Pitching a no-hitter in the middle of a multi-day acid bender was only one of Dock Ellis’ many amazing exploits.

The story of two Canadian artificial intelligence visionaries who became bitter rivals and then both committed suicide in the same month.

How an aging trio of Irish ‘travelers’ criss-crossed America in a mobile home conning Home Depot out of over $1 million.

In the feral communities of Russia’s Far East, tiger poaching is among the few lucrative pursuits. This is the story of a tiger who fought back.

In Detroit, the aftermath of a reality-TV SWAT raid that killed a sleeping seven-year-old.

A report from Minnesota’s Angle Township, which was put in the U.S. instead of Canada by a map-maker’s error.

A profile of Yao Ming published during his second season in the NBA.

On Huck Finn, the book Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, and the evolution of language and race in America.

A look at what it takes to protect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he’s in New York City.

A profile of Republican Eric Cantor: six-term congressman, new House majority leader, highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history.

SNL in its grim twentieth season through the lens of first (and only) year cast-member Janeane Garofalo.

“By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …” In a grim finale, the nineties get their Altamont.

On existing as a girl in the boy’s club that is the world.

On two gay men in Pennsylvania who tried, and failed, to build a commune of their own.

Searching for the line between courage and humility on an expedition to Cirque of the Unclimbables, a remote ring of perfect rock-climbing mountains in Canada.

Two percent of humans can hear the Hum, a mysterious, low rumble in the distance. It might exist. It might be imaginary. It might be both.

Over a million people are buried in a potter’s field on Hart Island. Here are some of their stories.

David Roberts spent his life facing death in the mountains. Now he is facing a fatal prognosis.

Maurice Lerner missed his shot at the majors and landed in the Rhode Island mafia.

The bloody reign of Rodrigo Duterte, who was elected President of the Phillipines in May.

Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults.

How the Robin Hood of gamblers got ensnared in a money laundering scheme led by former football players.

“Oh my God, the NFL is using every trick in the book to market to kids.”