How a 40-year-old IT consultant became nod, one of Silk Road’s highest volume heroin dealers, who turned informant and then fugitive.

A portrait of Speidi today, complete with crystals, tequila and a vacillation “between having no regrets and having many.”

By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished.

When a longtime resident started stealing her neighbors’ Amazon packages, she entered a vortex of smart cameras, Nextdoor rants, and cellphone surveillance.

Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias.

How three generations of a Brazilian family evangelized for and fought over the sport of Gracie jiu-jitsu as it moved from the Amazon to Hollywood to the UFC.

An investigation into the use of no-knock raids — conducted by SWAT officers with machine guns, flash-bang grenades, and body armor — that have time and time again led to avoidable deaths, gruesome injuries, and costly legal settlements.

On the ground to witness Cuba’s last days:

“Either we rectify our course or the time for teetering along on the brink runs out and we go down. And we will go down…[with] the effort of entire generations.”—Raul Castro

The story of the 100-mile Barkley Marathons.

Smigel: Louis comes up with, "What if he says, 'I'm the nurturing president,'and I've developed the ability to breastfeed!" And I'm like, "Yeah, that's great! And then let's have him open the shirt and he's got eight nipples and he can breastfeed dogs and cats." Colbert: We had already lost a lot of sponsors. [Starts singing] It's a beautiful root beer day, the folks from Mug Root Beer have agreed to stay. But you better not breastfeed any puppies today, or you sure as hell will be on your way. So be careful you little punk, Dana Carvey! Even I think it's odd I remember all of the lyrics. I am very impressive...remembering reasons why shows I'm on failed.

The story of TWA Flight 841.

In 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. embassy and held the entire American diplomatic mission hostage for fifteen months. Twenty-five years later, the students reflected on their actions, many with regret.

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

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

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.

Once viewed as a forensic “silver bullet,” DNA evidence is coming under fire.

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.

An attorney pieces together a life cut short.

“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”