“I feel like we sort of choked.”

The story of a school shooting in Townville, S.C. and what happened to the first-graders who saw it all happen.

A federal judge resents the harshness of mandatory drug sentences.

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

To be a second-grader contending with violence.

“Sometimes I wake up and think this isn’t happening.”

Between 1996 and 2015, the number of working-age adults receiving federal disability payments increased dramatically — but nowhere more so than in rural America. This is one man’s story.

Deaf, mute and undocumented, he was charged 12 years ago with a capital crime and has been in legal limbo ever since.

“You know, you’re a nasty guy,” he said. “You’re really a nasty guy.”

Gwen Wright was raised in dozens of foster homes. A new housing experiment could spare her son the same fate.

Their mom and dad were two of the 33,091 people to die of opioid overdoses in 2015. Now, three children in West Virginia must move forward amid an epidemic.

When a husband and wife killed 14 at an office Christmas party in San Bernardino, they also orphaned their 6-month-old daughter. This is her life — and the life of the aunt and uncle who want to adopt her — a year later.

Five cars (all bought with $3,000 or less) containing 13 men (some in costume) race from New York City to California.

The story of a newscaster’s suicide.

He was white nationalism’s heir apparent. Then he went to college.

She entered the national spotlight after she live streamed the death of her boyfriend, Philando Castile, who was shot by police during a traffic stop. This is Diamond Reynolds’s life today.

The 7th grader’s sext was meant to impress him. It nearly destroyed her.

Pvt. Felix Hall died in the only known murder of its kind on a U.S. military base.

The greatest stand-up of his generation is also his own worst enemy.

A story of truth, lies, and an American addiction.

The dark secret life of The Great Zucchini, Washington D.C.’s most sought after children’s birthday party entertainer.

“She scrolls, she waits. For that little notification box to appear.”

“Fast food and hedge funds. That’s where we’re going.”

Navigating life as a brilliant teenage girl.

White women between 25 and 55 have been dying at accelerating rates over the past decade. Anna Marrie Jones was one.