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An Enduring Mystery

The Shooting of Pretty Boy Melvin Was Sean “Diddy” Combs’s father murdered by the Gambino crime family?

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump goes all Smokey Bear, George Santos rears his ugly head (again), and the My Pillow founder loses his legal cushion. C’mon, put your faith in AIR MAIL’s electoral college and vote already!


Wheels of Injustice

The Apostate Trump’s dead-eyed hatchet man in the Justice Department, Emil Bove III, has attacked the very office that taught him the law—and betrayed the ideals he once espoused

Air Mail Diary

A Museum with Private(s) Access And other strange news about these curious days …

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But First …

The View from Here Is Donald Trump doing a “Reverse-Nixon”? (It’s even worse than it sounds)

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Close-up

Quintessa Swindell The 27-year-old actor stars in Ridley Scott’s new thriller, Prime Target, while simultaneously making their directorial debut at the Sundance Film Festival

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Television

Political Clout After a nine-year hiatus, the prescient Danish drama Borgen and its lead character, Birgitte Nyborg, have a lot to say

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The First Slam Dunk How the powerful—and at times illegal—basketball shot made its way from the streetball games of New York City and the plains of West Texas to the N.B.A.

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The Art World

Look Again The vice-chairman of 20th- and 21st-century art at Christie’s New York recommends the 10 must-see paintings in the Met’s newly reopened European-art galleries

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Real-Estate Rarities

The Palace We Call Home Le Palais Stoclet is one of the world’s most spectacular private homes. A new law might force it to open its doors to the public

In Cold Blood

The “Preppy Killer” She Knew A new novel revisits 1980s Manhattan—and the murder that defined an era


Landing Gear

Sweet Science A hard-hitting fitness tracker! A clock for book-lovers! The best tool for cleaning your shoes! And more …

High Times

The Ultimate Map of New York and Its Drugs From Xanax to cocaine to mushrooms, we break down the city’s drug scene by neighborhood

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Air Mail Diary

The Kinky King of Europe And other strange news about these curious days …

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Design for Living

Rule of Three Have the Bidens ruined aviator sunglasses for the rest of us? How to avoid looking like a rent boy on the runway! And more, in our column on how to live …

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In Cold Blood

The “Preppy Killer” She Knew A new novel revisits 1980s Manhattan—and the murder that defined an era

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Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear A formidable home-security system from Ukraine; gym equipment fit for a superhero; a smart app for sound-sensitive diners; and more

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Inside Story

“A Castro or Worse” Patrice Lumumba won the Congo independence in 1960, but his suspected Soviet sympathies led to his overthrow. A new book reveals the man behind the myth—and the C.I.A.’s role in his murder

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Elements of Style

Bring In the Suits Dunhill’s new creative director is bringing Britain’s men’s-wear traditions to the next generation

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What a Prick

The Big Shrink Is the era of overfilled hot-dog-bun lips reaching its peak? Stop your pouting!

Roguish Riviera

Money Talks A peek inside Prince Albert’s finances paints a picture of a feeble monarch, browbeaten by the women in his life


Close-up

Daria Kolomiec The Ukrainian D.J. and activist is using music and storytelling as a war cry

King’s Gambit

Stanley Kubrick’s Waterloo Having just tackled the end of the world and the mysteries of the universe, the obsessive director set his sights on Napoleon. Tens of thousands of index cards later, he waved the white flag

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