A white gangster immerses himself in Asian culture to lead a Chinatown gang. He even learns to pour tea correctly.

An eyewitness tells us what it was like to be there.

How Ross Ulbricht went from idealistic used-book seller to murderous drug kingpin.

A controversial effort divides students by race in order to combat racism.

Prosecutors have spun creative theories to explain away scientific evidence when DNA tests haven’t fit their version of events.

Promise kept.

But his greatest presidential stumbling block may be right under his nose. At home, Newt's second wife, Marianne Ginther Gingrich, tells me she doesn't see herself in the First Lady's job. "Watching Hillary has just been a horrible experience," commiserates Marianne. "Hillary sticking her neck out is not working." What happens if Newt runs?, I ask. "He can't do it without me," she replies. "I told him if I'm not in agreement, fine, it's easy" --she giggles at her naughtiness. "I just go on the air the next day, and I undermine everything..."

From Tetris to Angry Birds, an examination of “stupid games.”

A married father of two tracks down his free-living doppelgänger, a musician who has avoided responsibility at every turn, to see who’s happier.

Ostensibly straight black men who have sex with other men.

Born in Germany, raised in Montana, now living in New York, comedian Reggie Watts describes his style as “culture sampling.”

A year after dozens died protesting his election and hundreds more were imprisoned, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad grants a rare interview to an American journalist.

An American, born into privilege, became a bootleg DVD kingpin in Shanghai and then, in an unprecedented development, landed in Chinese prison.

Why Darwin’s theory of sexual selection is wrong and “gayness is a necessary side effect of getting along.”

A profile of 12-year-old actress Elle Fanning, Dakota’s sister.

How YouTube went from ubiquitous to profitable; and where it goes next.

He hacked a hospital to protest their treatment of a sick child. Now he’s facing 15 years.

Young-adult books are being targeted in intense social-media callouts, draggings, and pile-ons — sometimes before anybody’s even read them.

A profile of a young activist in Chicago who almost committed suicide on Facebook Live.

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

Once I made my home smart, what would it learn and whom would it tell?

How a Silicon Valley team helped rebuild his distinctive robotic sound.

Eric Schneiderman faces a #MeToo reckoning of his own.

A working theory about what makes internet writing uniquely “internetty.”

Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.