Próspera was supposed to be a privatized, Silicon Valley-funded paradise—but it’s a hard sell for the neighbors.

For decades, dozens of men with intellectual disabilities lived in an old schoolhouse and did gruesome work in a turkey plant for subminimum wage. No one noticed.

New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.

A man named Tristan Beaudette was killed while camping in Malibu Creek State Park with his two young daughters. For residents, it became a true crime sensation. But for his family, it was something very different.

The school founded by evangelist Jerry Falwell ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking its moral code, say former students. An official who says he was fired for raising concerns calls it a “conspiracy of silence.”

The fabled venue where the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, and Prince emerged.

The social network positioned its plan to bring the internet to millions of Indians as a gift. The country saw a catch.

The story of a rivalry gone awry.

It’s not just the virus that stands in the way, it’s bureaucratic logistics, and the frightening look of those hazmat suits.

The backstory on Julian Assange’s relationship with the Guardian and the New York Times.

Inside the ongoing argument over whether Bitcoin, Ethereum, and the blockchain are transforming the world.

The U.S. may end up with the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out.

If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?

The mob that rampaged the halls of Congress included infamous white supremacists and conspiracy theorists.

It was a 3-mile footrace. Thousands were in attendance. So how did Michael LeMaitre disappear?

Why “Father of Botox” Arnold Klein, whose famous clients once included Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor, thinks everyone’s out to get him.

Boko Haram has abducted thousands of children and trained them as soldiers. Four survivors tell their story.

In 1997, a logger-turned-activist named Grant Hadwin cut down a very special tree. Then he bought a kayak and disappeared.

In a Plano bowling alley one night, Bill Fong came so close to perfection that it nearly killed him.

How $100 million in diamonds, gold, and jewelry disappeared from Antwerp Diamond Center’s super-secure vault.

A mid-boom critique of New York City’s high-priced, mostly glass condo buildings.

How phone phreakers, many of them blind, opened up Ma Bell to unlimited free international calling using a technical manual and a toy organ.

An American woman's travels and memories of her Russian husband.

A child’s hobby transforms slowly into a grown man’s obsessive project.

Bryan Goldberg’s site for women was widely mocked when it launched a year ago. Today it has 15 million readers per month and some of its harshest early critics are on the payroll.