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The Latest on the L.A. Surrogacy Case

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By Ava Kofman Verified
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Illustration by Anna Parini Earlier this year, I investigated the bizarre case of Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang, a couple from the wealthy city of Arcadia, in Los Angeles County. They had amassed more than two dozen children by hiring many surrogates who, at first, knew nothing of one another. The secrecy and suspicious circumstances surrounding Xuan’s family prompted an F.B.I. investigation into whether he and his partner were trafficking the children.
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The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings

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By Ava Kofman Verified
| The New Yorker Verified
One afternoon last May, four detectives knocked on the door of a $3.2-million mansion in Arcadia, a wealthy city in Los Angeles County. Earlier that day, they’d received a call about one of the mansion’s residents: a two-month-old baby named Walter. Walter had recently been admitted with severe head injuries to the intensive-care unit of a nearby hospital.
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The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings

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1 hour ago Watch live coverage as President Donald Trump holds an event on maternal healthcare at the White House. The administration had announced a proposal to expand workplace fertility benefits and insurance coverage.
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