The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best.

Justin Alexander went searching for higher meaning. No one expected the quest to end in a search for his body.

The story of a bank robber who risked his life to put a killer on death row.

Why one physician took the risk of becoming an F.B.I. informant to expose alleged Medicare fraud.

More than 600,000 U.S.-born children of undocumented parents live in Mexico. What happens when you return to a country you’ve never known?

The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs.

An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.

How proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement.

How coach Gregg Popovich’s love of fine wine led to a 20-year run of success in the NBA.

Decades of greed, neglect, corruption, and bad politics led to last year’s Paradise fire, the worst in California history.

He dreamed of educating the children in his village. But soon he learned that it was dangerous for the Rohingya to dream.

A Swiss chateau. A Broadway musical all about her. And absolutely nothing she has to do.

What the opioid crisis has done to one indigenous family in Alaska–the writer’s.

Some risky but practical proposals to harness a superpower that has clearly lost control.

How did feeling good become a matter of relentless, competitive work; a never-to-be-attained goal which makes us miserable?

Independent “researchers” are sharing unfounded theories across social media, which have the potential to spread panic and confusion—and have even fooled legitimate government agencies.

When jail healthcare is outsourced to for-profit medical providers, inmates pay the price.

Scientists in Brazil are trying to save the giant anteater from a growing threat: roads.

“I always said that when my time came I’d want to go fast. But where’s the fun in that?”

Daniel Kaye, also known as Spdrman, found regular jobs tough but corporate espionage easy. He’s about to get out of prison.

A Navajo girl was exploited and sex trafficked in urban and rural New Mexico. Why did so many fail to help her?

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

Two men were sent to prison for killing a French tourist in Manhattan in 1987. Can they overturn their convictions?

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

A cooking column for people with AIDS claimed the right to pleasure, but in each recipe was embedded an urgent appeal.