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  1. Busted: The Secret NYPD Files

    Officers can lie to juries or brutally beat civilians and still keep their jobs.

    Kendall Taggart Buzzfeed

  2. Everyone Is Going Through Something

    On mental health and professional sports.

    Kevin Love The Players' Tribune

  3. The Women Who Busted the Dating-Site Con Man

    For years he used fake identities to charm women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then his victims banded together to take him down.

    Rachel Monroe The Atlantic

  4. When Twenty-Six Thousand Stinkbugs Invade Your Home

    Kathryn Schulz on a uniquely versatile bug that is decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country.These uniquely versatile bugs are decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country. Will we ever be able to get rid of them?These uniquely versatile bugs are decimating crops and infiltrating houses all across the country. Will we ever be able to get rid of them?

    Steven Strogatz New Yorker

  5. The Couple Who Were Hunted by Assassins

    Adam and Amina had spent years fighting Vladimir Putin—and now, finally, they were telling their story to a journalist. Then he pulled a gun on them.

    Joshua Hammer GQ

  6. This Is How To Pay College Athletes

    Patrick Hruby Deadspin

  7. Does a Hacker Hero Always Have to Have a Past?

    Computer hacker Marcus Hutchins single-handedly stopped one of the most dangerous cyberattacks ever. Then the FBI arrested him.

    Reeves Wiedeman New York

  8. The Streaming Void

    Like most stories about the death of IRL subcultures in the twenty-first century, this one begins with the rise of the internet.Like most stories about the death of IRL subcultures in the twenty-first century, this one begins with the rise of the internet.Like most stories about the death of IRL subcultures in the twenty-first century, this one begins with the rise of the internet.

    The Baffler

  9. Adviser to Emirates With Ties to Trump Aides Is Cooperating With Special Counsel

    The special counsel has asked about the role of the adviser, George Nader, in a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles involving a Russian investor and a Trump transition adviser.The special counsel has asked about the role of the adviser, George Nader, in a January 2017 meeting in the Seychelles involving a Russian investor and a Trump transition adviser.

    Mark Mazzetti, David D. Kirkpatrick, Adam GoldmanBy MARK MAZZETTI, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, ADAM GOLDMAN New York Times

  10. With Supreme Court challenge, tech billionaire could dismantle beach access rights — and a landmark coastal law

    Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla takes the Martins Beach dispute over public access to the U.S. Supreme Court. If granted review by the nation's highest court, the case could dismantle the fundamental values of the California Coastal Act and the way development projects are permitted.

    Rosanna Xia LA Times