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Slash and burn: is private equity out of control? – Guardian

Chasing Tornadoes – National Geographic

The 727 That Vanished – Smithsonian

Richard Scarry and the art of children’s literature – Yale Review

Don’t Fall Asleep: The Oral History of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ – The Ringer

What’s in and what’s out – The Verge

Burst Damage – Where’s your Ed at?

Did the U.K.’s Most Infamous Family Massacre End in a Wrongful Conviction? – New Yorker

The loss and loneliness of the unemployed football manager – Guardian

The suspects wore Louboutins – Vanity Fair

The Livestrong Bracelet Launched 20 Years Ago—And Changed the Fight Against Cancer Forever – Texas Monthly

The Strange Journey of John Lennon’s Stolen Patek Philippe Watch – New Yorker

‘I’m good, I promise’: the loneliness of the low-ranking tennis player – Guardian

Kanye West Bought an Architectural Treasure—Then Gave It a Violent Remix – New Yorker

A racial slur and a Fort Myers High baseball team torn apart – ESPN

A Pickpocket’s Tale – New Yorker

‘The sales team don’t have email?’: One man’s journey into the dark heart of NZ’s telcos – NZ Herald

The Day I Put $50,000 in a Shoe Box and Handed It to a Stranger – The Cut

Precipice of fear: the freerider who took skiing to its limits – Guardian

A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld – New Yorker

Q: Who Found a Way to Crack the U.K.’s Premier Quiz Show? – New Yorker

‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona – Guardian

City Of Water – New Yorker

Indie, rocked – Pitchfork