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The Childhood Friends Behind the Most Audacious Sports-Memorabilia Heists in American History

Jan 14, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Ariel Sabar

Listen1.0x0:0040:13Listen to more stories on harkOn a Wednesday morning in October 2014, in a garage in the woods of Pennsylvania, Tommy Trotta tried on some new jewelry: a set of rings belonging to the baseball great Yogi Berra. Each hunk of gold bore a half-carat diamond and the words NEW YORK YANKEES WORLD CHAMPIONS. The team had given them to Berra for each of his 10 World Series victories—no player had ever won more.
Quem quer decifrar o manuscrito mais misterioso do mundo?

Sep 5, 2024 | expresso.pt | Ariel Sabar

“Ponham-se à porta da ANA, se for preciso”, é o conselho de Carlos Moedas para os lisboetas que sofrem com o ruído do aeroporto
Will the Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript Ever Be Solved?

Aug 8, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Ariel Sabar

Listen1.0x0:0035:30Listen to more stories on curioLisa Fagin Davis was starting her medieval-studies Ph.D. at Yale in 1989 when she got a part-time job at the university’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Her boss was the curator of early books and manuscripts, and he stuck her with an unenviable duty: answering letters from the cranks, conspiracists, and truthers who hounded the library with questions about its most popular holding.
The Mysteries Around Us

Mar 9, 2024 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Ariel Sabar |Jeff Maysh |William Langewiesche

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. A Columbia historian said he’d discovered evidence of a lost sacred text with scandalous implications about the life of Jesus. Was it a fake? In a new Atlantic feature, the writer Ariel Sabar reports on the bitter ongoing debate—and the largely unexamined early life of the man who found it.
Biden Is Serious About His Candy-Bar Crusade

Mar 8, 2024 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Ariel Sabar

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. In his State of the Union address last night, President Joe Biden took on a new symbolic foe: shrinkflation. In attacking the practice, he’s trying to signal that he’s aligned with the common American against corporate greed—even if it’s not clear what he can actually do about the problem.
Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2023

Dec 24, 2023 | newyorkfolk.com | James White |Tim Alberta |Ariel Sabar |Simon Montefiore

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Many of the stories our readers spent time with this year revealed a curiosity about the historical events that shaped current circumstances at home and abroad, and a desire to examine humanity’s best and worst impulses. Spend some of your Sunday with 12 don’t-miss stories of the past year.
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Wall Street, Warren Buffett, and the U.S. Treasury

May 8, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Ariel Sabar

Updated at 10:01 a.m. ET on May 11, 2023This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. Jeff Carpoff was a good mechanic. But as a businessman, he struggled.
The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

May 8, 2023 | flipboard.com | Ariel Sabar

For almost a decade, the West has been engaged in a deepening conflict. Sometimes it flares up as a political debate; sometimes as a culture war. But …
A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife.

Feb 23, 2023 | thefreelibrary.com | Ariel Sabar

Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's WifeBY ARIEL SABARDoubleday, 2020Ariel Sabar probably considered "veritas"--Latin for "truth" and the motto of Harvard University--the perfect ironic title for this book. "Ironic," however, is too mild to describe the contents of Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife. As your intrepid reviewer continued reading, the narrative and its cast of characters became increasingly gonzo.
Man Is Charged in Killings at Maine Bed and Breakfast (Published 2006)

Feb 12, 2023 | nytimes.com | Ariel Sabar

U.S.|Man Is Charged in Killings at Maine Bed and Breakfasthttps://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/06/us/06maine.htmlSend any friend a storyAs a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. NEWRY, Me., Sept. 5 A cook staying at a bed and breakfast near the popular Sunday River ski resort here was charged Tuesday in the grisly killings of four people, including the innkeeper and her daughter, the police said.