This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith ...

Jeffrey Epstein was a master at using people — including many of the young women who cycled in and out of his life. He used them for connections, for money and for social capital, as we report in our ...

Randall Colburn is a writer and editor at Entertainment Weekly. His work has previously appeared on The A.V. Club, The Guardian, The Ringer, and many other publications.

The year 1777 is sometimes called the Year of the Hangman because the last three digits resemble a gallows. The third year of the Revolutionary War saw plenty of violent deaths, military and civilian, ...

From first editions to movie posters, the second floor gallery at the Grolier Club on the Upper East Side is all Jane, all the time. Jane Austen, that is. Austen wrote six novels that have captivated ...

KAMPALA-(MaraviPost)-Uganda’s government has announced a ban on live broadcasts of riots, “unlawful processions”, and other violent incidents ahead of the January 15 election, citing concerns that ...

Every week since 1976, Metropolitan Diary has published stories by, and for, New Yorkers of all ages and eras (no matter where they live now): anecdotes and memories, quirky encounters and overheard ...

For decades, people have paused outside of No. 8 College Street next to the campus of Winchester College in England. The only detail of the painted brick building’s façade that gives away its ...

Jane Austen only completed six novels during her lifetime. Four were published while she was alive, and two were published posthumously. Yet, 250 years later, we can’t stop adapting those same six ...

Happy New Year! Goodbye 2025 and hello 2026. As the Deadline team catches its breath before hitting the global film festival ...

According to multiple news outlets citing law enforcement sources, 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson has been identified as the person of interest in Saturday's deadly shooting at Brown University in ...

DELAWARE - Benjamin L. Wallace has been appointed by the United States District Court to be the new United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.