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How did the Cornell rape case go so wrong?

How did the Cornell rape case go so wrong?

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James at a news conference in New York City on October 2, 2026. | Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images In October 2024, students...

Anthropic vs. the pope

Anthropic’s Christopher Olah shakes hands with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on May 25, 2026. | Alberto Pizzoli / AFP via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily...

Netflix is pivoting away from prestige

Netflix is pivoting away from prestige

Many of Netflix's biggest critically acclaimed hits have been the products of its multiyear production deals with noted directors like David Fincher and Shawn Levy. In the past few weeks, though,...

The Cornell case, explained

“In what world,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul asked on Friday, “would the police learn from a victim that she’d been literally gang raped while she was intoxicated by five men in a fraternity...

Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes

Sling TV drops its one-day cable passes

Dish-owned Sling TV will no longer be offering its Sling Pass feature that allowed people to buy a single day of cable TV programming at a time, as reported by The Desk. The feature was announced...