On a remote island in Maine, a group of friends thought they witnessed one man killing another with an ax. But no one was ever arrested. In a small town far out at sea, justice sometimes works a little differently.

In Harpersville, Alabama, a traffic violation can lead to months in jail and a never-ending stint in a work-release program – what some refer to as a modern-day debtors’ prison.

President Lincoln worked very hard all his life. After he died, his corpse kept a gruelling travel schedule, too.

“When I was a child, Dad told me that he chose to become a cop because a cop was the most respected man on the block. When I took a seat at the grown folks table, he told me that he wanted control.”

After a flawed sexual assault investigation, a Naval Academy instructor made it his mission to prove he did nothing wrong. The discovery of a lost cell phone told a more complicated story.

A mysterious cache of documents could prove that a man serving a life sentence for homicide was framed by corrupt Alabama authorities—if the documents, and the man, can be believed.

Courtland Kelley knew there was a problem more than a decade ago. He tried to speak up. He sued. He lost.

A family struggles as a 42-year-old husband, father and son becomes increasingly isolated.

An audacious plan to create a new energy source could save the planet from catastrophe. But time is running out.

After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued.

The stubborn Senator from Vermont considers a run for the White House.

“Private prisons are shrouded in secrecy. I took a job as a guard to get inside—then things got crazy.”

Vivia, an intellectually disabled woman, had long wanted a child but decided instead to adopt a doll.

What does it take to save a 300-pound loggerhead with a horrible injury? Inside the yearlong journey of recovery.

When a young author started her novel years ago, she saw it as a romance. She sees it differently now.

A renowned scholar claimed that he discovered a first-century gospel fragment. Now he’s facing allegations of antiquities theft, cover-up, and fraud.

A wife’s notes on her husband’s last months.

Nearly 70 years after Bugsy Siegel’s unsolved murder in Beverly Hills, a family finally comes forward: they know who did it.

A young reporter heads to Colombia to report on the conflict between FARC and the paramilitaries. He meets a girl on the bus. After they begin a relationship, she reveals that that she is part of a death squad.

The story of Dr. Sherman Hershfield, who became Dr. Rapp.

Caleb Cain was a college dropout looking for direction. He turned to YouTube, where he was pulled into a world filled with conspiracy theories, misogyny and racism.

We aspire to a life without discomfort, without unpleasantness. But what kind of life would that be? It is as hard to imagine a world without pain as a person without sadness: a whole dimension of existence would be missing.

After circulating Lolita in secret amongst a small circle of New Yorker editors and publishers, Vladamir Nabokov finally placed it at Olympia Press. Three weeks before publication, a slumping and broke Dorothy Parker appeared in The New Yorker with a story entitled “Lolita” about a teenage bride, her jealous mother, and a much older man.

Phil Locke made millions charging working people 400% interest. Then he had a change of heart.

A week with the Libertarian presidential candidate, who hasn’t ruled out a win in November.