A profile of the world’s top photo retoucher, who typically can retouch over 100 images in a single issue of Vogue.

The war between Major League Baseball and Alex Rodriguez, “fought with six-figure payoffs in the tanning salons and strip malls of South Florida.”

A cave in Russia, a long-lost tip of a pinkie bone, and the discovery of a new kind of human being.

A bungled operation in Honduras and the enduring ineffectiveness of America’s war on drugs.

In between projects, the director searches for “that next soul-nourishing gig.”

A profile of former club kid Michael Alig, who is approaching release after serving 17 years in jail for murder.

There are 45,000 service members missing in action from WWII and other wars who experts say are recoverable. Last year, the U.S. brought home 60 of them.

The story of “the biggest retail hack in U.S. history.”

Paul Bremer was briefly the Bush administration’s point person in Iraq. His decisions would have lasting consequences.

Summiting one of the world’s toughest peaks gave Julian Torres something an IED blast in Afghanistan had taken away.

A pro-Ukraine activist goes silent in separatist-held Donetsk. A foreign correspondent goes looking for him.

The hard luck stories of Trump fans in Florida, New Hampshire, and Iowa, including that of a man who legally changed his name to Donald Trump Jr.

What went wrong when a group of canyoneers was caught by a flash flood in Zion National Park.

How the truth still eludes the investigation of the killing of four boys in Joypur, which sparked a bloody riot and massive displacement.

Across the world, millions of displaced Syrians have been met with hesitation and hostility. Not in Canada.

A week with the Libertarian presidential candidate, who hasn’t ruled out a win in November.

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

In New York City, every 4-year-old has access to free early education—even those whose families make up the 1 percent.

The story of streetcar 393, which plunged into Fort Point Channel via an open drawbridge in 1916. Forty-six people were killed.

An Italian town plagued by mysterious fires turns to science, the church, and the law in a search for answers.

Amarillo accepts more refugees per capita than anywhere in Texas. And as families navigate a new country, Miss Evelyn, a former teacher, helps guide them.

Looking for answers in India after a seeker disappears and his guide commits suicide.

Joe Arridy had an IQ of 46. In 1939, he was executed for a crime he neither understood nor committed.

In Argentina, where the fútbol underworld controls everything from t-shirt vending to murder, and “rowdy gangs” have turned the stadium into a battleground.

A 50-year medical riddle in Papua New Guinea and the man who made solving it his life’s work.