Times editors have handpicked 11 stories for you to enjoy. Welcome to The Weekender.
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Podcasters Took Up Her Sister’s Murder Investigation. Then They Turned on Her.
“True crime” has become a big business — and an emotional minefield for victims’ families.
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After 50 Years, a Danish Commune Is Shaken From Its Utopian Dream
The community of Christiania in Copenhagen was created as a post-60s anarchistic paradise. But violence and drugs may spell its end.
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Three American Climbers Solve the ‘Last Great Problem in the Himalayas’
Scaling Mount Jannu’s north face without fixed ropes or oxygen was “the greatest climb ever,” one expert said.
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How ‘Mr. Brightside’ Became a Generation’s Anthem
Overlooked at its release, the Killers’ signature hit has become one of the most inescapable rock songs of its time.
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Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV
Inside the N.F.L. machine that crafts prime time’s most popular entertainment.
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Norman Lear, TV’s Greatest American
The “All in the Family” producer made sitcoms into a form of patriotic dissent.
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Her Guide Dog Inspired Her Art. Now the Lab Stars in a Museum Show.
After losing her sight in an accident, Emilie Gossiaux found meaning and art in a bond with her dog, London.
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Frasier Still Wants to Look Rich. Does He?
A popular sitcom from the ’90s has returned with an updated wardrobe that reflects shifts in American elitism.
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36 Hours in Vienna
The Austrian capital clings to tradition: Just smell the timeless fragrances of roasting chestnuts and spiced wine at its Christmas markets.
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Styles’s 71 Most Stylish ‘People’ of 2023
OK, some weren’t people, but they all made us talk: about what we wear, how we live and how we express ourselves.
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8 Things You Should Never Say to Your Partner
Having a fight? “You’re overreacting” will only make it worse.
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Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next week.
This edition of The Weekender was edited by Jonathan Wolfe.