The angry last days of Ty Cobb.

The changing face of Appalachia.

What is the defining achievement of Barack Obama?

The many lives of imposter Frédéric Bourdin.

A lifelong Jehovah’s Witness moves to China to proselytize.

“Most cities spread like inkblots; a few, such as Manhattan, grew in linear increments. Paris expanded in concentric rings, approximately shown by the spiral numeration of its arrondissements.”

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.

The author relives her Romanian youth and the imprisonment of her father through the Securitate files kept on her family.

The impact of the oil and gas booms taking place all over the world, and our future on fossil fuels.

The disappearance of the Ghost Boat and its 243 passengers off the Libyan coast.

What should be done with the bodies of ISIS fighters? While investigating in Mosul, the author uncovers a terrible crime.

Bobby Fischer unravels before the 1972 World Chess Championships, a.k.a. the “Match of the Century.”

How a meteorite hunter’s obsession took him from the mountains of Colorado, to the Bundy Ranch, and eventually landed him in jail.

“The academy’s prestige has been shattered, probably forever,” by allegations of sexual harassment and corruption.

The untold story behind the mysterious disappearance of Fan Bingbing, the world’s biggest movie star.

The untold story of Alek Minassian, a year after the deadliest mass murder in Toronto history

Eira Thomas’s company has used radical new methods to find some of the biggest uncut gems in history.

The ghosts of the uranium boom continue to haunt the land, water, and people.

The Los Angeles surgeon who can double your size for $13,000.

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.