Shot and killed just shy of his 18th birthday, Deonte Hoard was one of 489 homicide victims in Chicago last year. How this happened—and how it keeps happening—is both one person’s story and the story of how a community has been forced to adjust to murder as an everyday fact of life.

If the memory of the Twin Towers now belongs to the world, the story of how they have been replaced is entirely of New York: a tale of power, capital, shifting allegiances, and hallowed ground.

The island of Borneo is the only home of the proboscis monkey, an endangered primate that is surprisingly resilient.

A brutal story from the Times’ cub Metro reporter:

''We're dying,'' he said. ''Why is this happening? Is it because we loved each other too much or not enough?"

An excerpt from Darnielle’s debut novel, in which a disfigured man talks to maladjusted teens.

Inside the world of special operations weather technicians, “the Department of Defense’s only commando forecasters.”

A profile of Jim Henson before the release of the first Muppet movie.

On the increasing tension between the pleasant, thoughtful indie rock of car commercials and those who insist on something weirder.

Kevin Wheatcroft owns the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. And he’s suddenly eager to show it off.

The story of imprisoned boxer James Scott, who contended for the light heavyweight title by staging fights inside Rahway prison.

On the rise of witness intimidation in Baltimore.

When cops kill civilians, their union is on hand to defend them. In many cases this has come at the expense of the truth.

A Czech Libertarian planted a flag on an unclaimed island in the Danube and gave it a name. Now, the Liberland government is struggling to build its a country without taxes, political correctness, or much in the way of women.

Last February, John Jonchuck Jr. dropped his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge to her death. This is the story of what happened, and what didn’t, in the years before the murder made headlines.

The remarkable stories of the nine other women in the Harvard Law class of ‘59.

More than 40 years ago, pioneering author Jim Fixx’s best-selling book brought jogging to the masses, espousing its physical and emotional benefits. Now, those themes resonate more than ever with a homebound society.

A profile of the most powerful woman in the world.

NSA-grade spyware is up for sale, and the world’s worst dictatorships are buying.

Tropicália was a movement that lasted just short of a year, spanning from Hélio Oiticica’s 1967 art installation of the same name, wherein viewers walked along a tropical sand path only to come face-to-face with a television set, to the debut of a TV show, wherein its constituents buried the movement on-air. But Tropicália’s influence was vast.

The lives of the Indians who were swallowed in the Bhopal gas cloud, thirty years later.

Art often draws inspiration from life—but what happens when it’s your life?

The case against a notorious cat burglar, who is accused of stealing more than $12 million worth of the South’s finest sterling silver.

On vandwelling in the wake of the Great Recession.

Basketball is considered one of the most difficult sports to effectively bet on, therefore gamblers like Haralabos Voulgaris who make a handsome living on NBA lines are a rare breed, whose knowledge of the game and personal statistical databases rival most of the league’s front-offices’.

How the truth still eludes the investigation of the killing of four boys in Joypur, which sparked a bloody riot and massive displacement.