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In his second term, Trump fuels a ‘machinery’ of misinformation

New York Times: Trump's team using false claims to justify policy changes.

Doctors told him he was going to die. Then AI saved his life

New York Times: AI is helping find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.

Michael Jackson abused me when I was 10. I still want justice

Times: In November 2026, James Safechuck will finally get his day in court.

Julia Donaldson: J.K. Rowling? I am the bestselling author in the UK

Times: The Gruffalo author talks about life after losing her husband.

We were tricked into sexual relationships with police officers

Times: They were young activists. They didn't know their boyfriends were undercover cops.

Power, money, territory: How Trump shook the world in 50 days

NY Times: The system America took 80 years to assemble has proved surprisingly fragile.

A hotline opens, and the lawsuits against Sean Combs mount

New York Times: Combs awaits trial on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

The geek who builds lethal AI weapons, with a hotline to Trump

Times: Is he the new Oppenheimer?

Hollywood remembers Gene Hackman, the consummate everyman

New York Times: How Gene Hackman redefined the Hollywood leading man.

I joined a group of paedophile hunters. Here’s what I learnt

Times: 'Decoying is the hardest ... You are absorbing all the vile stuff.'

‘The only adult in there’: The teacher and students forever bound by mass school shooting

New York Times: How one teacher became a lifeline for school shooting survivors.

Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley

New York Times: When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

Who killed Matthew Perry? Inside a Hollywood tragedy

Times: The case has pulled the curtain on the shady networks that prey on wealthy addicts.

How being a parent physically alters your brain (dads included)

Times: Increasing evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter.

Some like it hot: The final chapter for NZ's beloved firefighters calendar

How the iconic fundraiser evolved from beefcake and brawn to cancer kids and cute dogs.

‘It’s beautiful waiting for sex’: Gen Zers on why they’ve turned to God

Times: Jesus is making a come back - so what’s behind the resurgence of faith?