How a U.S. law intended to reduce dependence on fossil fuels has unleashed an environmental disaster in Indonesia.

A gym entrepreneur’s side business in marijuana spins out of control.

Veterans are taking their own lives on VA hospital campuses, a desperate form of protest against a system that they feel hasn’t helped them.

How well-meaning donations end up fueling an unproven, virtually unregulated $2 billion stem cell industry.

An attempt to understand why, after 50 years of decline, more and more young women are suddenly embracing religious life.

How Amazon’s gigantic, decentralized, next-day delivery network brought chaos, exploitation, and danger to communities across America.

Sharon Stern devoted herself to Butoh, a Buddhist-influenced Japanese dance. Did her mentor lead her down a dangerous path?

On generosity, selfishness, and organ donation.

All you need is a blueprint, a polymer, a printer, and a knowledge of government regulations.

Here’s how a tiny brush fire became California’s deadliest wildfire.

A device connected to my heart could save my life. It could also be hacked.

A brutal, bloody hunt. A ghastly, devastating attack. And a state left divided on what to do about its 2,500 black bears.

How did so many rich countries get it so wrong? How did others get it so right?

Fred Rogers wasn’t just a brilliant educator and a profoundly moral person. He was an uncompromising artist.

How billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett pay so little in income tax compared to their massive wealth—sometimes, even nothing.

How much sand can a half-billion dollars dredge up? Almost certainly not enough.

Carbanak’s suspected ringleader is under arrest, but $1.2 billion remains missing, and his malware attacks live on.

The North Korean dictator kidnaps a famous actress and her film director husband, then invites them to dinner to chat about it.

How Brock Pierce ended up as an Epstein guest along with a NASA computer engineer, an MIT professor and a Nobel laureate in theoretical physics is a bizarre tale involving Steve Bannon and an international man of mystery who may or may not be dead.

Ex-Ivy Leaguer and NFL-er Jeff Hatch spent years telling audiences of his triumph over opioid addiction, to great acclaim. Then as the rehab center he worked at drew national attention, a tortuous backstory of cops, dealers and deception came to light.

“A legend is growing in Nepal, where people say a meditating boy hasn’t eaten or drunk in seven months. He barely moves, just sits under a tree, still as a stone. It’s impossible, some say. Is it a miracle? A hoax? Let’s find out.”

Charles Pierce’s classic GQ profile of Tiger Woods, annotated.