The story of a device that delivers electric shocks to students at a school for special needs.

A two-part series on how and why Arianna Huffington lost control of The Huffington Post.

A dispatch from the Philippine capital, where “no one will be safe until many, many more have died.”

What happened when 21-year-old Taiwan Smart became the target of both police and a reality TV show.

An unlikely bipartisan alliance attempts to get Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

A profile of Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian doctor who became Bin Laden’s #2 and has now taken over Al-Qaeda.

On the combined force of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia, a Tea Party stalwart.

On the history of political polls, which have become more influential and less reliable over time.

Even the dumpster divers of America are becoming tech-savvy, well-earning entrepreneurs.

The process of claiming a loved one’s body after a massacre at a Kenyan university.

On board the Perl Whirl 2000, a conference of hard-coding geeks on a luxury cruise ship.

Inside the real lives of people who came early to intentionally provoking, confusing, and generally screwing with strangers online.

Supply and demand paid-sex economics, ‘hobbyist’ internet message boards, and the power of reviews.

A profile of the man who teaches America’s police to be “sheepdogs.”

The complicated life and death of Hideki Irabu, a pitcher who was supposed to become a Yankee legend and found heartache instead.

The enormous life of Anthony Bourdain, according to those who knew him best.

The story of a bank robber who risked his life to put a killer on death row.

Over a decade, Theodore Robert Wright III destroyed cars, yachts, and planes. That was only the half of it.

Has a desire to keep the coronavirus out of schools put children’s long-term well-being at stake?

An occasionally collaborative profile of the director.

Twenty-five years after 82 Branch Davidians and 4 federal officers were killed, the lead negotiator at the scene is still arguing about what happened.

A giant earthquake is coming to the Northwest. Unfortunately, no one knows when.

The anti-human trafficking stings conducted by Operation Underground Railroad are flashy, exciting, camera-ready. Whether or not they truly help victims is another question.

On the potential existence of personalized bioweapons, which could attack a single individual without leaving a trace, and how they might be stopped.

A profile of the 23-year-old woman who was savagely raped on a private bus as it circled New Delhi.