In the highlands of Papua New Guinea, admist a mining boom, the public torture and killing of women accused of sorcery has returned.

Amidst the football-obsessed culture of small-town Christian colleges in Kansas, a player is killed at a party.

An oral history of the 2003 World Series of Poker, as poker went mainstream in America and online players invaded the competition.

A profile of DJ Larry Levan, whose sets at New York’s Paradise Garage in the 80s had an almost religious appeal.

A turn in the orgy dome, half a hit of German-engineered acid and more adventures on the Playa.

What U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul has seen in Russia since he arrived two and a half years ago.

On PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and the experience of covering AIDS in Africa.

Meeting Christopher Thomas Knight, a.k.a. the North Pond Hermit, who lived alone in the Maine woods for nearly 30 years.

Why America, and every other street in Massachusetts, runs (or will eventually run) on Dunkin’.

The on and offline search for the prime suspect in last month’s celebrity nude photo hacking scandal.

A New York gossip reporter makes her way in the wilds of European bureaucracy.

Only after buying a new home did the Milliken family learn something terrible had happened in it.

Explaining a radical shift in the way some of New York’s best restaurants do business.

How an amateur photographer documented the greatest achievement in track and field history.

Behind the character Ursula in The Little Mermaid was a legendary drag queen from Baltimore named Divine.

A civil trial of Officer Marco Proano, who shot Niko Husband in 2011, finds him not guilty. By accident.

The story of the 2010 NCAA championship game between Duke and Butler, and what would have been greatest shot in college basketball history.

Early last year, 10 churches were torched in East Texas. The culprits? Two Baptist teens having a crisis of faith.

“Winning” in Hollywood means not just power, money, and complimentary smoked-salmon pizza, but also that everyone around you fails just as you are peaking.

In a shantytown near Johannesburg, an angry mob committed a horrifying crime that was caught on video.

The search for the missing Holocaust hero began in 1945. The unending quest tore his family apart.

In the wake of Rumours, the band endures a series of break-ups.

The battle of Wanat—the most scrutinized engagement in the Afghanistan War—seen from three perspectives: a dead soldier, his father, and his commander.

Newly sober, a man considers faith in its various forms.

On the labor conditions behind branches of NYU, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi.