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December 21, 2025, 4:36 p.m. Eastern time

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A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation

Rhinelander v. Rhinelander was one of the most scandalous trials of the Jazz Age. 100 years later, it reads as a tragedy about the country’s original sin.

He Tried to Protect His Son From Bullies. He Didn’t Know How Far They Would Go.

After his son was repeatedly attacked, Rick Kuehner reached out to his suburban school, to the police and to other parents. The violence only got worse.

The Diary of a Jeffrey Epstein Girlfriend Shows How He Used Women

A Bear Stearns executive introduced a 23-year-old employee to Epstein. She shared her diary with us.

My Ex-Lover Lied About His Marriage Being Over. Should I Tell His Wife?

I started feeling I wasn’t getting the full story. My instincts were correct.

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A man in Austria was charged in the death of his girlfriend after leaving her behind, in a case testing ideas of freedom and responsibility in the mountains.

Land Grab: Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank

Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.

Is Sydney Sweeney Today’s Most Perplexing Movie Star?

Onscreen, she tends to play women fighting the patriarchy; offscreen the image she cultivates has meant conservatives consider her one of their own.

A Life Rooted in Activism and Listening to Others

Michele Singer Reiner was the guiding force in the lives of her family, stressing the need to help and respect one another.

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