Death at Delta Sig: Heiress Wages a Million-Dollar War on Frats
A grieving mother fights for a new investigation into what happened to her son.
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Meet the Undercover Crime Unit Battling Miami's Black Market of Birds
Multimillion-dollar sales of songbirds heap pressure on species already in decline. We go inside the covert investigation to capture traffickers.
The Loneliest Democrat in America
On the campaign trail in the most Republican congressional district in America.
The Royal Touch
by Ben Freeman (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, October 2018)
The Missing Parents and the Melting Glacier
What happens when climate changes quickly in a previously frozen place? The ice gives up the bodies—and the secrets—of the past.
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Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
Encounters: Afternoon Beers With a Former Sex Pistol
John Lydon, the 62-year-old punk legend, was in New York for a new documentary about Public Image Ltd. But first, he wanted to shop and smoke in a bar.
My career as an international blood smuggler
For years, Kathleen McLaughlin smuggled American plasma every time she entered China, home to the world’s largest and deadliest blood debacle. She had no other choice
Man-Eaters
A quest for tigers in India.
Dial-a-Ride
Laughs, heartache and the winding road: life stories aboard a community bus in rural Wales
The Brilliant, Playful, Bloodthirsty Raven
A new book from Christopher Skaife is a beguiling, fascinating, and highly amusing account of the strangely magical birds.
The Best Life Ever Lived? | Current Affairs
Stan Brock was an adventurer and healthcare provider whose life combined excitement and compassion…
The mind of an anthill
Can we use the tools of psychology to understand how colonies of social insects make decisions?
Inside the Mind of a Bodega Signmaker - CityLab
How these curbside canvases came to be, according to the men who make them.
He Was a First-Round Draft Pick in the NBA. 14 Years Later, He Was Found De
A long-dormant police investigation gives the case new life.
What Happened at the Lake
A father took his 10-year-old fishing. She fell in the water and drowned. It was a tragic accident—then he was charged with murder.
The frozen bodies of Antarctica
Beneath layers of snow and ice on the world’s coldest continent, there may be hundreds of people buried forever. Martha Henriques investigates their stories.
Blood and Oil
Mexico’s drug cartels are moving into the gasoline industry—infiltrating the national oil company, selling stolen fuel on the black market and engaging in open war with the military.
A Turbulent Mind
Andrew Goldstein’s crime set in motion a dramatic shift in how we care for the violent mentally ill. Including for himself—when he’s released this month.
The enormous lakes in the air
Attempts to conjure water ‘from thin air’ might offer relief for drought-ridden regions – and it could even help the rest of us go off-grid.
Losers' Lunch - Longreads
Dining out with courtsiders, a rogue, impish species in the tennis ecosystem.
Riding With the Diplomatic Couriers Who Deliver America's Secret Mail
The little-known Diplomatic Courier Service works like your interoffice mail system, but on a planetary scale, with complex protocols to ensure the safe transport of sensitive material by land, air, and sea.
Meet the table busser who’s worked at the same Wilmette pancake house for 5
An earlier version of this story and headline incorrectly characterized Othea Loggan’s base salary as minimum wage. After 54 years, he makes $2.75 more than the minimum wage before tips. R…
Rare Condition Means Blind Woman Can Only See Moving Objects
After suffering a stroke, a woman was left blinded, only able to see movement.
The Mauritania Railway: backbone of the Sahara
Careening through the desert, a massive railway sustains life in northwest Africa
Mystery of the cargo ships that sink when their cargo suddenly liquefies
We know how to stop solid minerals converting to a liquid state mid voyage – so why does it still happen?
How a Brutal Mafia Enforcer Became a Deadly Serious Marathoner
Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
How to be human: the man who was raised by wolves
The long read: Abandoned as a child, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja survived alone in the wild for 15 years. But living with people proved to be even more difficult
It Came From the ’70s: The Story of Your Grandma’s Weird Couch
Futzing around on social media, as one does, I recently stumbled upon a meme that hit close to home. Over a picture-patterned sofa in an autumnal-colored ...
The Man Who Walked Backward
When the Great Depression put Plennie Wingo’s bustling Abilene cafe out of business, he tried to find fame, fortune, and a sense of meaning the only way he knew how: by embarking on an audacious trip around the world on foot. In reverse.
The Fences Between Us
Nothing comes easy when you’re dividing up the countryside.
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How a hacker network turned stolen press releases into $100 million - The V
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International hackers based in Ukraine stole unpublished press releases and passed them to stock traders to reap tremendous profits.
The Strange Life and Mysterious Death of a Panther-Trapping, Gator-Wrestlin
Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
The Super Bowl of Beekeeping
Almond growing in California is a $7.6 billion industry that wouldn’t be possible without the 30 billion bees (and hundreds of human beekeepers) who keep the trees pollinated — and whose very existence is in peril.
Language at the End of the World
On rongorongo, which no one can decipher.
The Great Chinese Art Heist
Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?
Snowbound
Pinned down in deep snow and running out of food, veteran thru-hiker Stephen “Otter” Olshansky scraped his way to a campground latrine, holed up inside, and prayed for help to arrive.
The Charmed Life of Esther the Wonder Pig
A profile of a pig.
The High-Stakes Race to Create the World's First Artificial Heart – Texas M
In this exclusive excerpt from 'Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial Heart,' world-renowned Houston surgeon Bud Frazier races to help an ailing patient by implanting a revolutionary device that may one day save millions of lives.
How a Transplanted Face Transformed a Young Woman’s Life
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
What It Takes to Hold Your Breath for 24 Minutes (Yeah, It’s a Thing) | WIR
The world record stands at 24 minutes 3 seconds. How much can it improve?
Into the Cave of Chile’s Witches
Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children?
Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man
Mel Brooks in his 90s.
The Spy Who Drove Me
Last week, as America’s top national security experts convened in Aspen, a strangely inquisitive Uber driver showed up, too.
Inside the Poisoning of a Russian Double Agent
The hit on Sergei Skripal.
Serie Nacional
Nothing can match Cuban post-season baseball fever.
Predators, Prey, and Vodka - Issue 63: Horizons
Surveying muskoxen in the Russian far north.