Seyward Darby

White House veterans helped a Gulf monarchy build a secret surveillance unit that was used to target human rights activists, journalists, and dissidents. It was called Project DREAD.

But of what, exactly? On beauty, authenticity, and community in the Instagram age.

A massive Canadian fossil trove reminds us how fleeting life on Earth can be—and how much peril we’re in.

The corporate consulting firm reported bogus numbers and flailed in a project at Rikers Island. Today, assaults and other attacks there are up almost 50 percent.

‘Heil Trump’ and an anti-gay slur were scrawled on an Indiana church right after Trump’s election. The investigation led to an unlikely suspect—and the discovery of a hate crime hoax. Eventually, it led to forgiveness.

On mountains, climate science, and hope.

A troubled ex-USC football star died at 31. His family hoped that studying his brain for CTE would help others

A child presented them with a choice. They talked about it. They made a decision. They followed through. It was, by almost any measure, a fairly ordinary act of parenting. Except for this: Josh is not their son.

The high school yearbook is a staple of teenage life. But for some, it reflects the devastating toll of the opioid crisis.

Paul Skalnik is a grifter and criminal. Now a man may be executed because of his dubious testimony. Why did prosecutors rely on him as an informant?