Photograph: John Lawson/GettyDemand for ‘healing’ crystals is soaring – but many are mined in deadly conditions in one of the world’s poorest countries. And there is little evidence that this billion-dollar industry is cleaning up its act by Tess McClureIn February, crystals colonised Tucson. They spread out over carparks and gravel lots, motel courtyards and freeway footpaths, past strip malls and burger bars. Beneath tents and canopies, on block after block, rested every kind of stone imaginable: the opaque, soapy pastels of angeline; dark, mossy-toned epidote; tourmaline streaked with red and green.

Chris Rock This article is more than 10 months old‘It still hurts’: Chris Rock speaks about Will Smith slap for first timeThis article is more than 10 months oldComedian lays into victimhood, Jada Pinkett Smith and her husband during his new standup show, saying ‘she hurt him way more than he hurt me’ Chris Rock has spoken at length for the first time about being slapped by Will Smith during the Oscars, almost a year since the scandal that shocked millions watching around the world.

US news This article is more than 7 months oldMan abused by cleric as a child launches health program to turn ‘pain into power’This article is more than 7 months oldMac McCall’s molestation case led to conviction of Catholic cleric and now he hopes to help children, the elderly and those recovering from substance abuse After pressing a criminal case which led to the conviction of a Catholic cleric who admitted molesting him as a child, the son of an influential Louisiana politician is trying to convert his “pain into power” by building a physical and mental health fitness program for schoolchildren, the elderly and people recovering from substance abuse.

RaceThe image of a white woman calling police on Black people put the lie to the myth of racial innocence There was no direct connection between the “Central Park Karen” incident in New York City and the police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, beyond the coincidence of timing. Time in the pandemic has been elastic and confusing, and reports of the separate incidents did not emerge immediately, but the two events occurred on Monday 25 May, Memorial Day.

Buffalo shootingUS seeks death penalty for Buffalo shooter who killed 10 at supermarketMan who was 19 when he carried out racist attack on Black customers at Tops supermarket in 2022 faces hate crimes charges Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket in May 2022. The US Department of Justice has opted to ask for capital punishment for Payton Gendron, 20, for federal hate crimes, according to a new court filing.

Could she have seen it coming? … Dylan and Sue Klebold Could she have seen it coming? … Dylan and Sue Klebold Autobiography and memoirReviewThe troubling, bestselling memoir is a search for understanding and a confessional, as well as an account of catastrophe and grief Perhaps the most unnerving thing about having a child is that you don’t know in advance who he or she or “they” will turn out to be.

EnvironmentObituaryEdward GoldsmithEnvironmental campaigner and writer who founded The Ecologist magazineEdward Goldsmith, who has died aged 80, was an influential environmental scholar, polemicist and campaigner who founded and edited the Ecologist. A special issue in 1972, Blueprint for Survival, proposing the formation of a movement for sustainability, was published as a book, sold 750,000 copies in 17 languages and led to the foundation of the People party, later the Ecology party, which eventually became the Green party.

Jay Rayner on restaurantsTravelReviewSimon Rogan's cooking has found a new home at Claridge's. But at these prices, you're better going back to the originalClaridge's, Brook Street, London W1 (020 7107 8888). Meal for two including drinks and service: £300 I can't understand why people are making such a fuss about how tough it is to get a table at Simon Rogan's new restaurant, Fera, at Claridge's. Yes, the hold music punctuated only by the filthy lie that a real human being will be with you shortly – I gave up repeatedly without speaking to anyone with a pulse – is trying.

Brigid Delaney's diaryFashion This article is more than 5 years oldThe day I wore a puffer jacket and became a George Costanza memeThis article is more than 5 years oldBrigid DelaneyMy brother bought me a jacket and told me not to wear it outside. But I decided to go to the cinema in it My brother comes to visit me on the weekend bearing a gift. It’s a fancy North Face puffer jacket he found at the op shop for $10, in excellent condition.

Media This article is more than 22 years oldThe short life of Kaycee NicoleThis article is more than 22 years oldFor two years, a young American girl recounted her brave struggle against leukaemia in a daily online diary. This month she died. Thousands of web-users sent condolences. But, as Bobbie Johnson reveals, there was just one problem ...More internet news Kaycee Nicole was a teenage girl from midwestern America. She was an intelligent, optimistic high-school student just like any other.