The missing piece of Hulu’s strange new Amanda Knox docudrama

If ever true crime had a “household name,” that name might be Amanda Knox. Forever immortalized as an inadvertent yet infamous media darling, Knox...

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The one-sided intimacy of being a fan

A Vox reader asks: What exactly are parasocial relationships and why are they so prevalent now? Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You hear your...

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Everything we know about the Air India crash points to an uncomfortable truth

With 260 casualties and only one surviving passenger, the Air India 171 crash is one of the deadliest aviation incidents in recent history — and so...

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Will we ever know why Bryan Kohberger murdered the Idaho Four?

When Bryan Kohberger entered a guilty plea on July 2 in the case of four murdered Idaho students, it brought an abrupt conclusion to one of the...

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The divine ascent of the Christian-coded male pop star

“We wanna thank God for giving us the grace to give him a little glory in this building tonight,” rapper-slash-country hit-generator Jelly Roll...

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What Diddy’s mixed verdict means — for him and for us

Jurors in the federal criminal trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs reached a mixed verdict Wednesday, finding the rapper and music mogul not guilty of the...

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The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

Update, June 30, 2025, 6:30 ET: Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all charges in the murders of the Idaho Four. The plea deal allows him...

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The baffling case of Karen Read

Editor’s note, June 18, 2025, 4:40 pm ET: On June 18, 2025, Karen Read was found not guilty of the second-degree murder of her boyfriend John...

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There’s a name for what Diddy allegedly did to Cassie — but you won’t hear it at trial

Among all the lurid details and allegations that have surfaced in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s trial on federal charges, including sex trafficking and...

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Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship with Donald Trump, explained

Limited-time offer: Get more than 30% off a Vox Membership. Join today to support independent journalism. Editor’s note, June 5, 2025, 4:25 pm ET:...

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Christian nationalists decided empathy is a sin. Now it’s gone mainstream.

It’s a provocative idea: that empathy — that is, putting yourself in another person’s proverbial shoes, and feeling what they feel — is a...

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Why the Karen Read retrial might end differently this time

It’s the same courtroom, the same judge, and nearly all of the same players — but it’s a whole different atmosphere inside Norfolk County...

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How a Christian relationship expert spun her messy divorce into career gold

For decades, Christian relationship advice has trended toward regressive ideas about gender: namely, that women should be submissive to their...

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Is J.K. Rowling transphobic? Let’s let her speak for herself.

J.K. Rowling’s supporters frequently claim the author has never actually said or done anything transphobic. It’s a position you can see on social...

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The unlikely origins of a (literal) blockbuster at the box office

The biggest movie in the world right now sends its characters on a journey through a building-block world full of zombies, talking pigs, and magical...

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Minecraft’s massive, blocky success, explained

The biggest movie in the world right now sends its characters on a journey through a building-block world full of zombies, talking pigs, and magical...

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Why some victims of the Long Island serial killer may never receive justice

The arrest of Rex Heuermann, allegedly the infamous Long Island serial killer, makes for riveting drama in Netflix’s latest true crime docuseries...

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Are repressed memories real? A hit memoir clashes with the science.

What if something terrible happened to you, and you weren’t able to remember it? That’s one of the questions at the center of Amy Griffin’s...

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How should a man be? Bill Burr, of all people, has thoughts.

What does a contrarian, grievance-happy comedian do when contrarianism and grievance become the norm? Bill Burr, long the poster child for a type of...

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Natalia Grace, the orphan whose bizarre abandonment made her a reality star, explained

Late in Hulu’s new series Good American Family comes a moment of irony that’s become all too familiar in true crime docudramas. The fictionalized...

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The not-so-patriotic thing so much true crime has in common

What makes something an “American” crime? It’s a question that’s inadvertently surfaced in true crime entertainment lately. The trend...

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How Crime Junkie built its true crime empire atop an ethical minefield

By 2017, the true crime podcasting space might have already seemed crowded — but perhaps what it was missing was full body chills. That was the...

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The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained

Disney has added an explicitly Christian character to Pixar’s new series Win or Lose. That might not be head-turning in isolation, but it comes just...

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Why the Casey Anthony case will never really go away

There’s one group you won’t find joining in the push to redeem alleged child-killer Casey Anthony, following her attempted image rehabilitation in...

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They were Silicon Valley overachievers. Then they started killing.

Silicon Valley breeds visionary ideas, and with them, communities of dreamers. But not all those ideas and communities are benevolent. It can be hard...

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