Michael Olson, 54, flew the girl around the country, passing her off as his daughter, prosecutors said. He kept spreadsheets of children he contacted, they said. Source: New York Times
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The Instagram Version of Missed Connections Is Here
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2022
New Yorkers are reinventing the popular Craigslist service that, in its heyday, was known for reuniting people from chance encounters. Source: New York Times
Can a Neighborhood Be Instagrammed to Death?
By Gotham Rex on August 5, 2022
The return of tourism to New York has brought crowds back to one of the most popular selfie spots on earth. People who live there aren’t feeling #grateful. Source: New York Times
Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessible movement found audiences during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
‘Mask or Vax’ Rule Lifted, but That Doesn’t Mean No Masks
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul said the indoor mask mandate for businesses would expire today. Other states loosened pandemic rules, deepening confusion about what is and is not required. Source: New York Times
States Appeal Decision to Throw Out Their Facebook Antitrust Case
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2022
The states’ central claim is that Facebook acquired competitors — particularly Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 — in a predatory manner, by crushing competition. Source: New York Times
Casa Magazines Has Seen It All
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2021
The West Village has changed a lot since the ’90s, but this palace of printed matter has remained a pillar of the neighborhood. Source: New York Times
Online Furor Over a Student’s Hijab Engulfs a Liberal Town
By Gotham Rex on October 22, 2021
A 7-year-old told her mother that she resisted a New Jersey teacher’s attempt to pull off her Muslim head covering. It spiraled from there. Source: New York Times
Police Are Eager to Question Fiancé of Missing ‘Van Life’ Woman
By Gotham Rex on September 17, 2021
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for a cross-country trip in their outfitted van. He returned home without her. Her family is publicly begging him for answers. Source: New York Times
Police Want to Question Fiancé of Missing Gabrielle Petito
By Gotham Rex on September 16, 2021
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for a cross-country trip in their outfitted van. He returned home without her. Her family is publicly begging him for answers. Source: New York Times
Fiancé Is a 'Person of Interest' in the Disappearance of Gabrielle Petito
By Gotham Rex on September 15, 2021
Gabrielle Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, left on July 2 for an adventure in their outfitted van. Now, the police say, she is missing and her fiancé is “a person of interest” in her disappearance. Source: New York Times
The Joy of Watching Other People Clean
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
In this corner of YouTube, you can watch someone else clean the house — and you won’t be alone. Source: New York Times
Alexander Wang Responds to 'Grotesquely False' Assault Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2020
“I never engaged in the atrocious behavior described,” Mr. Wang said, after a model alleged he was groped by Mr. Wang, setting off a wave of accusations against the fashion designer. Source: New York Times
Alexander Wang Responds to Assault Allegations
By Gotham Rex on December 31, 2020
A model alleged he was groped by Mr. Wang, setting off a wave of accusations against the fashion designer. “I never engaged in the atrocious behavior described,” Mr. Wang said. Source: New York Times
N.Y.P.D. Besieges a Protest Leader as He Broadcasts Live
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2020
A helicopter and dozens of officers, some in riot gear, were deployed for an arrest at a Manhattan apartment but withdrew after protesters arrived. Source: New York Times