Detectives

Identity

On the Trail With Trainee Private Detectives

07.01.22

By Justine Reix
Entertainment

The Strangest Cases I’ve Handled as a Private Investigator

10.07.21

By Niccolò Carradori
Entertainment

David Lynch Lightens Up in His New Short Film, ‘What Did Jack Do?’

01.21.20

By Colin Joyce
Entertainment

It’s OK to Call ‘True Detective’ Season 3 Pretentious

01.14.19

By Noel Ransome
Tech

Cops Got a Drug Dealer’s Fingerprints From Photos of His Hand on WhatsApp

04.16.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
Food

NYPD Union Lifts Boycott of Dunkin Donuts After Chain Apologizes

12.04.17

By Mayukh Sen
‘Snake ‘N’ Bacon in Tough Day at the Office,’ Today’s Comic by Michael Kupperman

10.11.17

By Michael Kupperman
We Asked a ‘Psychic Detective’ Why He Tries to Solve Murders

09.22.17

By Sarah Berman
Tech

Facebook’s DNA Detectives Are Helping Adoptees Find Their Birth Parents

10.10.16

By David Silverberg
Tears Flow Over the Suspicious Death of 12-Year-Old Tiahleigh Palmer

11.09.15

By Julian Morgans
Drugs

Florida Man Complains the Cops Stole His 91 Weed Plants, Gets Arrested for Growing 91 Weed Plants

08.14.15

By River Donaghey
Games

Building a Mystery: Gaming’s Crime Investigation Mechanics and the Beauty of Being Unsatisfied

07.06.15

By Carolyn Petit

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Today’s Moon Phase: December 19, 2025

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: December 19, 2025

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Gaming

Horizon Ripoff Delisted as Sony and Tencent Settle Dispute

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By Denny Connolly
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Gaming

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Music

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There were many great electronic albums that came out in 2025, but these are the ones I’d play if I were the DJ at the ‘Blade’ blood rave.

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By Lauren Boisvert