In a Plano bowling alley one night, Bill Fong came so close to perfection that it nearly killed him.

In Sinaloa, Mexico, women recover the bodies of missing loved ones—and cook to keep their memories of the dead alive.

“That educated women’s eggs are in demand is one thing, that they are willing to provide them is another.”

The fall of PCCare247, an Indian company in the business of selling fixes to problems that didn’t exist.

The story of an 86-year-old Norwegian man who tired to circumnavigate the globe, solo, in an engineless sailboat he built himself.

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

He stole over $1 million in chips – then checked himself into casino’s hotel to live like a king.

After eight women are murdered in Louisiana, what was initially thought to be the work of a serial killer becomes something much more troubling.

How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how their officers failed to stop them.

In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.

The author was living in a friend’s basement after a bad breakup, unable to eat. Then he had lunch with Jacques Pépin.

The history of canis lupus in America, up to the present day.

Phil Kennedy set out to build the ultimate brain-computer interface. In the process, he almost lost his mind.

How a 63-year-old country singer went from a Nashville homeless shelter to #1 on the Swedish charts in under a year.

As a child, Hugo Lucitante was brought to America from a tiny jungle village in Ecuador. His heart’s still back home.

A Kiwi entrepreneur is leading a revolution in recreational drugs: he’s trying to make them safe.

Joseph Mitchell used composites in his non-fiction, invented characters and added flourishes to his facts. Does it matter?

Kidnappers in Mexico have changed their business model from retail to wholesale—instead of extorting a handful of rich families, they are targeting thousands of undocumented migrants.

The last all-male clubs in Britain are contemplating admitting women. But a significant proportion of their members still want to preserve the spaces as male-only.

Worried about being kidnapped while on a business trip? A man in Florida teaches courses on how to avoid it.

One man’s quest to witness the “Bison Cull” in Yellowstone National Park.

Both the Chinese government and private matchmakers are laboring to unite people who lost spouses and children in the earthquake.

In the wake of 9/11, terrorist networks moved their recruitment and training efforts online, giving birth to Jihad-geeks like Irhabi_007.

An 18-month investigation proves reveals how easy it is to get away with murder in Baltimore.

You watch your best friend jump off a bridge trying to end his life. What do you do? Vino Richemond jumped in after him.