The multimillionaire David Gundlach had trouble, all his life, reading social cues. For reasons no one quite understands, he left most of his fortune to Elkhart, Indiana.

Football-related brain damage made Rickie Harris fall from the heights of the NFL to serving a DUI sentence in his ex-wife’s basement.

The ramifications of a U.S. company’s tourism operation on former Maasai land.

Alberto Salazar is one of the most celebrated running coaches in the world. Is he also a cheater?

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

On the recovery of snowboarder Kevin Pearce, who suffered a massive brain injury five days before the 2010 Olympics.

On stolen bicycles, “a solvent in America’s underground economy, a currency in the world of drug addicts and petty thieves.”

How investigators nabbed a key member of a group called “Lost Boy.”

On Astana, the grandiose new capital that Kazakhstan built on the site of a remote Tsarist fort, and its striving young inhabitants.

The story of Olympic boxing hopeful Quanitta Underwood, who was sexually abused by her father as a child.

After two people are found dead in Yellowstone National Park, a team of investigators tracks down the unlikely culprit: a grizzly bear.

On fashion, gender, a finding oneself in a pair of drop-crotch pants.

Inside the investigation that broke the biggest case of insider trading in history.

The Beastie Boys on tour in Los Angeles shortly after the release of their debut album, Licensed to Ill.

A year with Major Steve Beck as he takes on the most difficult duty of his career: casualty notification.

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.

How a convicted sexual predator emptied the bank accounts and ruined the lives of several women from behind bars.

The author reflects on his mayoral run with Norman Mailer against John Lindsay.

At the bar one night a couple of weeks after the primary, I looked up from a drink and saw my face and Norman's face floating across the screen on the NBC First Tuesday show. It is a network thing, and they did a 20-minute look at our campaign. The show reinforced my opinion that Norman and I had some of the most terrific lows in the history of anything that ever took place in this city. And, perhaps, a couple of highs that could be recognized as time passes a bit. Like maybe colleges for years will be using the things Norman Mailer was saying out in the streets.

The author recounts playing herself – best-selling author Sloane Crosley – on an episode of “Gossip Girl.”

A profile of fashion designer Nudie Cohn, who made clothing for Elvis, Glen Campbell, Johnny Cash, and others.

An ode to professional basketball players and why pro ball is the best ball of all.

Meet Faygele ben Miriam, the radical activist “beyond the leading edge” of the same-sex marriage fight.

A profile of the Hollywood star-maker behind Vanna White, Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy.

On the complex nature of a presidential second term and what Obama would do if he wins one.

Meet Dr. Schnoz, the nose-sculpting YouTube king of Miami.