He may not be the surest bet for the Presidency, but Bernie Sanders might be the most interesting candidate in the race.

His health failing and his business in tatters, the head of Death Row Records faces murder charges that could put him away for life.

A midwife, a rash of stillbirths and miscarriages, and a town whose economy depends on fracking.

The failures of the “broken windows” approach to policing.

Is it homage? An art project? Whatever it is, it is very Brooklyn 2015.

Life behind the Beatles curtain, with the man whose real name is actually Richard Starkey.

The double life of Aaron Hernandez.

Doug Dodd was a drug kingpin in high school. And now, like the narrator of a Scorcese film, he wants to tell his own story.

Three siblings from Chicago ran away to become jihadis. Is it fair to try them as terrorists?

Even ISIS’s opponents are hard men who understand terror.

A false confession to bad cops put a man in prison for rape and murder. But even conclusive DNA evidence hasn’t gotten him out.

A white gangster immerses himself in Asian culture to lead a Chinatown gang. He even learns to pour tea correctly.

In the wake of Rumours, the band endures a series of break-ups.

How an elite anti-narcotics task force became the most brazen drug thieves on the Texas border.

The untold story of the world’s most infamous sex tape, and how the Internet spread it faster than anyone expected.

Following the money and the opium in Afghanistan.

After 13 years of war, the United States has helped create a nation ruled by drug lords.

A brutal assault and the struggle for justice at the University of Virginia.

Note 12/5/14: Rolling Stone has stated that they now doubt details of the facts reported in "A Rape on Campus."

More information is available in T. Rees Shapiro's "U-Va. Fraternity to Rebut Claims of Gang Rape in Rolling Stone" from The Washington Post.

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An interview with Stevie Wonder.

The central witness in “one of the biggest cases of white-collar crime in American history” speaks out.

The author on why he belives in God (“It makes things better”), the perils of writing high (“Annie Wilkes is cocaine, she was my number-one fan”) and what he thinks of other writers (“Hemingway sucks, basically”).

Is Vemma an energy drink, the new Amway or a pyramid scheme taking advantage of college kids? Maybe all three.

A dispatch from Lima, Ohio.

On the world’s biggest polluter.

On the rise in gay teens who are cast out by their families.