Stephen Reed was “mayor for life” in Harrisburg, PA. Now he’s going to trial on 114 counts of bribery, theft, and fraud.

A 48-hour reconstruction of the Breitscheidplatz Attack and the political response.

The screaming ambassador to the sidewalks of New York City.

“Irrational behavior has always been man’s reaction to the presence of sharks.”

The article that inspired Jaws.

Hanging out with a new celebrity class: the teen kings and queens of social media.

To date, more than 500 people have been killed by police in America. This is the story of one, Charly Keunang.

On Keith Richards’ autobiography.

There’s some very sensible advice on how to take drugs, too.

The life of Kimi Peck, a former screenwriter, once married to Gregory Peck’s son, who turned to “saving” stray dogs.

What happens to the people who film famous incidents of police violence.

A treasure hunter found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told his investors.

No contemporary artist has used natural history to tell the kind of stories that painter Walton Ford tells.

We think of the character as lithe and slim as the actors who’ve played him. But Shakespeare might not have intended him to be that way.

The most successful songwriter of the last twenty years is a forty-four year old Swede, Max Martin.

The men whose profitable (and self-serving) antics preserved what we know of the Brontë sisters.

The true love story of Peanuts.

The death of a high school football player and the life that has followed for the kid who made the hit.

One of the first lefty political bloggers has no job, mostly tweets, and thinks Donald Trump has it right on immigration.

Inside “a surreal world of pseudo-scientific methods and jargon, traumatizing psychodramas and nude cuddling with counselors.”

How a hanger-on at the fringe of San Francisco’s rock scene built the Rolling Stone empire.

A traveler tries to make sense of a beautiful island with a dark past.

The story of Akai Gurley before he was killed by a New York City police officer.

How an art shipper took advantage of the market’s opaque rules and shadowy deal-making to rip off a Russian oligarch.

On a comic offering portrayals of secular Muslims that American audiences rarely see.

What the experiences of nonmonogamous couples can tell us about jealousy, love, desire and trust.

Deciphering the rise of a lifestyle guru who sells self-absorption as the ultimate luxury product.