Chaos and heroism during a Kentucky school shooting.

An indecent proposal, a crime of passion, and legends of murder in an enclave of bohemian retirees.

Is being a war correspondent worth the risk?

“The most important fast food restaurant in America is a radical burger joint in Watts.”

The planet’s tallest animal is in far greater danger than people might think.

“Uncertainty, it has been shown, is more painful than certain physical pain.”

Beyond the fact that he lacked a pulse, little is known about the man found on an Adelaide beach in 1948.

Bruce Fleming is known for being a chauvinistic, egoistic loudmouth–but firing him has been a lot harder than the Pentagon thought.

On Japan’s Hokkaido, an island the size of Ireland, and its rebel leader of lore, Shakushain.

A profile of Harold Camping, a Christian radio host who (falsely) predicted the end of the world.

A grandmaster on the computers that have bested him and how we have misunderstood the implications of artificial intelligence.

The detective work that led to the recovery of a trove of stolen Nazi art.

Some of the wealthiest people in America are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

His hotel heists had detectives convinced they were on the trail of one of the world’s most skilled con-men.

Many people dream of building their own home in the country, but one family finds more of a struggle than they bargained for.

A former first-string tackle considers the green zone as a war zone:

Just as football has evolved in accordance with the evolving business ethic of American society, so has it evolved in accordance with the changing strategic assumptions about war. The development (or rebirth) of the T-formation in football coincided almost exactly with the development of a new era of mobility and speed in warfare best exemplified in the Blitzkrieg tactics of the German armies in Europe in 1939-40. The T-formation soon overwhelmed the “Maginot Line” mentality of traditional football, based as it was on rigid lines and massive concentrations of defensive and offensive power.

During his 35 years as a member of the Church of Scientology, Oscar-winning writer and director Paul Haggis went “all the way to the top.” The story of why he left, and what happened once he did.

During New York’s ’80s and ’90s crack epedemic, a flashy detective who “imagined himself a crusader who created his own rules” and his star witness, a crack addicted prostitute who seemed to constantly be at the scene of homicides, sent dozens of men to prison for life. Now, they are under investigation.

An essay on Alcor – “the Arizona cryonics company that has put the body of Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Ted Williams in cryogenic suspension, in the hope he may one day rise again” – and the desire to live forever.

Murderous editors, allegations of insanity, connections to the Church of Satan, illegal predatory-pricing schemes, and more than $21 million on the line—the crazy alt-weekly war in San Francisco has it all.

Mince pie was once more American than the apple variety. It was also blamed for “bad health, murderous dreams, the downfall of Prohibition, and the decline of the white race,” among other things. Then it disappeared.

How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific

Every year eleven million people attend Magh Mela, a Hindu festival on the banks of the Ganges. The temporary infrastructure to support them includes hospitals and power stations, plus a massive surveillance apparatus.

The fire department working a desolate New Mexico mesa is made up of 15 anarchists and recluses and led by a friendly giant whose job is to be an administrator in a place that defies administration.