In 2016, a West Virginia police officer came upon a young man in distress who asked the officer to shoot him. The officer didn’t. A few minutes, another officer did. Only one of them lost their job.

American prisons can’t handle mentally ill inmates.

Two angry men submerged themselves in the far-right internet. One committed murder. The other walked away. Why?

The story of a marginalized, mentally ill young man who drew the FBI’s attention with his social-media posts and then staggered into its elaborately constructed snare.

After flames engulfed an Atlanta highway last year, police arrested Basil Eleby for arson. The fire could have destroyed his life. Instead, it may have saved it.

Life in a small town, six years after a school shooting.

Victims of Mexico’s drug violence often end up in unmarked graves. This man set out to find them.

The haunting of 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey.

The predatory trainer may have just taken down USA Gymnastics. How did he deceive so many for so long?

The inspiring life and mysterious death of NBA player Bison Dele.

The company has been battling its store owners for years, using tactics that include planting hidden cameras and and tailing franchisees in unmarked vehicles. It seems to have found a new tool: U.S. immigration authorities.

Two people went for a hike on the Appalachian Trail. Only one made it out.

What prison does to a person.

For two decades, domestic counterterrorism strategy has ignored the rising danger of far-right extremism. In the atmosphere of willful indifference, a virulent movement has grown and metastasized.

Cardinal Bernard Law knew as early as 1984 John Geoghan was molesting children. The priest would not be defrocked for 14 years.

The true story of a ring of thieves who stole millions of dollars’ worth of luxury watches—and the special agent who brought them down.

An electrician’s odd plot to make $607,933.50.

On incarcerated mothers and their decimated families.

A murder, a missing deer head, and a Mr. Big sting.

Last December, a Canadian pharmaceuticals executive and his wife were found strangled in their home. No one knows who did it or why, but everyone has a theory.

Could an ex-convict become an attorney?

In many homicides, police believe they know the killer’s identity but can’t get a witness to cooperate.

The story of a serial swatter.

Philadelphia’s District Attorney reinvents the role of the modern prosecutor.

A slick-talking con artist turned an innocent brother and sister into his personal slaves.