On being the parent of a micro preemie.
A daughter is born, four months too soon.
Juniper’s first few weeks.
Miracles, in little pieces.
A charming assistant funeral home director named Bernie Tiede murders a wealthy widow, keeps her in a freezer for months, finally gets caught, and still has the town's sympathy as his case goes to trial. The story that became Richard Linklater's Bernie.
How John, a father of 14, lost Christmas.
The author spends time with the reporters fighting to keep news alive in an age when the forces they cover are working equally hard to destroy them.
Wealthy businessman Merv Bodnarchuk put together the dream team of curling. Then he put himself in the lineup.
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for 36 deaths there.
Hitman-for-hire darknet sites are all scams. But some people turn up dead nonetheless.
A profile of Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning crime reporter for the Miami Herald during its heyday.
The story of $800 million hedge fund fraudster Boaz Manor who led the alleged $31 million Blockchain Terminal ICO after disguising his identity with a beard.
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The making of Blonde on Blonde in Nashville.
A profile of Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
African Elephants have been killing people, raping rhinos, and exhibiting uncharacteristically aggressive behavior. An investigation reveals deep similarities between elephants’ and humans’ reaction to childhood trauma.
On the start of the high school football season in Odessa, Texas. An adaptation published alongside the release of Bissinger’s 1990 book of the same name, which led to the movie and the show.
Jack Whittaker won a $314 million Powerball jackpot. This bit of luck would destroy him.
A 17,000-word exploration of the Sahara Desert, the hottest place on Earth.
A profile of a suburban New Jersey fifth-grader named Colin Duffy.
Inside the maze of an Amazon scam storefront empire.
Published across three consecutive issues and later adapted into the book (and mini-series) Generation Kill, the story of bullets, bombs and a Marine platoon at war in Iraq.
A 1993 profile of Ricky Jay, world-class sleight-of-hand conjurer who rarely performs (and never for children), historian of unusual entertainments and confidence scams, bibliomaniac.
Surviving a trip to see the family for Thanksgiving.
“How I envy people who enjoy the company of their parents without the aid of pharmaceuticals.”
Reprinted from Home for the Holidays and Other Calamities.
A giant earthquake is coming to the Northwest. Unfortunately, no one knows when.
The true story of M Company: from Fort Dix to Vietnam in 50 days.
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“A legend is growing in Nepal, where people say a meditating boy hasn’t eaten or drunk in seven months. He barely moves, just sits under a tree, still as a stone. It’s impossible, some say. Is it a miracle? A hoax? Let’s find out.”
What prison does to a person.
Thomas Sweatt torched D.C. for decades and was finally jailed for killing one person. During a year-long correspondence from prison with a reporter, he confessed there were more.
