Ten years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, an Indonesian family is reunited.

The American yam is not the food it says it is. How that came to be is a story of robbery, reinvention, and identity.

Fifty years ago, 180,000 whales vanished from the ocean. The mystery is not who killed them, but why.

“In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy to the entire work. That’s the only difference, and it lies in the commitment of the writer. A novelist can do anything he wants so long as he makes people believe in it.”

The city of New York is suing a Long Island woman for making NYPD T-shirts. But is it really about money or controlling the brand?

Brad Parscale has said he’s taking a relative pittance to run the president’s reelection operation. But as with much of what Parscale has claimed about his work and life, that’s not the full story. This is.

Three days, 64 people shot, six of them dead: Memorial Day weekend in Chicago.

The cozy relationship between “the internet newspaper” and bogus medicine.

The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars’ worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down.

A profile of Alan Adler, the guy behind the Aerobie and the beloved AeroPress.

The prevalence of online threats against women and why the people who make them go unpunished.

On the road with three high school show choirs and a dream.

After too many tragedies, a veteran guide may turn his back on the mountain.

The Seahawks running back opens up about his public struggle with weight.

An investigation.

An investigation into the bad medical advice women are given about their bodies.

The fossil-fuel companies expect to profit from climate change. I went to a private planning meeting and took notes.

They are the most celebrated in the U.S. military. But hidden behind the heroic narratives is a darker, more troubling story of “revenge ops,” unjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocities.

His almost superhuman exploits made him one of the West’s most feared lawmen. Today, the legendary deputy U.S. marshal is widely believed to be the real Lone Ranger. But his true legacy is even greater.

Successful SoundCloud rapper. Genre-bending artist. You may or may not know Post Malone. Here are some little-known facts that will help you get to know him.

For more than 40 years, a former Olympian allegedly has been molesting boys and young men. Now, they’re speaking out.

Shot and killed just shy of his 18th birthday, Deonte Hoard was one of 489 homicide victims in Chicago last year. How this happened—and how it keeps happening—is both one person’s story and the story of how a community has been forced to adjust to murder as an everyday fact of life.

Caliphate and the perils of reporting online.

Reckoning with the legacy of the Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster.

“‘When I heard the facts,” says Matt Kull, one of DiPaolo’s former climbing partners, “I thought, That’s what Dave is capable of.’”