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To support their families back home, women from the Philippines have found work and a new way of life in Israel. But at what price?

Zukle: The old guy, Bob [Polizos]—I like him, he's a nice guy. When were first getting started, he said, "I like competition." And I said, "Good, because you're gonna get it!" People go over there for $5 steak bites, then they come here for a $500 lap dance.
Polizos: I don't want them here. We are a real restaurant. They're nothing but a whorehouse!

The personal and professional troubles of a Detroit waitress.

Did a school for spies get conned by a fake spook who molested students?

After decades at the fringe, conspiracy theorist and Infowars host Alex Jones helped usher a president into office. Now, the only person standing in Jones’ way is Jones.

On the road with the comic after a bitter divorce.

The life cycle of a drilling platform.

A muddy float trip down the Upper Missouri.

“Football as we know it is done, because the lawyers are here.”

How a cabbie came to assist a jail break.

Over the past 15 years, three people have attempted to restore the humor brand to its former glory. What happened instead was direct-to-video movies, lawsuits, crippling debt, and two prison sentences.

“The sex abuse is a symptom of a culture that does not allow the athletes to have their voice.”

The Constitution offers two main paths for removing a President from office.

One of the most dangerous companies in the U.S. took advantage of immigrant workers. Then, when they got hurt or fought back, it used America’s laws against them.

Sixteen months ago, Otto Warmbier, a junior at the University of Virginia, was arrested in Pyongyang. He’s still there.

The comeback of Marty Reisman, the most flamboyant figure in the history of table tennis, and the self-proclaimed greatest hardbat player ever.

A profile of the grieving musician, who lost his teenage son 18 months ago.

“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”

In an Oklahoma City neighborhood usually left off city maps, the federal government is implementing its $300 million anti-poverty plan: teaching poor Americans how to get married.

Growing up in Toledo, Ohio, Gina Grimm always wondered who her biological parents were. “You know, you go to the supermarket and think, ‘That lady kinda has my nose.’ Or, you know, ‘That man kinda has a resemblance to my face.’”

Transformed bodies on a transformed earth.

Harmony smiles, blinks and frowns. She can hold a conversation, tell jokes and quote Shakespeare. She’ll remember your birthday, McMullen told me, what you like to eat, and the names of your brothers and sisters. She can hold a conversation about music, movies and books. And of course, Harmony will have sex with you whenever you want.