He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades

Click Here to Read: He Was Held Captive in His Room for Decades. Then He Set It on Fire. Firefighters found a 32-year-old man who weighed 68 pounds. The police say his stepmother locked him away when he was 12 by Sarah Maslin Nir in The New York Times on April 8, 2025.

View east along Grand Street into center of downtown Waterbury, CT, USA. Image: Daniel Case.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

Click Here to Read: Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies. Poulomi Saha, who studies post-colonialism and psychoanalytic critique, breaks down season three of the HBO series, from why it’s set in Thailand to the unforgettable monologue in episode five. By Sarah Fullerton, Anne Brice on the UC Berkeley news website on April 3, 2025.