How a loathsome band makes gobs of money.

A new kind of late capitalism.

The many identities of Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace’s murderer.

On the Central Park jogger case.

A conversation with the greatest designer of a generation.

A profile of the Talking Heads frontman.

Solving the mystery of Wilbur Ross’ missing fortune.

Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?

A story of literary ambition, fabulous parties and a hidden past.

A profile of Jordan at 50.

Neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch left a trail of bodies and paralyzed patients across Texas.

A profile of the actress.

The invention of offshore banking.

Toward a materialist history of the blockbuster movie.

just three months, we have seen Charlie and Tessy through a lifetime of crises — temporary sobriety, meth binges, two stints in jail, three moves, one eviction, several religious, end-of-the-world texts on our phones, a dozen different phones and phone numbers (meth addicts go through “Obama Phones” like packs of cigarettes), and a stay in a psychiatric hospital. Every day brings some kind of cruel surprise, some hardship that would pummel me, but is just business as usual for them.

The making of Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2.

The career of Elton John.

A profile of a suburban New Jersey fifth-grader named Colin Duffy.

A profile of an influencer.

The rise and fall of fraudster John DeLorean.

The parallel lives of a KGB defector and his CIA handler.

The unsolved mystery of the soldier who died in the watchtower.

High in the Karakoram, where the stubborn armies of India and Pakistan face off.

“In 1998, I helped convict two men of murder. I’ve regretted it ever since.”