The sordid, petty world of “gossip item” sources for the New York Post and The Daily News, and what happens when they go bad.

Alaska brims with stories of people who vanish and are given up for dead. Once in a while, the dead return.

What increased tourism means for the people of the Northwest Passage.

Trump’s key adviser is a lobbyist known for reinventing tyrants.

Isaiah Wall wants to get his life on track. But first, he’s gotta buy drugs for the police.

How a brewery became more famous for what’s on its bottle than what’s in it.

“The true impact of activism may not be felt for a generation. That alone is reason to fight.”

“In my view, Trump wouldn’t be president if not for Bob.”

He has been in the NBA for 50 years. He’s won nine championships. And he can’t walk away.

A local environmental activist fights to prepare her community for life beyond mining.

How a teenage gamer in the hottest new esport, Overwatch, became a reluctant icon for South Korea’s feminist movement.

The dramatic imbalance in pay and power has created the conditions for abuse.

A report from the Philippines, “the test lab for fake news.”

How the federal government abused its power to seize property for a border fence.

What happened after two Wisconsin girls made headlines for attempting to kill their friend in the internet character’s name.

An Afghanistan love story.

For years he used fake identities to charm women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Then his victims banded together to take him down.

Most of the fish we eat die by asphyxiation. But there’s a better way, both for the fish and those who eat them.

One of the world’s most hazardous jobs is known for its intense pressure.

A walkout mostly failed to secure more funding for schools, but it has spawned a movement of politically engaged Okies.

Rojava becomes the Spanish Civil War of modern times for a ragtag group of leftists revolutionaries.

Police on Long Island wrote off missing immigrant teens as runaways. One mother knew better—and searched MS-13’s killing fields for answers.

A statewide network of schools for disabled students has trapped black children in neglect and isolation.

Why did it take so long for the systems that are supposed to police problem doctors to stop him from operating?

Priests are fielding more requests than ever for help with demonic possession, and a centuries-old practice is finding new footing in the modern world.