Gun violence, high school football and what coaches are doing to keep their players safe

“Yesterday I was just googling, I was going on YouTube to see how to microwave pasta.”

13 women, a months-long trial, and a jury’s choice.

An essay on meaningless work.

He’s an expert on Twitter virality, but not on infectious disease. Does he do more help or harm?

The United States, which took a forceful stance on other Arab revolts, remained relatively passive in the face of the kingdom’s unrest and crackdown. To many who are familiar with the region, this came as no surprise: of all the Arab states that saw revolts last year, Bahrain is arguably the most closely tied to American strategic interests.

A report on Bahrain, the Arab Spring’s most ill-fated uprising.

He rose from poverty to fame as a marathon champion at only 23. But was his fall from a balcony outside of Nairobi murder, accident, or suicide?

Nakesha Williams resisted help from social workers, friends and acquaintances, some who only knew her as a homeless woman, and others who knew of her past.

On America’s interstates, brazen bands of thieves steal 18-wheelers filled with computers, cell phones, even toilet paper. And select law enforcement teams are tasked with tracking them down.

Job Cohen, the current mayor of Amsterdam, is leading the Dutch race for Prime Minister on a platform of racial integration that could transform the relationship between European politics and immigration.

The failure of MTV’s Staten Island-based reality show and the fate of its cast members:

While Bridge & Tunnel hangs in programming purgatory, the DeBartolis are hamstrung by Draconian network contracts that reportedly don't allow them to have agents or managers or even talk about any of this publicly for five years. So while JWoww shills her own black bronzer line and Snooki slams into Italian police cars for $100,000 an episode, Gabriella and Brianna have been working respectively as a secretary and a pizza-order girl in Staten Island. The papers they signed as passports off Staten Island are effectively keeping them there.

A lesson in ethics.

A pivotal Civil Rights rally recalled, 50 years later.

An exploited celebrity’s long journey home.

How Hollywood falls for actresses who “act like a dude but look like a supermodel” – and then changes its mind.

On 20-somethings in America, or:

My screwed, coddled, self-absorbed, mocked, surprisingly resilient generation.

Personalized medicine may one day deliver routine medical miracles. But it wasn’t ready in time for Stephanie Lee.

How a 27-year-old went from PR underling to gatekeeper.

A reporter learns to slice lox—and digs into a Los Angeles landmark’s millions in debt.

How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.

Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.

A leftist journalist’s bruising crusade against establishment Democrats—and their Russia obsession.

Children film themselves chewing, whispering and tapping to give their adult audience an ASMR buzz. But at what cost?