The most expensive foods we saw in the Oscars' back kitchen, from black truffles and caviar to wagyu beef and ahi tuna

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A chef poses next to a chocolate 'piece montee' at the 98th Oscars Governors Ball preview.
A chocolate 'piece montee' at the 98th Oscars Governors Ball preview at the Ray Dolby Ballroom.

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The US is Colombia's top gold customer — and cartels know it

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The value of gold reached record highs at the start of 2026.

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Ex-CIA chief officer explains how government work strained his marriage

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John Kiriakou in Kabul, Afghanistan, in the early 2000s.

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A former FBI Special Agent who infiltrated the Italian Mafia, Mexican cartels, and Russian and Asian organized crime groups says he fears 1 group above the rest

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Joaquin Garcia received the FBI Agents Association Distinguished Service Award in 2024.

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He was diagnosed with colon cancer at 31 in prison, and his survival odds weren't great. Now 59, he says spiraling is pointless.

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Nick Leeson was given a 60% chance of living within five years after his diagnosis. That was 28 years ago.

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I visited the Rikers jail kitchen. I left shaken by what I'd seen.

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Rikers' chefs prepare a big batch of pepper steak.

Abby Narishkin

The widows who now work the same jobs that killed their husbands

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Widows in Rajasthan, India.

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I stopped bartending full-time to sell ice. My company now makes nearly $3 million a year, catering to Michelin-starred restaurants in New York City.

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Richard Boccato launched his ice business in 2011.

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I'm training to be an elite nanny at the 'Hogwarts' for nannies. It's the confidence boost I never knew I needed.

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Roxanne Ardekani is in training to be a Norland Nanny.

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We visited the Arctic mine shaping Greenland's mineral future. Take a look inside.

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Mining facilities at Lumina.
Mining facilities at Lumina.

Mark Adam Miller

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