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Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, said his school needed cash. But a rare watch and a Caribbean visit show how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein sometimes veered into the personal. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

The officer, Erik Duran, was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter for throwing a cooler at a man on a motorbike. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

High-profile abductions, like those of Patty Hearst and J. Paul Getty III, have captured the nation’s attention, but experts say kidnappings by strangers are exceedingly rare. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

The White House press secretary had dismissed criticism of the clip’s racist content as “fake outrage.” But later Friday, the clip disappeared from the president’s social media feed. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.

A surprising twist in a New Jersey primary race showed how questions about Israel continue to roil American politics in unpredictable ways. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.