Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence
Two years after some of the most shocking allegations of the #MeToo era lit up the Internet and destroyed his career, the actor has finally decided to tell his side of the story
The Eyes of a Killer: Part II
A cross-country father-and-son drive becomes part of an intricate cat-and-mouse game. At the journey’s end, two dozen police officers lay in wait
The Lady Vanishes
What connects a British aristocrat, a convicted sex offender, and a missing newborn baby?
Operation Save Boris
Britain’s former prime minister is back in the headlines after taking a taxpayer-funded publicity trip to war-torn Ukraine, and amid allegations of a grubby financial exchange involving the chairman of the BBC and a $1 million loan
The Blind Gallerist
Johann König was the king of the Berlin art world, until #MeToo allegations threatened his reign
The Fitbit Done Him In
Richard Dabate thought he had the perfect alibi, but he hadn’t considered the tattletale on his wife’s wrist. As in the unfolding case of Brian Walshe, who is accused of killing his wife after googling body-disposal tips, technology is proving to be the ultimate witness
The Eyes of a Killer
Baffled by the gruesome murder of four University of Idaho students, investigators put out a call for help. Thousands of tips poured in—as well as one very promising lead
Heavy Assets
“Baroness Bra,” the U.K.’s most controversial member of the House of Lords, is accused of “bullying” ministers into awarding her lucrative coronavirus contracts worth more than $240 million
The Amateur’s Hour
With reporters and regulators in thrall to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, it took a hobbyist newsletter writer to notice the “crypto emperor” had no clothes
Immoral Campus
France’s best-known university, responsible for educating countless world leaders, including Emmanuel Macron, is a hotbed of sexism, misogyny, drink spiking, and all-around scandal
Foul Play
How a group of former basketball players teamed up with a dodgy Beverly Hills dentist to defraud the N.B.A. out of $1 million
Daddy Issues
In her new memoir, Emmanuelle Seigner attempts to re-frame her husband, Roman Polanski, as a doting spouse and father. But even the French aren’t buying it
Burgher vs. Burger
Running four profitable McDonald’s franchises in Germany is no fairy tale for Princess von Hessen, who accuses the fast-food chain of bizarre, McMafia-like scare tactics
Gulag for the Glitterati
The arrest of a socialite known to some as “Moscow’s Truman Capotski”—and the flight of Putin’s own goddaughter—signals a purge of the Kremlin-coddled plutocracy
In Bed with the Oligarchs
Why is a British businessman and member of the eminent Bonham-Carter clan in custody and facing extradition to the U.S.?
By Hook or by Crook
A countess who once filmed herself drilling a hole in her head is suing her art adviser over the “unprofessional” sale of a French painting that cost her $9 million
The Case of the Light-Fingered Litterateur
When a framed photograph went missing during a Paris Review party, the avant-garde revelers became suspects in an old-fashioned potboiler
The Unsocial Network
Engagement is low. Downloads are virtually nonexistent. Investors are backpedaling. Donald Trump’s rival to Twitter is a flop
Once upon a Time in Londongrad
How did the party-mad millionaire son of a former Russian K.G.B. officer penetrate the very core of Britain’s political establishment?
When Family Secrets Turn Deadly
A pedophilia-fueled murder in an idyllic town shocks France
The Spruce Deuce
Before Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, there was Howard Hughes and Jean Peters
Trouble in Paradise
The talk of the town in idyllic Nantucket is an allegation of strangulation that pits prominent D.C. figures against each other
J. K. Rowling’s Goblet of a Firestorm
Even when she’s defending Salman Rushdie’s rights, some in the literary world want to see her silenced. Or worse
Brotopia
At Hustler’s University, you can earn a Ph.D. for just $400 and walk away a bona-fide expert in “pimpin’ hoes”
