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Diana Moskovitz is Defector&#8217;s investigations editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

Diana Moskovitz

A screenshot of Dalton Webber from a video package done of him by ESPN. In the photo, he is wearing a black sports jersey and a black baseball hat.

Policing

Quadruple Amputee Cornhole Pro Charged With Murder

Patrick Redford

A large bitcoin guy regards the world they will take over

Politics

What World Does Bitcoin Want To Build For Itself?

Samer Kalaf

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Life's Rich Pageant

This Is The Logical Endpoint Of Zionism

Barry Petchesky

New York City Mayor Eric Adams talks to the press outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the mayor of New York City, on September 26, 2024, after he was indicted on federal criminal charges. US federal agents raided the official residence of Mayor Adams early September 26 ahead of the expected announcement of criminal charges against the former city cop once touted as a rising Democratic Party star. The search at the residence known as Gracie Mansion began before dawn, and is the latest shock twist in a graft investigation against the Adams administration. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / POOL / AFP)

The Most Unbelievable Bits From NYC Mayor Eric Adams’s Indictment

Dave McKenna

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Stories

When The Night You Didn’t Die Never Ends

Jacksonville Jaguars mascot Jaxson de ville, wearing sunglasses and a jersey and carrying the team flag and American flag, leads the team onto the field against the Cleveland Browns in October 2008

Former Jags Employee Accused Of Stealing $22 Million, Used It On Cars, Gambling, And Crypto

<a href="http://www.ddavisla.com">David Davis </a>is the author of Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation and Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. He lives in Los Angeles.
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David Davis

Shots

He Said He Was Going To Save A Century Of Priceless Sports Photos. He Ended Up The Madoff Of Memorabilia.

<a href="https://www.caseyjohnston.website/">Casey Johnston</a> is a writer who lives in Los Angeles.

Casey Johnston

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Into Thin AirPods

Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.

Dan McQuade

Tom Brady, wearing a beanie, yells during the 2019 Super Bowl parade

Does Tom Brady Have Nephews? A Defector Investigation

Cycling

Moriah Wilson’s Murder Has Scarred The Cycling Scene

Capital

Alleged Masterminds Of $4.5 Billion Crypto Heist Also Auteurs Of Weapons-Grade Internet Vanity Trash

Kelsey McKinney

Arts And Culture

No Wonder Left In World Now That Mysterious Book Thief Has Been Arrested

A highly venomous Golden Lancehead snake is seen at the Butantan Institue -which supplies the Ministry of Health, with many snakes' venom for its ditribution countrywide- in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. - In 2018 nearly 29,000 people were bitten by snakes in Brazil, of which over a hundred were killed. Most of the cases were in the vast and remote Amazon basin, far away from hospitals stocked with antivenom. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP) (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

Lynlee Renick Found Guilty In Snake King Murder Trial

A 600g Royal Python sits on the scales at London Zoo on August 21, 2013 in London, England.

Prosecutors Got One Conviction In A Snake King’s Murder, And Now They Are Going After Another

A Centralian carpet python lies coiled at Sydney Wildlife World on September 11, 2009 which features Australian flora and fauna set amongst natural habitats and eco-systems. The non-venomous Centralian carpet python found only in Australia's Northern Territory, uses its colouring to help it blend in with the red sand and rock found in its usual arid desert habitat. Like other carpet pythons it is mainly nocturnal and feeds on small mammals, birds and reptiles. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD (Photo credit should read GREG WOOD/AFP via Getty Images)