What seems like a slam-dunk case against a mass murderer exposes widespread prosecutorial misconduct in Orange County.

Investigating an astrophysicist’s sudden death at an isolated resesarch base in Antarctica.

Tracking down a Congolese war criminal.

How a mysterious twitching epidemic overtook one Western New York town.

Life inside a provincial Russian drug den. Originally appeared in Russky Reporter.

“In essence, Pez ordered his economic assassination,” said a fellow Pez dealer.

Harry Shaughnessy was a suburban dad and a lifelong Catholic. Then he and his family gave up on God.

Is it homage? An art project? Whatever it is, it is very Brooklyn 2015.

A vegan sets out to see if there’s an ethical, sustainable way to eat fish in 2015.

Kevin Hart wanted a scholarship to play Division I college football. It didn’t come. So he made one up–and called a press conference.

Cars driving themselves into walls. Hospitals frozen. Elevators jammed. A scenario that could happen based on what already has.

Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas.

Eight calls to 911. Three visits by five police officers. One woman’s senseless death.

He never saw it coming.

In 1997, a logger-turned-activist named Grant Hadwin cut down a very special tree. Then he bought a kayak and disappeared.

When a brain injury leads to a personality change and then prison time, a neuroscientist wonders if his brother could have been saved.

An investigation into how police departments can fail to solve rape cases but still get credit.

Makeda Davis emerged from more than seven years in prison to a life that is complicated, unfamiliar, and, sometimes, soul crushing.

What will we lose when Najin and Fatu die?

In a Plano bowling alley one night, Bill Fong came so close to perfection that it nearly killed him.

How NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas lost his mother and grandmother to drug dealing, and how he plans on bringing them home.

A profile of the Bronx immigrant family on the other end of your Chinese takeout menu.

“I know I learned to use my intelligence as a weapon to keep myself safe from racists, starting as a child, and suddenly it doesn’t feel like enough. The violence is like a puzzle with many moving parts, but the stakes are life and death.”