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
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You Bet
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Inside the Patchwork World of Emergency Alerts
As wildfires, storms, and heat get worse and worse, they highlight our haphazard national approach to emergency alerts and warnings
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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?
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‘It Is Time to Break It Up’: Inside the DOJ’s Blockbuster Lawsuit Against Live Nation
The Justice Department has accused the live-music behemoth of “abuse, exploitation, and self-dealing.” Live Nation says the DOJ is “being extremely disingenuous” about why the system is broken. The battle could decide the future of the concert industry
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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
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The CIA Sent Him Deep Undercover to Spy on Islamic Radicals. It Cost Him Everything
- Surfer, Scholar, Jihadist, Spy
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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
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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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Every Awful Thing Trump Has Promised to Do in a Second Term
The former president has pushed a slew of terrifying proposals, both publicly and privately, that he plans to unleash on America
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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?
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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
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Inside the Patchwork World of Emergency Alerts
As wildfires, storms, and heat get worse and worse, they highlight our haphazard national approach to emergency alerts and warnings
- Ring the Alarm
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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
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'It Is Time to Break It Up': Inside the DOJ's Blockbuster Lawsuit Against Live Nation
The Justice Department has accused the live-music behemoth of “abuse, exploitation, and self-dealing.” Live Nation says the DOJ is “being extremely disingenuous” about why the system is broken. The battle could decide the future of the concert industry
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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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