Migos, a young Atlanta rap trio, has decamped to a mansion outside of town to avoid trouble, ride Go-Karts, shop for $2300 backpacks, and continue their streak of red-hot singles.

Inside the thriving subculture of Japanese men who eschew sex and romance with real live people in favor of real relationships with 2-D characters printed on body pillows.

Inside a transport service for “problem” children:

In his first year of business, [Rick Strawn] escorted eight teens to behavior modification schools. Since then, his company has transported more than 700 kids between the ages of 8 and 17.

Every time a bicyclist rides on an open road, we entrust their lives to a safety net of legal protection and basic human decency. That system has failed.

A DHL tycoon’s small plane disappeared near the Phillipines amidst rumors of children fathered with teenage Asian villagers. Every scrap of his DNA went missing, but that didn’t stop a forensic mathematician.

" I was twenty-six years old and an associate beauty editor at Lucky, one of the top fashion magazines in America, and that’s all that most people knew about me. But beneath the surface, I was full of secrets..."

Tom Emanski changed the sport of baseball, his iconic instructional videos a mainstay on ESPN. Then he disappeared.

A profile of celebrity cat Lil BUB and the man who was contemplating bankruptcy before he found her.

A 16-year-old runner, her coach and the lasting memory of an improbable race.

A week in the life of Naomi and Spencer Haskell.

The story of a St. Louis handball court.

A father’s life, one year after the death of his three daughters in a fire.

On the relationship between conservation, British farmers, and a possible Brexit.

How Yvon Chouinard turned his eco-conscious, anti-corporate ideals into the credo of a successful clothing company.

What a secret audio tape revealed about the murder of mycologist and magic mushroom pioneer Steven Pollock.

An animal's corpse disrupts a humdrum workday in this early story by Eleanor Catton, the winner of this year's Man Booker Prize.

Asphyxiation, heavy machinery accidents and heat stroke–the dangers of America’s temporary workforce.

Searching for Puddles the Clown, whose cover of Lorde’s “Royals” made him an Internet star.

A profile of Steve Carell, whose last appearance as Michael Scott in The Office airs tonight.

On the difficulties of holding Oakland’s thin blue line accountable.

What it’s like to be a first responder amid the rise of synthetic marijuana.

The story of a sudden death amid a high school recruiting scandal in Texas.