Climber Faces Homicide Charges After His Partner Dies. When Does a Bad Decision Become a Crime?

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A 36-year-old Austrian climber could be jailed for up to three years after leaving his girlfriend to die on the nation’s highest peak.

Did a Brooklyn Couple Kill a Neighbor’s Trees for a Better View in Maine?

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Maine’s Board of Pesticides Control says two summer residents poisoned a neighbor’s trees so the couple, both Martha Stewart associates, could have a harbor view. They deny it.

The Celebrated Chef Who Robbed Banks

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Valentino Luchin, 62, once owned an acclaimed Italian restaurant. Now he sits in a Bay Area jail.

Is Gambling Really Threatening the Integrity of Sports

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After a recent N.B.A. scandal, more writers and pundits have come out against legalized betting. But the case that they’re making is weaker than it appears.You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media.From time…

The Sports-Betting Disaster

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How the rise of “prop” bets helped create the conditions for the N.B.A.’s latest gambling scandal.When I interviewed the N.B.A. agent Daniel Hazan last year, he warned that the legalization of sports gambling was a disaster waiting to happen. Athletes…

The Meteorite That Vanished: A Tale of Lies, Death and Smuggling

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How a space rock vanished from Africa and showed up for sale across an ocean

The Great French Fry Mystery: My dogged attempt to solve a baffling fast food whodunit – Toronto Life

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When an A&W takeout bag appeared on my neighbour’s porch in the middle of the night—followed by another, then another—I became obsessed with solving a fast…

She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine. – The Boston Globe

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A mild-mannered scientist, a brutal murder in Maine, and the birth of forensic ornithology.

The Familiar Fingerprints of a Forgotten Art Heist

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After a valuable de Kooning was discovered behind a bedroom door, a true crime fan wondered: Is that all the thieves stole?

This Woman Didn’t Want To Return A Stolen 16th Century Painting Then She Changed Her Mind

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Despite her legal claim to ownership, Barbara de Dozsa has decided to return an artwork by Italian artist Antonio Solario that vanished more than 50 years ago

The Crime Stunned the World. What Came After Seemed More Unbelievable by the Day.

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The almost unbelievable last days of the Rainbow Warrior.

The Case of the Met’s Missing Banksy

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The street artist snuck a “brilliant” art work into the Met, in 2005. Then it disappeared. Does a former head of security know where the painting is?

Art Adviser. Friend. Thief.

Lisa Schiff became the country’s leading art consultant, and drew her clients close. Then she stole millions from them. Now facing up to 20 years in prison, is she ready to repent?

Murder in the Blue Mountains

Ashley and James Schwalm had what seemed like a fairy tale life—two wonderful children, fulfilling careers and a gorgeous home close to the private ski club where they’d fallen in love. Then Ashley’s remains turned up in a burned-out car at the bottom of a ditch, and all signs pointed to her husband.

A Fugitive Businessman, Done In by One Law He Couldn’t Dodge

Around midday on Feb. 2, a large wave began its slow rumble toward the Aisland 1, an 800-ton deck barge floating in the waters between Dubai and Iran.

What Ever Happened to the Lady Jaguars?

The New York Times spent months with them in 2012 and 2013. Recently, we wondered: What happened to the girls? Had they risen from their circumstances and fulfilled their visions of a better life? We set out to find them.

A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending

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Glenn Horowitz built a fortune selling the archives of writers such as Vladimir Nabokov and Alice Walker. Then a rock star pressed charges.

The Role of New York’s Lauded Looted Art Unit Is Challenged in Court

In what has been a celebrated effort to right old wrongs, the Manhattan district attorney’s art trafficking unit has returned more than 4,600 artifacts and artworks to countries and heirs after finding they had been looted.

The Lemon Gang: Citrus and the Rise of the Mafia

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This may sound familiar. A feverish world market ratchets up demand for a resource found in a remote, undeveloped, or underdeveloped region. With barely any rule of law to protect their property rights and profits, local producers search for an alternative to lawlessness.

The Empathy Punishment

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A woman hurled a burrito bowl at a Chipotle employee. Then a judge made her walk in the victim’s shoes. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. It was a simple order: white rice, chicken, sour cream, and cheese.