It comes from the soil of the desert Southwest. Inhaled, it can cause incurable, even fatal illness. And, thanks to global warming, valley fever is spreading fast.

After nine months of striking out, Chris McKinlay decided to change his online dating strategy. It worked.

Trying to understand the appeal of Eve Online.

A profile of former club kid Michael Alig, who is approaching release after serving 17 years in jail for murder.

An investigation into the practice of putting teenagers in solitary confinement.

There are 45,000 service members missing in action from WWII and other wars who experts say are recoverable. Last year, the U.S. brought home 60 of them.

The story of “the biggest retail hack in U.S. history.”

Three Americans are held hostage in Iran for two years, much of it spent in solitary confinement.

She believed she had survived the worst time of her life. But there was more to come.

Summiting one of the world’s toughest peaks gave Julian Torres something an IED blast in Afghanistan had taken away.

Riding through Detroit with the author of The Turner House.

What went wrong when a group of canyoneers was caught by a flash flood in Zion National Park.

Behind a Muslim community in northern Wyoming — and 20 percent of all Muslims in the state — lies one very enterprising man.

Across the world, millions of displaced Syrians have been met with hesitation and hostility. Not in Canada.

A profile of comedian Leslie Jones, who made Saturday Night Live after 25 years as a road comic.

The state attorney, who prosecuted Marissa Alexander and failed to convict George Zimmerman, has put hundreds of children behind bars.

Exploring the crime-ridden depths of the internet with Opsec, a former professional hacker.

The business of sound.

The story of streetcar 393, which plunged into Fort Point Channel via an open drawbridge in 1916. Forty-six people were killed.

An annual re-enactment drags America’s history of racist violence into the light.

An investigation into the abuse and neglect of adults with disabilities in Illinois.

Mary Kuanen escaped the violence of Sudan only to live through her husband’s murder in suburban Denver. This is her life today.

An investigation into America’s largest chain of psychiatric hospitals, where patients are held against their will to maximize profits.

ProDoula wants to revolutionize the touchy-feely doula profession — and make millions of dollars along the way.

Writing a “stunt memoir” in the waterpark capital of the world.