A triple homicide, the alleged involvement of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect, and those caught up in the FBI’s ongoing investigation.

First Hormel gutted the union. Then it sped up the line. And when the pig-brain machine made workers sick, they got canned.

The death of the journalist who exposed dark secrets about Islamic extremism in Pakistan’s military.

The Runaways, their manager Kim Fowley, and the rape of the band’s bassist, long kept a secret.

The man who killed John Wilkes Booth was a eunuch. By choice.

David Petraeus, father of the surge and the uncontested “most competitive” man in the military.

How an alcoholic doctor simultaneously saved his own life and made what could be the medical breakthrough of the century.

How a journalism professor named Dan Sinker became the most entertaining part of the Chicago mayoral race.

Cape Coral, Florida, was built on lies. One big storm could wipe it off the map. It’s also the fastest-growing city in the United States.

A former schoolyard bully finds a new identity through Buddhism. A classmate wonders why he changed—and if he remembers the pain he caused.

A New Orleans football legend reached the pinnacle of the sport, playing in three Super Bowls. Then he disappeared.

On the frontlines of extinction in the Gulf of California, where the vaquita faces its final days.

Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry.

An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions.

For years, it was the largest portal for sex on the internet. Now its fate could shape the future of Silicon Valley.

The story of a lifelong addict and an unlikely friendship.

He dreamed of educating the children in his village. But soon he learned that it was dangerous for the Rohingya to dream.

Can the king of ultrarunning conquer a race as short as the marathon?

On the racially motivated destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood district.

Could shrunken heads from the Amazon hold the key to curing cancer? One man thought so—and spent a lifetime trying to prove it.

Following the United Nations’ war crimes detectives who tracked down a man who helped unleash the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

On body horror, ‘Attack of the 50 Foot Woman,’ and the growing pains of being the tall girl.

Why did Christie Smythe upend her life and stability for Martin Shkreli, one of the least-liked men in the world?

A revolution in full-figured fashion.