In post-Shock and Awe Baghdad, the relationship between a war reporter and his Iraqi guide falls apart.

The Great Recession meant great things for Nick Popovich, who gets paid by banks to take planes back from hard-up millionaires.

A tech neophyte looks for answers in Silicon Valley, “the last place in America where people are this optimistic.”

Guy Gentile flipped, and flipped again.

An email cache offers a look behind the Breitbart curtain.

The behind-closed-doors story.

What happened next for the Barden family.

One man’s quest to ride the strangest wave.

For decades, Jeffrey Lendrum went to extreme lengths to snatch falcon eggs from their nests and sell them to the highest bidder. Then he got caught.

Donald Cline must have thought no one would ever know. Then DNA testing came along.

Some risky but practical proposals to harness a superpower that has clearly lost control.

Decades ago, two parents sued a drug company over their newborn’s deformity—and changed courtroom science forever.

A well-known attorney helped land a $2 billion settlement for Gulf Coast seafood-industry workers. But who was he really representing?

Sean Murphy was an epic weed smoker, a devoted Tom Brady fan, and the best cat burglar that Lynn, Mass. had ever seen.

Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.

The antics in postwar Nordic children’s books left propaganda and prudery behind. We need this madcap spirit more than ever.

A U.S.-backed militia that kills children may be America’s exit strategy from its longest war.

The world’s greatest animator, Yuri Norstein, hasn’t released a new film in 37 years.

In Scott Kimball, the FBI thought it had found a high-value informant who could help solve big cases. What it got instead was lies, betrayal, and murder.

393 Powell Street was a peaceful home until residents started dying in brutal, mysterious ways.

Platforms like OnlyFans mean people with big followings online can earn money. Where does that leave the sex workers who were there first?

The health-care brand Hims wants to leverage young men’s anxiety over erections and hair loss into a multibillion-dollar empire.

Growing up with Charlie Brown.

What it’s like to be struck by lightning.

An essay on Derek Jeter.