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“I have come around to suspecting that Kohberger was not the catalyst for all the horror—that it wasn’t his idea.”
Did Bryan Kohberger Have an Accomplice?
The case of the Idaho student murders is officially closed. But after reviewing newly-released evidence, reporter Howard Blum believes the killer may not have acted alone.
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“If Brooklyn continues to follow the Harry playbook like this, we can probably expect a tell-all documentary and book before long.”
The Beckxit Bombshell, Unpacked
From his L.A. mansion, prodigal son Brooklyn Beckham has leveled a laundry list of accusations against his parents, Becks and Posh Spice. Is anyone else having déjà vu?
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“I sent my kids there because other parents sent their kids there. It sounds terrible, but it’s true.”
A Crans-Montana Nightclub Fire Reckoning, as Owner is Freed from Custody
After a fire killed 40 people at the Swiss resort's Le Constellation, many Europeans are demanding answers.
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Yerin Ha’s future has “happily ever after” written all over it.
Yerin Ha is a Modern-Day Cinderella
The 28-year-old actress plays a Regency-era princess in the latest season of "Bridgerton"—a role not unlike the modern-day fairy tale she’s living herself.
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Tyler James Williams’s least favorite present: “Someone else’s headshot.”
Tyler James Williams's Least Favorite Things
The "Abbott Elementary" star dishes in our "Imperfect Ending" questionnaire.
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"A jaunty, irreverent, and constantly surprising sermon on forgiveness."
George Saunders Returns to the Bardo
In "Vigil," his sophomore novel, Saunders tells a Dickensian tale of an unrepentant industrialist on his deathbed.
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“He would regularly scream at his employees when they displeased him.”
From Ravenous Piranhas to Bond Villains, the Dark Side of Mike Lynch's Autonomy
A new book lays bare the toxic culture that ran rampant at the late tech mogul's beleaguered software company.
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An accordion that’s more than a joke! A digital writing pad by Montblanc! An app for all your recipes! And more.
An Accordion That's More Than Just a Joke, According to Our Tech-and-Gadgets Columnist
The Korg Fisa Suprema is one of the most extraordinary musical instruments you've ever heard, says Jonathan Margolis.
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How inappropriately did Victoria dance, exactly? How does one dance “on” someone?
The Beckxit Bombshell, Unpacked
From his L.A. mansion, prodigal son Brooklyn Beckham has leveled a laundry list of accusations against his parents, Becks and Posh Spice. Is anyone else having déjà vu?
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“I’m so angry that you left this world at 16, just because you wanted to celebrate New Year’s.”
A Crans-Montana Nightclub Fire Reckoning, as Owner is Freed from Custody
After a fire killed 40 people at the Swiss resort's Le Constellation, many Europeans are demanding answers.
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“There was a lot of responsibility on my shoulders. [But it] just made me want to prepare as much as I could to be able to give it my all."
Yerin Ha is a Modern-Day Cinderella
The 28-year-old actress plays a Regency-era princess in the latest season of "Bridgerton"—a role not unlike the modern-day fairy tale she’s living herself.
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Tyler James Williams’s preferred form of revenge: “The pettiest long game.”
Tyler James Williams's Least Favorite Things
The "Abbott Elementary" star dishes in our "Imperfect Ending" questionnaire.
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"As ever in Saunders, poignancy and farce are so wrapped up with one another that we don’t know whether to howl with laughter or with alarm."
George Saunders Returns to the Bardo
In "Vigil," his sophomore novel, Saunders tells a Dickensian tale of an unrepentant industrialist on his deathbed.
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“Here, unlike Gstaad or Zermatt, there is a tradition of minimizing the glitz.”
Switzerland's Val D'Anniviers Offers an Old-School Antidote to Glitzy Gstaad
There are no heated gondolas or velvet ropes at this resprt—just snow and Alpine charm.
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“Many of the former employees I was in touch with expressed fear of what speaking out would mean—even after Lynch was dead.”
From Ravenous Piranhas to Bond Villains, the Dark Side of Mike Lynch's Autonomy
A new book lays bare the toxic culture that ran rampant at the late tech mogul's beleaguered software company.
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This trio of celebrated Brooklyn writers continues to generate an endless supply of reality-TV-worthy melodrama.
Keeping Up With the Gould-Gessens
This trio of celebrated Brooklyn writers continues to generate an endless supply of reality-TV-worthy melodrama.
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From Barry Blitt’s sketchbook …
Trump’s Tirade on Greenland ...
... from Barry Blitt's sketchbook.
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“If we said there was an accomplice, we’d look like fools for negotiating the plea bargain. The truth is ... there is a lot that we don’t know. Or that we will ever know.”
Did Bryan Kohberger Have an Accomplice?
The case of the Idaho student murders is officially closed. But after reviewing newly-released evidence, reporter Howard Blum believes the killer may not have acted alone.
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“They say that your life can change in a day, and mine did.”
Yerin Ha is a Modern-Day Cinderella
The 28-year-old actress plays a Regency-era princess in the latest season of "Bridgerton"—a role not unlike the modern-day fairy tale she’s living herself.
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“I went to Le Constellation with my friends. It’s where I had my first kiss.”
A Crans-Montana Nightclub Fire Reckoning, as Owner is Freed from Custody
After a fire killed 40 people at the Swiss resort's Le Constellation, many Europeans are demanding answers.
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“We lost the colonies because our King went insane. But now the shoe’s on the other bloody foot, isn’t it?”
After 250 Years, Britain Is Revoking America's Independence
King Charles III is reasserting British rule over the colonies formerly known as the United States—as told to humorist Andy Borowitz.
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“I went to St. Barth’s and got a bacterial infection.”
Inside the Allegations of Skin Rashes and Chlamydia Outbreaks Rocking St. Barth’s
“Almost all of the billionaires have been infected with chlamydia": Linda Wells reports.
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“If she had turned it down and said: ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today."
Venezuela, Iran, and Two Nobel Peace Prize Winners Fighting to be Heard
Maria Corina Machado and Narges Mohammadi helped ignite the upheavals in their home countries—yet must now resort to extreme measures simply to have a voice.
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"Thank-you notes are not a generational relic.… They remain, very simply, the most civilized way to acknowledge effort."
The Air Mail Guide to the Thank-You Note
In our latest "Notes on an Aesthetic" column, learn how to write the perfect gratitude missive (it's all in the pen and paper).
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“My ‘boyfriend’ is three decades older than me. My ‘boyfriend’ is older than my father. My ‘boyfriend’ is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.”
Rachel Eliza Griffiths's Year of Magical Thinking
In the span of one year, the poet's husband, Salman Rushdie, was almost killed, and her best friend died suddenly. Her new memoir reckons with these dual traumas.
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