In 2009, 300 people perished in an earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy. Next week, six Italian scientists and one government official will stand trial for manslaughter.

Noah Lennox—better known as Panda Bear—has lived in Lisbon for a decade. How has the Portuguese capital shaped his life and work?

Uncovered letters reveal ties between the literary magazine and the CIA’s Congress for Cultural Freedom.

A writer for Conan O’Brien on how The Tonight Show really ended and on how his boss got screwed.

A critique of Davis Guggenheim’s Waiting for ‘Superman’.

Jason Matthews worked at the CIA for more than 30 years. Then he started writing spy novels.

Why has a prestigious address been used so many times as a center for elaborate international fraud?

After a murder in the California wilderness, the search for the killer raises complicated questions about mental illness.

Scientist George Price discovered an equation for altruism. First he let go of his possessions. Then he took his own life.

The actress Tilda Swinton found herself dissatisfied with the schools available for her twins. So she founded her own.

Dolphins may have the capacity for mourning, and elephants sometimes bury their dead.

The death of a high school football player and the life that has followed for the kid who made the hit.

Andrea Duke is 36. She began running marathons competitively two years ago. She’s already qualified for the Olympic Trials.

A father’s search for meaning and justice five years after his son was killed during the Tahrir Square uprising.

“Richard Spencer is a troll and an icon for white supremacists. He was also my high-school classmate.”

For the Never Trumpers, “Trumpism is more than a freakish blight on the republic. It is a moral test.”

Animal rescue centers have been buying dogs at auction from the very puppy mills they protest. Those dogs are then adopted out in exchange for significant donations,.

Twenty-five years after her career-making album, Liz Phair is still writing songs first and foremost for herself.

Cardinal Bernard Law knew as early as 1984 John Geoghan was molesting children. The priest would not be defrocked for 14 years.

A reporter encounters the echoes of family and the struggle for civil rights in Mississippi.

“Antarctica, the only continent without a Michelin star, has never been a destination for fine dining.”

Inside the compulsive world of airline rewards hobbyists, who spend the bulk of their lives flying around the world for free.

How the former Fear Factor host’s podcast became an essential platform for “freethinkers” who hate the left.

In 2005, the painting sold at auction for $1,000. Its most recent price? $450 million.