It mostly had to do with Patch, the executive’s hyperlocal and unprofitable baby.

How two couples found a way to play the preschool system for profit.

Trump’s Commerce pick and a government by, and for, the super-rich.

Israel Keyes confessed to multiple murders, but committed suicide before revealing all the details.

Why America, and every other street in Massachusetts, runs (or will eventually run) on Dunkin’.

As the birds decline, one Icelandic island keeps throwing a rowdy, boozy puffin festival.

A sociologist’s controversial first book and the debate over who gets to speak for whom.

On his legacy, his impact on California, and why “saints should be judged guilty until proven innocent.”

USB sticks bearing digital video are the new radio.

Jack Nicholson interviewed at 73.

A young dealer goes on the lam after selling multiple masterpieces to several buyers simultaneously.

“His life with the virus would be his witness, his public testimony. Performance as life, and life as performance.”

Troughout his life, Hernández has been known as one thing: a soccer player. But last year, that identifier stopped being enough.

How CREW and MUSTIE decide what books stay in a library's circulation.

“You Palestinians can never see the fucking big picture.”

Meggett was an All-Pro running back for the New York Giants. He was also a serial rapist.

The Scandinavians had an idea that seems wacky to Americans: make a prison safe and livable.

What happens when a successfully funded Kickstarter product fails to launch?

How an increase in the earth’s temperature could wipe out a continent.

What happened after Joan Lefkow’s husband and mother were murdered in her home.

How J.C. Penney gamed Google and became the top result for searches on everything from “area rugs” to “skinny jeans.”

An ancient document suggests that Jesus had a wife. But an investigation into its origins leads to … Florida.

Inside a pageview scam.

On culture and the driverless car.