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When Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his classical pianist wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead on the floor in different rooms of their New Mexico home last week, investigators set to work unraveling the mystery of what happened. On Friday, they said testing determined Arakawa, 65, died from a rare …

Last week, the White House took a stab at transparency by distributing binders of files related to the late financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a number of prominent far-right influencers. The idea was that these people would comb through the material — what U.S. Attorney General Pam …

Jim Ambrose was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1976 with what he describes as “a body that was really upsetting to my parents and my doctors.” Though medical tests determined that he was perfectly healthy, his doctors seemed more concerned about what was between his legs: either “a really, …

This story was originally published in the Dec. 11, 1997, issue of Rolling Stone. IN LATE JUNE 1997, I arrive at an address in a working-class suburb in the North American Midwest. On the front lawn, a child’s bicycle lies on its side; an eight-year-old secondhand Toyota is parked at …

Once upon a time, Tesla owners could feel assured that they came off as forward-thinking consumers looking to reduce their carbon footprint. The sleek, high-tech electric vehicles were even something of a liberal status symbol. But no longer. The company’s CEO, billionaire oligarch Elon Musk, who had formerly cultivated the …

In January, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren ordered Morgan Geyser’s release from Winnebago Mental Health Institute. The 22-year-old wassentenced to 40 yearsin a mental institution in 2018 after pleading guilty to attempted murder for the 2014 attack she carried out with her friend Anissa Weier. After seven years, Bohren …

When comedian Hannah Berner hosted the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party red carpet with her Giggly Squad podcast co-host Paige DeSorbo, the two women welcomed three-time Grammy-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion to join them for a quick interview. After telling Megan she was inspired by her documentary and complimenting her outfit, …

Two children were forced to participate in acts of torture that led to the death of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old trans man, prosecutors investigating the killing in upstate New York have alleged. The shocking new allegations were revealed in an 11-count indictment that charged the seven people allegedly involved in …

Ryan Wedding, a former Olympian turned alleged drug kingpin, was named to the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list today. A $10 million reward was announced for his capture. In January, Rolling Stone detailed how Wedding went from a snowboarding prodigy who raced for Canada in the 2002 Salt Lake City …

Adnan Syed, whose murder conviction was the subject of the hit podcast Serial, was officially freed from prison after a judge agreed to reduce his sentence to time served. A judge approved Syed’s sentence reduction bid in a decision handed down March 6, just over a week after an emotional …