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He might be dead, but it sure seems like Jeffrey Epstein won.Sure, Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors. Sure, he died in jail. (I am not going to wade into the debate about how.) But he subscribed to a racist, misogynist ideology that meant rich white men like him could do whatever they liked. And it seems he took measures to spread it.The latest tranche of Epstein documents made it obvious. Consider all the “contrarians” and “anti-woke” warriors who show up in the latest dump: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Larry Summers, Steve Bannon, and of course, Donald…

Maskot | Maskot | Getty ImagesThis tax season, some families could see a bigger tax break for their children due to changes from President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill.”Enacted in July, Trump’s legislation permanently increased the maximum child tax credit to $2,200 per child for 2025, up from $2,000. That value will be indexed for inflation starting in 2026.  If you previously qualified for the full $2,000 credit, the update could trigger a $200 bigger refund or a $200 lower tax bill per kid, for your 2025 return, depending on your situation, experts say.     Read more CNBC personal finance coverageIn 2025,…

It’s no secret that Bon Appétit editors cook a lot for work. So it should come as no surprise that we cook a lot during our off hours too. Here are the recipes we’re whipping up this month to get dinner on the table, entertain our friends, satisfy a sweet tooth, use up leftovers, and everything in between. For even more staff favorites, click here.February 6Cookies from an ocean awayOne of my favorite meals in Paris—years ago, I’m still thinking about it—was at Mokonuts. We had pulpy orange juice; za’atar-speckled bread; a fried egg with a trembling yolk, perched on…

The official Paris Fashion Week schedule is out, featuring one debut, one farewell, and a flurry of sophomore shows.Altogether, the Fall/Winter 2026 women’s ready-to-wear calendar, which will run from March 2 to March 10, features 68 shows and 31 presentations — compared to 71 shows and 37 presentations during the Fall 2025 season.While Spring 2026 saw an unprecedented wave of designer debuts, FW26 will see just one in Paris: Antonin Tron at Balmain. The Atlein founder will present his first collection for the French heritage house on March 4. Another highlight will be Pieter Mulier’s final show at Alaïa before…

In modern Magic: The Gathering, there are few things more certain than death, taxes, and Universes Beyond crossovers: whenever the queues open up for the latest collector drops on Secret Lair, you get stuck in an hours-long holding pattern only to eventually find out everything’s sold out by the time you get in. That wasn’t always the case, but despite years of fan requests to return to a more available format for Secret Lair, Wizards of the Coast is sticking with it. “The short answer—and again, not a sexy one—is that this one is better for business,” Lindsay Bartell, Wizards of…

Buster OlneyCloseBuster OlneyESPN Senior WriterSenior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” and Multiple AuthorsFeb 5, 2026, 07:00 AM ETWith pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training across Arizona and Florida next week and all of Kiley McDaniel’s top 10 free agents now signed, there is light at the end of the offseason tunnel for baseball fans.But before we say goodbye to the 2025-26 MLB offseason, it is a perfect time to make sense of the biggest themes of a wild winter and examine what they mean for the 2026 season — and the…

Waymo, the Alphabet subsidiary that develops self-driving vehicle tech, has picked up speed. The company now operates robotaxis in six cities and has announced plans to launch in a dozen others this year. It just raised $16 billion in a new round of funding and says it has served over 20 million rides since the company launched its service in 2020, 14 million of them in 2025 alone.But Waymo’s mostly smooth operations have hit a rough patch in Washington, DC, where the company first began testing in 2024. Despite frequent District sightings of the now-familiar white, electric Jaguars, and despite…

The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics begin this week, and this year’s Opening Ceremony promises to be one for the ages. The three-hour event will feature performances from Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli, 3,000 athletes participating in the Parade of Nations, and not one but two Olympic cauldrons being lit. (One at Milan’s Arco della Pace, since Milan will serve as the main hub for this year’s Games, and the other in the Alpine city of Cortina d’Ampezzo, where events like skiing will take place.) The festivities are all happening this Friday, Feb. 6, and will air on NBC —…

Highland Park High School graduate Matthew Stafford was named the 2025 Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player on Thursday night at NFL Honors in San Francisco, capping one of the most productive seasons of his 17-year career.The Los Angeles Rams quarterback narrowly defeated New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in one of the closest MVP votes since 2003. Stafford received 366 total points and 24 first-place votes, edging Maye’s 361 points and 23 first-place votes. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert received the remaining first-place votes.AdvertisementNorth Texas Roots, National RecognitionStafford, a longtime North Texas…

The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of the largest universities in Europe with around 120,000 students, have been down for three days following an apparent ransomware attack.  In a post and in stories on Instagram published Tuesday, the university said that it took down its systems out of precaution following the cyberattack, that it was investigating the incident and working on restoring all digital services, and that some communication channels such as email and workstations are “partially limited.”  The school also said that it was working to restore systems based on backups, which were not affected by…