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He spent 23 days in jail. His stalker put him there.

May 20, 2026

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2 min read

He spent 23 days in jail. His stalker put him there.

Plus: the lawyers using wrongful death suits to punish abortion helpers, a 10-time Jeopardy champ's playbook, and mahjong's $400 makeover.

Culture

Recent

May 19, 2026

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2 min read

He thought he hit a deer. He'd killed a 10-year-old.

Plus: the 1876 fair that hid a country falling apart, the orangutan rescues that may be killing them, and Gen Z's 1830s twin in Paris.

Culture

May 18, 2026

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2 min read

Gemini convinced him he was running a $200 million empire.

Plus: the world's richest cat, the Gawker fallout ten years on, and Colombian cartels recruiting kids on TikTok

Culture

May 15, 2026

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2 min read

The Met's $4 Million Looted Egyptian Coffin Scandal

Plus: an unsolved 1992 Los Angeles murder, Bowlero's private equity playbook, and one writer's months inside the Replika AI friendship app.

Technology

Featured

True Crime

Every orange tree in Florida has this disease. There is no cure.

Plus: a life sentence for an unloaded-gun robbery, Shteyngart's miserable week on the world's biggest cruise ship, and the myth of Man the Hunter.

He Fell for a Stranger Online. His Town Lost Everything.

Plus: a fake rehab's forced labor scheme, a Manhattan con artist who rented one apartment to 45 people, and the Saints emails that shook New Orleans.

The Chatbot That Talked a Man Into a Psych Ward

Plus: questions about a nonspeaking autistic author's novel, Telegram groups sharing assault techniques, and a 3D-printed housing scam in Illinois.

Investigative

Tech Billionaires Are Engineering Smarter Babies to Survive the AI They Built

Plus: what losing childhood vaccines could cost us, the Marshall Islands' first-ever soccer team, and how Silicon Valley went from idealist to oligarch.

She Was Kidnapped in Baghdad and Forced to Confess on Camera

Plus: a bacteria creeping up the East Coast, India's most powerful jailed gangster, and why wolves belong in a healthy ecosystem.

Florida's Online Betting Crisis Is Destroying Young Men's Savings

Plus: mysterious "little red dots" baffling JWST astronomers, a disabled mother's search for self-forgiveness, and whether our ancestors felt pain like we do.

Technology

Your Brain Can't Tell the Difference Between Memory and Deepfake

Plus: monopsony keeps your paycheck small, the MJ biopic's buried secrets, and the "missing scientists" panic that isn't.

He Warned the World About AI. He Couldn't Warn His Own Father.

Plus: The Atlantic's verdict on America's best free restaurant bread, how Sony destroyed the Alamo Drafthouse, and fake Keytruda vials killing cancer patients in Mexico and Nepal.

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

Plus: how 1980s mergers turned law firms into billable-hour machines, Virginia's high-stakes gerrymandering referendum, and peptide vials found to contain lead and endotoxins.

Today’s Edition

He spent 23 days in jail. His stalker put him there.

Recent

He thought he hit a deer. He'd killed a 10-year-old.

Gemini convinced him he was running a $200 million empire.

The Met's $4 Million Looted Egyptian Coffin Scandal

Featured

True Crime

Every orange tree in Florida has this disease. There is no cure.

He Fell for a Stranger Online. His Town Lost Everything.

The Chatbot That Talked a Man Into a Psych Ward

Investigative

Tech Billionaires Are Engineering Smarter Babies to Survive the AI They Built

She Was Kidnapped in Baghdad and Forced to Confess on Camera

Florida's Online Betting Crisis Is Destroying Young Men's Savings

Technology

Your Brain Can't Tell the Difference Between Memory and Deepfake

He Warned the World About AI. He Couldn't Warn His Own Father.

She Fell in Love With an AI. Then She Held Its Funeral.

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