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New federal data show the Texas university and some other colleges with big endowments guided families into no-limit Parent Plus loans to... Read More

Robert and Noni Whitley enlisted professional shoplifters to steal cosmetics, toothpaste, razor blades and more from retailers including CVS,... Read More

393 Powell Street was a peaceful home, until residents started dying in brutal, mysterious ways. Read More

Five-star rooms for $50, booked through Facebook and paid with Cash App. Read More

Doc Dolan was connected to the JFK assassination and some of Benny Binion’s bloodier work. When I was a kid, he pulled a con on me that... Read More

Two elections officials in Fulton County, Georgia, were fired Friday after they allegedly shredded voter registration forms. Read More

After struggling with cancer for years, Sam Anthony was running out of time. Before he died, he found the courage to mail a letter that he... Read More

With a staffing emergency disrupting the basic functions of the jail system, detainees have had free rein inside. Read More

The U.S. labor shortage has hit low-paying service industries especially hard, pushing companies to adapt. Many economists expect the... Read More

Did the virus spring from nature or from human error? Read More

An enduring traffic jam at the Port of Savannah reveals why the chaos in global shipping is likely to persist. Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The flashy postcard, covered with images of syringes, beckoned people to attend Vax-Con ’21 to learn “the... Read More

The Flying Buttress once glided across the oceans carrying vital commodities like grain to all corners of the world. Read More

You can’t end the pandemic without vaccinating the world, and you can’t vaccinate the world without specialized syringes, which are in... Read More

Tax bailouts would have paid for debt forgiveness many times over but instead companies left struggling households in the dark Read More

Above, from McKinsey's 'Diversity Wins' research, which is drawing skeptical scholarly scrutiny. By Richard Bernstein,... Read More

As they reel from revenue losses connected to the pandemic, many colleges and universities are racking up other costs not likely to turn up... Read More

The FBI’s latest annual report on hate crimes seemed to deliver more grim news about race relations in America, announcing a nearly 40%... Read More

Above, Maranie Staab, photojournalist thrown to the pavement covering antifa Aug. 22 in Portland. By Mark Hemingway,... Read More

Timothy Keiderling’s decision to enroll in the Princeton Theological Seminary reflected his commitment “to give my life to work for... Read More

There’s no conclusive evidence that the "defund the police" movement seriously damaged Democrats in 2020. But candidates aren’t taking... Read More

Continuing a recent trend of comic book characters coming out as LGBTQ, Superman is now confirmed to be bisexual and on the fight for global... Read More

Philanthropy used to be all about black-tie galas and dedicated wings. But the scions of some of America’s richest families are now... Read More

The long read: Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real... Read More

A trove of Amazon documents reveals how the company ran a campaign in India of creating knockoff goods and manipulating search results to... Read More

Experts say the public deserves to see the list, a clear embodiment of U.S. foreign policy priorities that could disproportionately censor... Read More

Hired hackers break into social media accounts, erase debts, and change students' grades, says an analysis of hacking services on the darknet. Read More

Nearly a decade ago, Marie Calloway’s debut book, what purpose did i serve in your life, thrilled and repulsed readers. Then she vanished... Read More

The former employee who gathered documents that formed the foundation of The Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files series says that her goal... Read More

In an interview with WIRED, CEO Hoan Ton-That said the company has scraped 10 billion photos from the web—and developed new ways to aid... Read More

The Pandora Papers’s 11.9 million records arrived from 14 different offshore services firms in a jumble of files and formats – even... Read More

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan figures prominently in a grand jury investigation run by Special Counsel John Durham into... Read More

The indictment of Washington attorney Michael Sussman — accused of lying to the FBI in order to smear Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign... Read More

While Americans know that guns take many innocent lives every year, many don’t know that firearms also save them. On May 15, an attacker at... Read More

McCabe approved the FBI’s Trump-Russia probe and briefly succeeded James B. Comey, and was dismissed hours before his retirement in March... Read More

Hunter Biden said his business relationship with a mysterious Chinese tycoon later arrested on money laundering charges had "everything to do... Read More

A political group posing as a charity spends nearly all of its money on fundraising. That’s not new. What is new is that it’s not even... Read More

The funding solidifies Wickr's position as an encrypted chat platform for government agencies. Read More

A federal judge on Wednesday slammed D.C. jail officials over the possible mistreatment of accused Capitol rioters in custody, calling for... Read More

It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna's life. Read More

ONBOARD THE GEO BARENTS OFF LIBYA (AP) — Osman Touré was crying from the pain of repeated beatings and torture as he dialed his... Read More

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Now the uncontested rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban have set their sights on stamping out the scourge of... Read More

Transcripts of newly released text messages between a crime boss and a deputy police chief have finally lifted the lid on the mystery of 43... Read More

A Chinese policeman turned whistleblower has revealed rare details on what he described as a systematic campaign of torture against ethnic... Read More

Mysterious men wearing balaclavas are beating up refugees at the external EU border or abandoning them at sea. Months of reporting now... Read More

A photographer set out to capture the misinformation producers in a small town in Macedonia. He wound up revealing uncomfortable truths about... Read More

Nicknamed Glory Gate, the back entrance was hidden from the Taliban and used to evacuate embassy staff and others. Read More

The battle over President Joe Biden’s sweeping clean energy plan isn’t over, but there already appears to be a winner – natural gas.... Read More

The Pacific Northwest was hit with a record-shattering heat wave in June, with temperatures over 35 degrees higher than normal in some... Read More

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have designed a pioneering project to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the existing... Read More

At one point, the fast food mascot was more recognisable than Jesus Christ. What happened? Read More

At a recent tournament, thirty teams refused to compete when faced with the prospect of playing against Fulvio Fantoni, a notorious Italian... Read More

The system for testing drugs in the US relies on contractors adhering to strict guidelines. But one of them chose profits over protocols. Read More

The Christian organization Teen Challenge, made up of more than a thousand centers, claims to reform troubled teens. But is its discipline... Read More

An unprecedented leak of more than 50,000 phone numbers selected for surveillance by the customers of the israeli company NSO Group shows how... Read More

This series from the Guardian will investigate environmental inequalities in the US and beyond, and America’s broken food system Read More

They can’t get over the wall. It’s 6-feet tall, made of smooth wood. Nothing to hold or stand on. Even the tallest men are struggling.... Read More

From #UKnowUrBlackWhen to #BlackLivesMatter, how a loose online network became a pop culture juggernaut, an engine of social justice, and a... Read More

She went undercover to catch a rapist. Two decades later, she finally got her chance. Read More

More than 1,000 prisoners at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic... Read More