As the 2024 election dominated headlines, our readers spent time with stories about health care, abortion rights, immigration and President-elect Donald Trump.

Intelligencer readers gravitated toward stories that helped unpack them. Our annual list of the most-read stories of the year, measured by total collective minutes of audience engagement, includes in-depth reporting on the conspiracy of silence that led to Joe Biden ’s late exit from the presidential race,

These were the most offbeat stories of 2024. In February, one couple splurged on a five-star resort for their babymoon but noticed something strange about the place. In May, after yawning, Jenna Sinatra couldn't close her mouth and had to go to the emergency room for the mishap.

From an Amagansett retreat with a children’s cottage to the Nashville artist living in the National Arts Club.