Will the children be returned to the couple’s mansion? As the judge reaches a decision, Ava examines a confidential court file and makes a startling discovery.

One of the surrogates secretly takes home the baby she carried. And, in an unprecedented circumstance, it seems like she might have the chance to keep her.

It takes a village to create such a large family. Ava uncovers how the stunning lack of regulation in the surrogacy industry enabled the couple’s plans.

Ava investigates what is going on inside the Arcadia mansion. What is the couple actually up to? And why do they want so many kids?

There is an emergent Silicon Valley gospel that has challenged both the boundaries and the mechanisms of shame in America, and it has a potential voice in the chatbot, Jay Caspian Kang writes.

A woman in Texas agrees to carry a child for a wealthy couple in California. She thinks she’s helping a family in need. Then she becomes a whistle-blower.

“I’m not sure if I’m capable of having a traditional marriage, but I could definitely have an arrangement.” A selection of acceptable, not quite romantic relationships.

Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? A five-part series from In the Dark, hosted by the New Yorker staff writer Ava Kofman, investigates.

The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature and Translated Literature.

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In an unsigned ruling, the Supreme Court demonstrated that it is willing to limit Donald Trump’s agenda.

Bob Mackie, who died on Monday, at 87, dressed Carol Burnett, Cher, and Elton John flamboyantly.

After industry-wide calls for A.I. regulation, what’s most concerning isn’t that the problems are real. It’s that there are no guaranteed solutions.

What agentic A.I. is best at is optimizing processes that, not too long ago, were presented as the already maximally optimized version of a once analog experience.

John Wilson’s first feature, a whimsical personal documentary, reveals the social essence, and the political stakes, of concrete: the most-often-used substance on Earth besides water.

Including “Brain-Rot Third Space” and “Based and Vibey.”

Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of slowly ruling out all other possibilities.

“Exit Party” is an elegant crime story with sci-fi shadings.

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Employees of A.I. companies are increasingly sounding the alarm. What should we make of their warnings?