A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong
In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom.
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Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
Images of a glacier café, a giraffe rescue, a Florida panther and more
The Life in The Simpsons Is No Longer Attainable
The most famous dysfunctional family of 1990s television enjoyed, by today’s standards, an almost dreamily secure existence. (From 2020.)
COVID-19 Vaccines Are Entering Uncharted Immune Territory
Many immunocompromised people can’t count on what the rest of us can—that the COVID-19 vaccines will protect them from the coronavirus.
The Blue States That Make It Hardest to Vote
Democrats are criticizing Republicans for pushing restrictive voting laws. But states such as Joe Biden’s Delaware can make casting a ballot difficult.
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Is the Conflict in Afghanistan Really Over?
The United States’ involvement in the country is drawing to a close, but this is not the end of the war, two of our writers warn.
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Deep Cleaning Isn’t a Victimless Crime
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What Ever Happened to Donald Trump?
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America Has Pandemic Senioritis
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How to Buy Happiness
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A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong
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Republicans Are Making 4 Key Mistakes
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Winners of the 2021 World Press Photo Contest
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Stories From an Unfinished Country
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The Story of an Unnatural Disaster
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Episode 114
The Johnson & Johnson Pause
