The Sunday Read: ‘How Many Billionaires Are There, Anyway?’

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What Went Wrong on the U.S.S. Lincoln?

For the past two weeks, family members of sailors have been raising alarms about the conditions aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, which has a crew of about 5,000 and has been at sea for almost nine months straight. Today, John Ismay, a New York Times reporter who covers the Pent ...  Show more

Luigi Mangione’s High-Risk Legal Strategy

In the two years since a masked man shot and killed a health care executive, the national spotlight has turned to the primary suspect, Luigi Mangione. The overwhelming evidence has pointed to his guilt, and the question on most minds has been: What might the defense of one of the ...  Show more

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