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The Accused

Head Case

Our gadget columnist tests a brain-enhancement device

Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes?

A letter from Quebec City and parts west …

Yakuza Yuk It Up

The Curious Case of the Vogue Grifter

Yvonne Bannigan went from high-profile assistant to convicted felon. Hers is a particularly sad New York story

As the World Melts …

Shaggy Boris Story

A prime minister without a portfolio, pen, or a prepared speech

Small Fortune, No Cookie

Where’s the Beef?

Veganistas declare war on the faux-meat movement

The View from Here

Viva Zapata

The inventor of the Flyboard channels his inner Tony Stark

Good Reef

Burial Plots

Bottom-Feeders

Braking News

Jesus Spotted on Red Sea

Hive-Minded

Nanny State

Norland nannies have looked after royalty, rock stars—and even Boris Johnson. His sister recalls the hand that rocked the cradle

Grim Reaping

Forest twice the size of Wyoming destroyed to grow food

Karl-Ludwig Rehse

Couturier to the Queen

It Was a Great Week for …

The Château That Ate Provence, Part I

The gaudy villa that has French countrysiders in a tizzy

The View from Here

Supersonic Boom

New York to London could take 90 minutes