Who is Bobby Egan? He's a Hackensack restaurateur with a bizarre connection to the North Korean government. He's also, apparently, a fascinating subject to the people of 4 Times Square, with two different Conde Nast publications putting out extremely similar features about him in the same week.

Could Carol Anne Gotbaum—the daughter-in-law of New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum who died in police custody at the Phoenix airport—really have strangled herself to death while trying to lift her handcuffs over her head? Can anyone actually perform that maneuver? Slate investigates and says yes. Sorta!