In the wake of a vicious murder, the state of Oregon wrestles with what went wrong in its mental health system.

A veteran magazine journalist changes jobs at 57.

Gabriel Jiménez built Nicolás Maduro a digital coin and nearly paid with his life.

A profile of the doctor who has run the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for 36 years.

Antoine Yates spent three years living in New York City public housing with a 450-pound Siberian tiger named Ming.

A conversation with the former player, and new coach, about basketball, Beijing, and being understood.

A cross section of Angelenos consider ‘What’s next?’

A cooking column for people with AIDS claimed the right to pleasure, but in each recipe was embedded an urgent appeal.

How a July 4th meal exposes the coronavirus risk for thousands of US food workers.

Sean Murphy was an epic weed smoker, a devoted Tom Brady fan, and the best cat burglar that Lynn, Mass. had ever seen.

Activists insist that police departments must change. For half a century, New York City’s P.B.A. has successfully resisted such demands.

If something isn’t done now, antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill as many as 10 million people a year by 2050.

Groups protesting lockdown measures see the coronavirus pandemic as a pretext for tyranny—and as an opportunity for spreading rage.

Over a decade, Theodore Robert Wright III destroyed cars, yachts, and planes. That was only the half of it.

A theatre company has spent years bringing catharsis to the traumatized. In the coronavirus era, that’s all of us.

How did a couple who built an empire of yoga studios and homes with “living walls” end up as pandemic villains?

Three teenage boys decide to set sail after a night of drinking. They go missing for 51 days.

Has a desire to keep the coronavirus out of schools put children’s long-term well-being at stake?

Humans have always sensed the ghosts of loved ones. It’s only in the last century that we convinced ourselves this was a problem.

Police body cams were supposed to change everything in Chicago. But a lot of them were rarely turned on.

How could the coronavirus overwhelm a Florida nursing home so quickly?

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

A U.S.-backed militia that kills children may be America’s exit strategy from its longest war.

The author’s chance encounter with Tom Hanks leads to a dear and lasting friendship with his assistant.

An internet-famous plastic surgeon faces hard questions, and a lawsuit, after building his brand on his patients’ bodies.