The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, has gripped the nation, with unverified reports of ransom notes, chilling doorbell camera footage and the fame of Guthrie’s daughter capturing intense interest.
Violence has erupted between organised crime groups jostling for a slice of the lucrative market, with a spate of firebombings, extortion, shootings and homicides.
An investigation of Jesse Van Rootselaar’s online life offers a chronicle of a young person’s gradual descent into mental health crises and radicalisation into extreme violence.
Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged.
Researchers say hate groups and terrorist organisations are exploiting games such as Minecraft and Roblox and other popular online platforms to recruit a new generation of extremists.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., making a calculated election-year pivot away from vaccines, staged a Hollywood-style event Wednesday promoting his ‘Eat Real Food’ agenda.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Researchers recently used high-resolution CT scanners and medical-grade 3D printers to conduct virtual autopsies on two Egyptian mummies. Their goal was to illuminate ailments and injuries.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: In a landmark trial, lawyers have argued that Meta and YouTube built addictive platforms that can sometimes be as harmful as casinos and cigarettes.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: A federal jury ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a passenger who said one of its drivers had raped her, setting the stage for thousands of similar cases around the country.
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Experts fear that Americans are losing their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction — and that fewer people seem to care about the difference.