“By the time we got to Woodstock 99 …” In a grim finale, the nineties get their Altamont.

Searching for the line between courage and humility on an expedition to Cirque of the Unclimbables, a remote ring of perfect rock-climbing mountains in Canada.

More than 15% of Detroit’s adults have asthma, and 82% of black students go to schools in the most polluted parts of the city.

A former Ohio National Guardsman recalls being dunked on by LeBron James as a teenager — and how the James helped get him through the Iraq War.

Jacqueline Kennedy, William Manchester, and the battle over the authorized account of J.F.K.’s assassination.

On the obsession with the sexual and social habits of American teenage girls.

How the New York Times critic writes the reviews that make and break restaurants.

An examination of the continued fascination with the 6-year-old beauty queen, 20 years after her murder.

A profile of the comic.

Why did the El Faro cargo ship sail directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin, killing all 33 aboard?

The bloody reign of Rodrigo Duterte, who was elected President of the Phillipines in May.

“Irrational behavior has always been man’s reaction to the presence of sharks.”

The article that inspired Jaws.

A treasure hunter found the world’s richest shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod. Or at least that’s what he told his investors.

Julia, a 30-year-old, has spent her life trying not to take more than what she needs from the world. It’s made life very difficult.

The plan, basically: bring back the two founders (who were estranged), focus entirely on mobile, and apologize as much as possible.

How a hanger-on at the fringe of San Francisco’s rock scene built the Rolling Stone empire.

How the Baylor University Medical Center became a force in the heart transplant business.

“Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him.”

The consumer giant looks to social responsibility in the age of big business.

Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.

The film executive hired private investigators, including ex-Mossad agents, to track actresses and journalists.

A 13-year-old girl was declared brain-dead, but her family disagreed. Her case challenges the very nature of existence.

How infighting splintered a group of players once unified in the movement started by Colin Kaepernick.

The executive and investor resigned from his position as Tronc chairman hours before the news.

After a cop walks into his station and confesses to murder, an investigation reveals the toll of lethal force on both sides of the gun.