Contemplating Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia church, as the controversial finishing work is completed.

On the Calorie Restriction movement, the scientifically-supported belief that the key to a very long life is to eat as little as possible.

Housing insecurity in the nation’s richest cities is far worse than government statistics claim. Just ask the Goodmans.

While much of the Levin report describes past history, the Goldman section describes an ongoing? crime — a powerful, well-connected firm, with the ear of the president and the Treasury, that appears to have conquered the entire regulatory structure and stands now on the precipice of officially getting away with one of the biggest financial crimes in history.

Inside the relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan:

The U.S. government has lied to itself, and to its citizens, about the nature and actions of successive Pakistani governments. Pakistani behavior over the past 20 years has rendered the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism effectively meaningless.

How fight coach Greg Jackson, once dubbed “the Philosopher King of MMA,” does his job.

Phil Locke made millions charging working people 400% interest. Then he had a change of heart.

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

“The whole thing has a sort of Taylor Swift-meets-jihad feel.”

The making and near unmaking of Paul Thomas Anderson’s breakout film.

A Black Lives Matter confrontation pitted neighbor against neighbor—and displayed the raw power of a social media flash mob.

An interview with “one of the most influential data gurus” in electoral politics.

Tensions eat away at a relationship between a musician and his girlfriend.

Tom Monaghan started Domino’s. Mike Ilitch started Little Caesers. Both became billionaires, both live in Detroit, both are now over 75. They’ve made very different decisions about how to spend their fortunes.

For nearly a decade, Laura Albert lived a double life as troubled teen turned cult writer J.T. Leroy, writing books, chatting constantly with celebrities, and convincing another woman to appear as J.T. Leroy in public.

Would you rather have one marshmallow now or two in a few minutes? How a kid’s answer to that question can predict his or her life trajectory.

Premier Cru’s “pre-arrival” cases were deeply discounted. When too many failed to arrive, a multi-decade wine Ponzi-scheme fell apart.

Young people who leave strict Jewish communities face a bewildering, lonely new world. One group helps them navigate it.

Last December, a Canadian pharmaceuticals executive and his wife were found strangled in their home. No one knows who did it or why, but everyone has a theory.

Michael Savage used his position at San Francisco’s Presidio to stir up a controversy over Japanese American internment.

In 1970 South Central, pigeon fancying was serious business. But there’s a deeper story behind why these Black Angelenos are entering their fifth and sixth decade raising Birmingham Roller pigeons.

A return to old habits post divorce.

The murder of a rapper amid the rise of Greece’s fascist party.

A single pill could take the sting out of our memories of trauma.