The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump creates a stink, Joe Biden causes offense, and Taylor Swift doth protest too much. Plus, the most peculiar news from around the world
The Eyes of a Killer: Part VII
It began as a routine hearing. Then came a pair of revelations that could upend the government’s case against Bryan Kohberger
Maximum Speed and Micro Bikinis
Eurotrash, tech bros, and global power brokers mingle at the crypto-currency-sponsored orgy of excess that is the Formula One Miami Grand Prix
Hamptons Agonistes
When the starry New York club Zero Bond tried to lease a historic inn in tony East Hampton, battle lines were swiftly drawn in the well-groomed sand
Selling Sussex
Harry and Meghan’s new director of communications has a Sisyphean task: making the pair, well, likable. Four public-relations experts weigh in on how they would achieve the impossible
The View from Here
Blocking traffic. Throwing soup at the Mona Lisa. Lighting oneself on fire. Radical acts of protest are guaranteed to make headlines. But do they work?
The Zelig of Awful
Meet Scott Thorson: Liberace’s ex. Witness in the notorious Wonderland murders. Televangelist. Drug runner for the Mob
The View from Here
Extra! Extra! AIR MAIL opens a newsstand in New York’s West Village
The Attention-Whore Index
Harry and Meghan are on display, Donald Trump is nodding off, and Elon Musk is always (far) right. Plus, the most peculiar news from around the world
Apocalypse Now
As Earth Day approaches, Edward Burtynsky’s haunting aerial photographs confront the stark reality of humankind’s industrial impact on the planet
St. George’s and the Fire-Breather
When Tucker Carlson offered to speak at his WASP-y alma mater, he was not greeted with open arms
The View from Here
A qualified defense of other people
Bullied, Beaten, and Buggered
The award-winning author recounts the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse he received at his posh English boarding school
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk is conspiring, Donald Trump is venting, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is doomsaying. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
Beating Putin’s Propaganda
Alex Goldfarb was falsely accused by Russian state media of poisoning his friend Alexander Litvinenko. His long fight for truth finally ended this week
Eat, Pray, Leave
When a British chef ghosted his pregnant wife and young child, she turned to Facebook to track him down
Interview with a Dumpster Fire
Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?
The Attention-Whore Index
J. K. Rowling is spoiling for a fight, Prince Andrew is hiding in plain sight, and Donald Trump is not sounding quite right. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
Fast Times at San Sebastian
Inside the Viagra-dealing-priest scandal that rocked a sleepy Spanish town
The View from Here
How identifying as bisexual became a political bumper sticker for Gen Z
Ticker Time Bomb
Donald Trump’s “media company” was a laughingstock until it debuted on the NASDAQ as an actual stock. Now Wall Street is about to learn the truth about Truth Social, the meme stock
Gambling’s Last Frontier
How online sports betting took over the lives and livelihoods of young people across the country—and turned many of them into addicts
The Unbearable Lightness of Gwyneth
With her uncanny ability to popularize fringe fads, Gwyneth Paltrow became the world’s most talked about health-and-beauty guru. Let the haters hate—she’s too busy meditating
The View from Here
Death takes a holiday: pet cloning is the next best thing to reincarnation