that stand in its way. Borzou Daragahi reports from the front line against ISIS. Read it at BuzzFeed News.

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