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Who Would Want to Kill 314 Ostriches?
Who Would Want to Kill 314 Ostriches?0.0

How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom

The most powerful man in science
The most powerful man in science0.0

How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science.

Mother Jones Magazine
Mother Jones Magazine0.0

Zen and the art of political espionage.

The inside story of how two alleged murder plots brought India, the U.S., and Canada to a diplomatic crisis
The inside story of how two alleged murder plots brought India, the U.S., and Canada to a diplomatic crisis0.0

From Bloomberg Businessweek

The Chinese billionaires having dozens of U.S.-born babies via surrogate
The Chinese billionaires having dozens of U.S.-born babies via surrogate0.0

Video-game executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites build megafamilies, testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF, and legal firms set up to help them.

Two children learn the truth about their donor father and build a new family
Two children learn the truth about their donor father and build a new family0.0

DNA tests are uncovering a generation of biological fathers and half-siblings who stretch the bounds of what makes kin.

Millions of kids are on ADHD pills. For many, it’s the start of a drug cascade.
Millions of kids are on ADHD pills. For many, it’s the start of a drug cascade.0.0

Powerful psychotropic drugs are often the next step, even though their combined effects in young children haven’t been studied closely.

3M might just escape its toxic chemical legacy
3M might just escape its toxic chemical legacy0.0

Decades of selling PFAS left the iconic American manufacturer mired in legal liabilities. A new CEO is hoping to spark a turnaround.

Verifying Device
Verifying Device0.0

Once likened to Mary Poppins, this shy young woman seemed perfect for her job at Countess of Chester Hospital. But the ten-month trial was told she “craved attention” from a married doctor, and her façade of normality hid a deeper cruelty.

A billionaire, a psychic, and a bad investment: the friendship breakup from hell
A billionaire, a psychic, and a bad investment: the friendship breakup from hell0.0

For over a decade, Taylor Thomson and Ashley Richardson were inseparable. A fight over money destroyed it all.

How Cheryl Hines went from Hollywood star to Mrs. MAHA
How Cheryl Hines went from Hollywood star to Mrs. MAHA0.0

She used to be Larry David’s TV wife. Now she’s a political spouse to one of the most polarizing Trump officials of them all.

Tequila, drugs, and torture: the spending binge of two crypto bros that ended behind bars
Tequila, drugs, and torture: the spending binge of two crypto bros that ended behind bars0.0

William Duplessie and John Woeltz hatched grandiose plans in business and politics but instead drew charges in an alleged kidnap scheme.

How a custody fight plus QAnon turned deadly
How a custody fight plus QAnon turned deadly0.0

Christopher Hallett’s unorthodox legal theories gave Neely Petrie-Blanchard hope, and his online community of QAnon believers gave her a way to make sense of her disordered life.

How a cocaine-smuggling cartel infiltrated the world’s biggest shipping company
How a cocaine-smuggling cartel infiltrated the world’s biggest shipping company0.0

As MSC grew into a dominant force in global trade, it also became a prime drug-trafficking conduit for Balkan gangs.

The Pentagon disinformation that fueled America’s UFO mythology
The Pentagon disinformation that fueled America’s UFO mythology0.0

U.S. military fabricated evidence of alien technology and allowed rumors to fester to cover up real secret-weapons programs.

The prince, his money manager, and the corruption scandal rocking Monaco
The prince, his money manager, and the corruption scandal rocking Monaco0.0

He safeguarded the family’s fortune, and their secrets. Now, it’s all unraveling.

She escaped her abuser. But not before he buried her in debt.
She escaped her abuser. But not before he buried her in debt.0.0

This is how coerced debt haunts survivors of domestic abuse.

The cruise-ship suicides began after the last passengers left
The cruise-ship suicides began after the last passengers left0.0

Confined mostly to tiny cabins as the pandemic unfolded, crew members struggled to cope.

Deep in an abandoned gold mine, a toxic legacy lurks
Deep in an abandoned gold mine, a toxic legacy lurks0.0

Warming permafrost is fanning fears in a Canadian town that tons of lethal arsenic could seep into a nearby river system and spread all the way to the Arctic.

The real mastermind behind Trump’s imperial presidency
The real mastermind behind Trump’s imperial presidency0.0

Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.

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