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Unraveling the 50-Year Mystery of the Body in the Basement
The Scene was the hottest club in New York City. After it closed, a teenage girl’s remains were discovered inside, leaving authorities with a puzzle to solve — and revealing just how easy it used to be to disappear
- True Crime
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Is the $11 Billion Online Sportsbook Bubble About to Burst?
From Vegas to the black market to the apps in your pocket, inside the sports betting boom that’s taken over America
- You Bet
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Untangling the Mystery of the Art God
For a decade, one writer tried to unravel the story of Dorje Chang, whose artwork sold for millions and who claimed to be the third coming of Buddha. Then he got an email: Dorje Chang and his wife were dead. What really happened?
- Exclusive
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Inside the Growing and Controversial World of Wildlife-Killing Contests
Millions of dollars have been doled out in competitions in which hundreds of animals could be shot. And they're stirring up a culture war among hunters over questions of what it means to be an ethical hunter
- The hunt
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A Gun Law the NRA Opposes Could Have Saved Its Employee’s Life
The NRA previously supported red-flag gun laws, which are meant to protect people like Dawn, an NRA staffer who was killed by her husband
- Close to Home
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Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the 'Soul of the Internet'
Major record labels have sued the online library Internet Archive over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?
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It Was Supposed to Be a Sting Operation. Did ICE Traffic Drugs Instead?
Operation Mayan Jaguar had plans to roll up cocaine networks in the mid-2000s by secretly unleashing some two-dozen private planes — but it went haywire
- Air America
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An Oil Field, an Explosion, and a Man’s Fight for His Life
When oil workers like Jeff Springman get oil from tanks, they come face to face with toxic gases — and it can cost them their lives
- Breath of Death
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‘A Fyre Fest Feeling’: Inside the ‘Chaos’ of MrBeast’s New Reality Show
Beast Games is set to be the largest reality show in history. But as one crew member said echoing several sources, “There’s a reason why this level of production hasn’t been attempted before”
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Can a Weed Hustler Go Legit?
A trip through the wild, winding world of New York City’s legal (and not-so-legal) cannabis market
- grass ain’t greener
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