

Michael Levenson
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X-Wing Model From ‘Star Wars’ Fetches $3.1 Million at Auction
After Greg Jein, an Oscar-nominated visual effects artist, died last year, his friends discovered the prop stashed in a cardboard box in his garage.

Man Says Airline Stopped Him on Suspicion He Was Trafficking His Children
American Airlines has apologized to David Ryan Harris, a Black musician who said he and his biracial children were confronted by an airline employee and...

‘Wedgie’ on Disney Water Slide Caused Severe Injuries, Lawsuit Says
Emma McGuinness suffered “permanent bodily injury” on a visit to Disney World in Florida in 2019, according to a lawsuit that accuses Walt Disney Parks...

Las Vegas Review-Journal Faces ‘Fire Hose of Hatred’ Over Outdated Headline
Social media users seized on a weeks-old story in The Las Vegas Review-Journal to falsely accuse it of lying about the death of a retired...

Liberty Safe Backlash: How a Gun Safe Maker Angered Gun Owners
Liberty Safe faced intense criticism this week after it acknowledged that it had voluntarily given the F.B.I. the access code to a safe in response...

Alexandra Paul, Olympic Figure Skater From Canada, Is Killed in Car Crash
Ms. Paul, 31, competed in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Her infant son survived the crash, the authorities said.

Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco
Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in the city, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.

Reddit Communities Still Dark As Protest Continues
Users’ anger continued to bubble over changes to the company’s business model.

Reddit Communities Go Dark to Protest New App Policy
Volunteer moderators closed off access to numerous subreddits and denounced the platform’s pricing plan for developers of popular outside apps used to navigate the site.

Possible Cyberattack Disrupts The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Inquirer, citing “anomalous activity” on its computer systems, said it was unable to print its regular Sunday edition and told staff members not to...