Seven months ago, an underdog Brazilian soccer team boarded a plane to play the game of their lives. They never made it.

An investigation leads to the deepest reaches of the internet.

A religious order funded largely by the founder of the Cheesecake Factory announced plans to build a temple in a small California town. The town wasn’t thrilled.

“My cousin became a convicted felon in his teens. I tried to make sure he got a second chance. What went wrong?”

The consumer giant looks to social responsibility in the age of big business.

The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.

Africa’s most important economy now appears to function for the benefit of one powerful family—the Guptas.

Officers can lie to juries or brutally beat civilians and still keep their jobs.

If you are an enemy of Putin, there’s one city where intrigue and assassins are bound to follow you.

“All human relations are a matter of record, ready to be revealed by a clever algorithm. Everyone is a spidergram now.”

After a cop walks into his station and confesses to murder, an investigation reveals the toll of lethal force on both sides of the gun.

On PredictIt, a site that allows you to bet on politics, and the people who are getting rich off it.

How the godfather of “fratire” went from chronicling his drunken sexual conquests to ghostwriting Tiffany Haddish’s memoir.

The epidemics of the early 21st century revealed a world unprepared, even as the risks continue to multiply. Much worse is coming.

“Success for us will be determined by our ability to move faster than everyone else in this space.”

A few Silicon Valley executives are experimenting with mortality. “I don’t want death to be such a downer,” says one.

Riding along with the Mets broadcast trio, the main reason to watch the team.

Victims of Mexico’s drug violence often end up in unmarked graves. This man set out to find them.

Manufacturers fought to get implants back on the market. Regulators gave in. Now thousands of patients are paying the price.

Roger Stringer testified against his son Zac in the fatal shooting that killed his younger child. Now he believes Remington’s defective rifle is to blame.

How we respond to the rules of the road offers insight into being human.

Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and other sober musicians on how to thrive creatively without drugs or booze.

His brother confessed to gunning down 17 people in Parkland. But he’s the only family Zach Cruz has left.

As Friday’s deadline approaches, a federal employee wonders: “How am I supposed to dig out?”

Life as a young actor when you’re about to become a movie star.