“As an American woman, I currently have less reproductive autonomy than I would have had the day I was born.”

The Harvard Law School legend has defended everyone from O.J. Simpson to Claus von Bülow. Now he’s facing his toughest case yet: his own.

How Barack Obama decided to green-light the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

On Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyeh, “the world’s most wanted terrorist not named Osama bin Laden,” whose death five years ago remains a mystery.

How Gary Gygax, a semi-employed shoe repairman, built and lost the Dungeons & Dragons empire.

How a young Afghan trucking-company owner became spectacularly rich.

How Lalit Modi built a billion-dollar cricket empire—only to be exiled from his sport and homeland.

A longtime NGO worker on how big ideas end up hurting international aid.

The former Beastie Boy, 48, tries to figure out what’s next.

Prohibition couldn’t have happened without Wayne B. Wheeler, who foisted temperance on a thirsty nation 90 years ago.

Ray Spencer went to jail for 20 years for molesting his kids. Then they started to question their memories.

Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over Oracle v. Google, has been coding for more than three decades.

Forty-seven years later, two daughters meet.

Fishing gear can pose a deadly threat to whales—and to those who try to save them.

First the red bees arrived. Then a Red Hook cherry factory’s true purpose came to light.

Damilare Sonoiki and Mychal Kendricks made a very bad team.

An obsessive marine biologist gambles his savings, family, and sanity on a quest to be the first to capture a live giant squid.

When the apocalypse comes, survivors (and aliens!) will be happy that Martin Kunze built this place.

How Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann revolutionized sports broadcasting with SportsCenter.

The patient lasted just minutes after being taken off life support. By then it was too late.

But for heaven’s sake, the best-selling author, unapologetic cusser, and fifth-generation Texan would rather not be called that.

When the FDA approves lab-grown human organs for patients, Dean Kamen wants to be ready to mass-produce them.

There are myriad arguments for and against eating roadkill. Can they all be true at the same time?

Confined mostly to tiny cabins as the pandemic unfolded, crew members struggle to cope.

Sarah Green escaped her mother’s cult 22 years ago. She still thinks about those she left behind.