South Carolina jurors on Wednesday watched the last video that Paul Murdaugh made before he was killed—a crucial piece of information that prosecutors say destroys his father’s alibi for the slaying.Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh...

Remember the Central Park ‘hot duck’? Over a course of several months in late 2src18 and early 2src19, a mandarin duck appeared in New York City. This was remarkable both because the duck is...

During a Wednesday afternoon funeral for Tyre Nichols, who was beaten to death by Memphis police officers, heavy-hitting speakers blasted the cops involved, members of Congress, and the country’s failure—once again—to protect Black lives...

Members of a small New York community are furious at their local school for sharing a painfully tone-deaf social media post in which a dirty snowman was praised for its “diversity.”The Coxsackie-Athens Central School...

Los Angeles attorney and Real Housewives of Beverly Hills husband Thomas Girardi was smacked with a 12-count indictment on Wednesday, accusing the showy lawyer of stealing settlement money from victims and clients. He faces...

Last weekend, Donald Trump embarked on his first campaign trip since announcing his plans to seek the Presidency again in 2src24. Trump remains, arguably, the most powerful Republican in the country, but he is...

Most Americans are barely aware of the role played by the White House chief of staff, although the position is among the most powerful in Washington—and one of the most fraught. James A. Baker...

American law enforcement can be expected, in any given year, to produce about a thousand fatal shootings in the course of executing its duty to protect and serve the public. This number is many...

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.Lately, conservatives have blamed “wokeness” for everything from deadly mass shootings...

[gentle theme music]He's gonna love this.[phone clicking] [people chattering]Okay.All right, guys, let's do this.[people chattering]This Groundhog Day is gonna be a shitty year, he says.Like last year was a lot of fun.[Interviewer] What's the,...

A crocodile sped through the water like a torpedo toward a desperate red lechwe antelope in Botswana recently, prompting a life-and-death dash to shore. (Watch the video below.)In footage posted Tuesday by the wildlife...

Rep. George Santos (R-NY) told House Republicans on Tuesday he will step down from his committee assignments, according to multiple reports.Santos told his Republican colleagues that he planned to recuse himself from serving on...

Kate Middleton promoted her new early years campaign Tuesday, with a visit to the British city of Leeds, having vowed that the cause of mental and emotional wellbeing in under-5s would be a key...

Russia’s biggest search engine secretly put blocks in its code to stop images of Vladimir Putin showing up in the results of potentially embarrassing searches, according to a report, with Nazi iconography also allegedly...

Presidential contender Kanye West’s latest campaign finance report reveals that, while he’s personally spending money, no one gave a single dollar to the rapper-turned-Hitler-sympathizer all year.The filing, which the campaign submitted on Monday to...