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A love triangle between two married professors and the dean goes public.

For decades, airlines failed to turn a profit despite having a monopoly on the sky. This year they’re expected to make billions. Here’s why.

The Straters’ lives have been devastated by relentless cyberattacks. And there’s nothing they can do about it.

Telephone poles began to appear around the same time that white Americans started lynching black Americans.

Michel Houellebecq on his controversial new novel, Submission, which imagines France electing its first Muslim president.

A baby dies after hitting his head when his father drops him, and the investigation that ensues can’t offer any easy answers.

The young people fighting for democracy will be back.

Why did a veteran BBC on-air personality confess on camera to a mercy killing he did not commit?

What it takes to recover from a near-death brawl with a bear.

How the Oculus founder, along with ex-Palantir executives, plan to reinvent national security, starting with Trump’s agenda.

The ace pilot risking his life to fulfill Richard Branson’s billion-dollar quest to make commercial space travel a reality.

How one man’s quest to spread Christmas cheer led to a miserable four-year war with his neighborhood.

When Swedish teenagers hacked the phone system and turned a state-owned telecom system into a proto-Internet.

“Incels” are going under the knife to reshape their faces, and their dating prospects.

Greed, drugs, dirty cops, and the bitter sibling rivalry burning up an $800 million Louisiana family dynasty.

Independent “researchers” are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.

Eighteen hours inside one COVID ward, observing what it takes to care for the sickest patients.

A legendary chef and the wheels he left behind.

Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare.

How could the coronavirus overwhelm a Florida nursing home so quickly?

The author’s chance encounter with Tom Hanks leads to a dear and lasting friendship with his assistant.

It’s a multilevel marketing company called AdvoCare. Or maybe it’s a pyramid scheme.