On a pair of Israeli psychologists who between 1971 and 1984 “published a series of quirky papers exploring the ways human judgment may be distorted when we are making decisions in conditions of uncertainty.”

How a once-lauded psychiatrist became a prolific prescriber of painkillers in one of Virginia’s poorest and most isolated counties.

A profile of CeaseFire, a group of “violence interrupters” attempting to prevent street shootings by treating them like an infectious disease.

Being exonerated for a crime you didn’t commit is a hard-won triumph. But how can the state make up for what you’ve lost while in prison?

“There has to be some pleasure in this job, and that’s it. To go around in disguise. To act a character. To pass oneself off as what one is not. To pretend.”

A Covid diary: This is what I saw as the pandemic engulfed our hospitals.

For centuries, everyone from archaeologists to amateurs pillaged artifacts — and human remains. Now, the FBI is cracking down on those who continue to dig.

Memories of a lovely afternoon with a serial killer.

A profile of Stevie Nicks.

A profile of John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar.

A profile of Ozzy Osbourne.

An investigation of Scientology.

How New York City responds to terrorism.

A profile of Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren.

A profile of Larry David.

A profile of the man who helped invent the modern art of presidential spin and came to embody the blurry line between journalist and government official.

The excerpts from a diary of an anonymous Russian special-forces officer who served twenty tours of duty in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War (1999-2009).

In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom.

The dispute over what may be the biggest sunken treasure ever found – and who gets to keep it.

When it comes to sweatshops and child labor, your $7 H&M gym shorts aren’t really the problem (or the solution).

Pubs are closing all over London. One Camden establishment, the Golden Lion, decided to fight it.

On a Victorian-era murder case, and the novel it inspired.

James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies.

He had the gear, the charm, the trail stories. He found his marks in outdoorsy women.

The story of Soylent, a Silicon Valley concoction designed to replace your meals.