The life history of an unassuming Sudanese man, Noor Uthman Muhammed, who has spent the last nine years in Guantánamo Bay prison.

The best-selling young novelist lay dead in a trash-strewn cottage on Ireland’s rugged coast for over a week before she was discovered.

The story of a young man on the run in the slum he dreams of escaping.

A profile of Suge Knight, 29 and the C.E.O. of Death Row Records, before the deaths of Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.

An investigative look at the killing of Trayvon Martin.

The Penn State sex abuse scandal as told through a father, a son and “Victim 1.”

The bloody, often surreal, fight for Kosovo’s independence was led by a man moonlighting as a roofer in Switzerland.

A blow by blow account of the seizure of a French cruise ship by Somali pirates.

How misdirected incentives in the bewildering medical supply industry keep innovative, life-saving equipment from reaching hospitals.

The comeback of Marty Reisman, the most flamboyant figure in the history of table tennis, and the self-proclaimed greatest hardbat player ever.

How two Italian teenagers hacked the Soviet space program and may have heard the dying breaths of a lost cosmonaut.

The fever-dream life and death of Chinese poet Gu Cheng.

How a burst blood vessel transformed the mind of a deliberate, controlled chiropractor into that of an utterly unfiltered, massively prolific artist.

In family court, judges must decide whether the risks at home outweigh the risks of separating a family.

A series of conversations with the WikiLeaks founder about his role in the 2016 presidential election.

A travelogue through the contradiction-rich and predominantly Muslim Southern Thailand.

In postwar Japan, a single-minded focus on rapid economic growth helped erode family ties. Now, a generation of elderly Japanese are dying alone.

Inside the trailer park known as Little Mexico in Norwalk, Ohio in the wake of an ICE raid that separated children from their parents.

Jack Whittaker won a $314 million Powerball jackpot. This bit of luck would destroy him.

The life of Robert Earl Hughes, who at more than 1,000 lbs. was named largest man on earth by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Young immigrants who have been separated from their parents find a home at the Children’s Center.

Jeremy Wilson spent years crisscrossing the country and inventing new identities as a war hero, an MIT grad, a Hollywood journalist, and more.

Sean Murphy was an epic weed smoker, a devoted Tom Brady fan, and the best cat burglar that Lynn, Mass. had ever seen.

How did a couple who built an empire of yoga studios and homes with “living walls” end up as pandemic villains?