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The Donovans Put the Fictional Roys to Shame
The Donovans Put the
Fictional Roys to Shame
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Nov 6, 2022 4:50 PM CST

The Donovans Put the Fictional Roys to Shame

Riches, gunshots, and deception all factor into this profile

(Newser) - If you're eagerly awaiting the next season of Succession, here's something to tide you over: a profile of John Donovan and his five children. It's a doozy. As Ian Frisch explicitly points out in his piece for Town & Country , the Donovans rank as one of Massachusetts'...

A New Option After Death: Human Composting
A New Option After Death:
Human Composting
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Nov 6, 2022 2:45 PM CST

A New Option After Death: Human Composting

It's more technically known as natural organic reduction, or NOR

(Newser) - "It would be such a wonderful thing for me—to be able to just walk through [my garden] and be like, 'Oh, hi, Mom,'" Rachel Gerberding told her dying mother. She wasn't talking about somehow burying her there. She was thinking of composting her mom—...

They Hid in the School Bathroom. Then the Shooter Entered

Keegan Gregory faced death and survived

(Newser) - If you find yourself growing numb to the stories of school shootings, Michael Rosenberg's deep dive into the Oxford High School shooting for Sports Illustrated will give you a jolt. He focuses on a victim who wasn't shot, but who was deeply, deeply wounded: then-freshman Keegan Gregory. The...

They Couldn't Get a Mortgage. Divvy Helped—Maybe

The rent-to-own startup has some unhappy customers

(Newser) - Divvy was partly born out of the American dream realized, or so writes Ainsley Harris for Fast Company . Co-founder and CEO Adena Hefets is the daughter of an Israeli immigrant who "lucked into homeownership through seller financing, after being denied a mortgage," and then was able to help...

Jerry Lee Lewis' Life Was Even Wilder Than You Knew

Bill Wyman gives us an incredible portrait at 'Vulture'

(Newser) - Jerry Lee Lewis' Friday death brought a sea of tributes and obits , none quite like the one penned by Bill Wyman for Vulture . Wyman's in-depth write-up has it all: details from Lewis' youth, a recounting of how he first got signed to Sun Records (when he and his father...

In Public, a Warrior. At Home, a Fragile Kid
In Public, a Warrior.
At Home, a Fragile Kid
longform
Oct 30, 2022 4:30 PM CDT

In Public, a Warrior. At Home, a Fragile Kid

'Washington Post' profiles 10-year-old Uvalde survivor Caitlyne Gonzales

(Newser) - She has become, writes John Woodrow Cox in the Washington Post , the "most public survivor" of the Uvalde school shooting that took the lives of 19 of her classmates and two of her teachers. Cox describes 10-year-old Caitlyne Gonzales as "a portrait of resilience, a 4-foot-8, 75-pound embodiment...

A Doctor Reported Child Abuse. What Followed Was Worse

'The Cut' shares the story of Maya Kowalski and her parents

(Newser) - Dr. Sally Smith for years worked as a child-abuse pediatrician who headed up the child-protection team in Pinellas County, Florida. She retired in July, and recapped a grim career that included seeing "dozens of children who were literally beaten to death." And in the roughly 3,000 cases...

The Cardboard Box Just Got Political
The Cardboard Box
Just Got Political
longform
Oct 29, 2022 10:00 AM CDT

The Cardboard Box Just Got Political

ProPublica reports on how owners of giant Uline have become No. 1 GOP donors

(Newser) - If asked to name the No. 1 federal campaign donors to Republicans ahead of the midterms, it's possible that even veteran political observers would get it wrong: The correct answer is Dick and Liz Uihlein of Illinois, reports ProPublica . The Uihleins run the giant private company Uline, which supplies...

A Patient&#39;s Lawsuit Shook the Field of Psychiatry
A Patient's Lawsuit Shook
the Field of Psychiatry
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Oct 29, 2022 7:45 AM CDT

A Patient's Lawsuit Shook the Field of Psychiatry

Book excerpt explores how case pitted psychoanalysis vs. new world of antidepressants

(Newser) - In 1979, a 41-year-old kidney doctor named Ray Osheroff checked into the renowned Chestnut Lodge psychiatric institution in Maryland because he was suffering from depression. As Rachel Aviv recounts in her book Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us—excerpted in the Guardian —there was...

Her Runaway Daughter Met an Unthinkable Fate
Her Runaway Daughter
Met an Unthinkable Fate
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Oct 26, 2022 4:22 PM CDT

Her Runaway Daughter Met an Unthinkable Fate

Cecile Gaspar didn't learn what happened to 14-year-old Wendy until 2020

(Newser) - In August 1983, Cecile Gaspar's 14-year-old daughter ran away from her Colorado home. Again. Gaspar had grown accustomed to her teen's penchant for taking off, which Gaspar chalked up to Wendy Stephens going through a rebellious period after falling in with a new crowd, writes Leah Worthington for...

He Signed $400K Deal for Home, Was Told to Pay Another $100K

'Toronto Life' explores the chaotic world of Ontario real estate

(Newser) - Toronto is certainly not the only city in recent years to experience a building boom and soaring home prices. Nor is it the only place whose construction industry was upended by pandemic-related supply and labor crunches. But the greater Toronto area had a shortage of affordable housing long before the...

He Won the Lottery Over and Over, Swears by His System
His $30M in Lottery Wins
Came With a Big Catch
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Oct 23, 2022 7:30 AM CDT

His $30M in Lottery Wins Came With a Big Catch

'Atlantic' tells the troubled tale of Michigan's Viktor Gjonaj, now broke and in jail

(Newser) - Talk to Viktor Gjonaj, and he'll swear he cracked the lottery system. Starting in 2017, the Michigan real estate broker began collecting pot after pot from daily drawings in the state lottery—nearly $30 million in all, recounts Jeff Maysh in the Atlantic . His "system" is a complicated...

A Penniless Baroness Sits in a Hospital Bed in NYC
A Penniless Baroness Sits
in a Hospital Bed in NYC
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Oct 22, 2022 10:00 AM CDT

A Penniless Baroness Sits in a Hospital Bed in NYC

The 'NYT' pieces together what it can about Birgit Thyssen-Bornemisza

(Newser) - "She had spent decades working to be invisible, to avoid ties to institutions, public or private. Now it was catching up to her." So write George Rush and John Leland in a fascinating piece for the New York Times on Birgit Thyssen-Bornemisza, an 80-year-old German baroness whose stepfather...

This Gone Girl Cruise Was Weirder Than You Could Imagine

There was no murder mystery, but grisly photos were shown

(Newser) - If it sounds more like fiction than reality, it was, kind of: an eight-day "Gone Girl Cruise" hosted by the author of the book of the same name. For Imogen West-Knights, it spurred questions, among them, "How can a cruise be themed around a book about a woman...

There Were Rules on Handling Asbestos. They Were Ignored

ProPublica takes a deep dive on US' inaction on banning carcinogen, effect on chem plant workers

(Newser) - Each year, hundreds of tons of asbestos arrive in the US from Brazil, most of it destined for two big chemical companies: Olin Corporation and OxyChem, which use the cancer-causing fibrous minerals to help produce chlorine. The US still hasn't banned asbestos, despite dozens of other nations doing so,...

You Know What Anorexia Is. But That's Just Half the Story

The 'NYT Magazine' explores the newer diagnosis of atypical anorexia

(Newser) - Read the words "anorexia nervosa" and you'll likely visualize an emaciated person. That view might change after reading Kate Siber's piece for the New York Times Magazine . It's a deep dive into "atypical anorexia," a little-discussed eating disorder that mirrors that of anorexia—extreme...

A 1959 Cruise Ship Meeting Spawned an Indelible Act

The 'Atlantic' does a deep dive into Siegfried and Roy's 6-decade partnership

(Newser) - "It’s almost hard to fathom ... but there was a time when two sons of damaged German soldiers could put on gemstone-laden capes and codpieces and do corny tricks in the company of some magnificent animals and rank among the best-known and wealthiest entertainers in the world." So...

Taylor-Greene: I Deserve More Power in Next Congress

'New York Times' has a lengthy profile of the far-right congresswoman

(Newser) - It's a dream ticket or a nightmare ticket depending on your MAGA perspective: former President Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene in 2024. Greene herself tells Robert Draper of the New York Times that she and Trump have discussed the possibility. “I would be honored,” she says, while...

Lawsuit Goes After a High-Profile Diet
Lawsuit Goes After
a High-Profile Diet
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Oct 16, 2022 1:25 PM CDT

Lawsuit Goes After a High-Profile Diet

Eight women say F-Factor diet caused health problems

(Newser) - Tanya Zuckerbrot has become a big name in the world of nutrition over the last 15 years or so thanks to her F-Factor diet, whose adherents consume large amounts of fiber. Now, however, eight women have filed a lawsuit alleging that the eating plan caused them health problems, reports Hannah...

A 17-Year-Old and His &#39;Dangerously Incompetent&#39; Lawyer&#39;
A 17-Year-Old and
His 'Dangerously
Incompetent'
Lawyer
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Oct 16, 2022 7:25 AM CDT

A 17-Year-Old and His 'Dangerously Incompetent' Lawyer

Jake Tapper delves into the case of CJ Rice

(Newser) - "How Bad Can a Lawyer Be?" asks the headline of Jake Tapper's November cover story for the Atlantic . In the case of CJ Rice, bad, or "dangerously incompetent," as Tapper puts it. Rice was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in...

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