Select Journalism
The Nordic Connection
How a turf war between rival gangs turned Sweden—yes, Sweden—into the most violent country in Europe
The Italian bear on trial for murder
Last year a jogger was mauled to death in the Dolomites. Did the EU’s rewilding project go dangerously wrong?
The Root of All Evil
Did a bizarre experiment using modern medical technology to reveal the secrets of demonic possession unleash a deadly curse on its participants?
Banished For Questioning the Gospel of Guns
“He is unsure of his next move, but fears he has become a pariah in the gun industry, to which, he said, he has devoted nearly his entire adult life.”
A Mother, a Gun Enthusiast and the First Victim
“It was one of her guns that was apparently used to take her life on Friday. Her killer was her son Adam Lanza, 20, who then drove to Sandy Hook Elementary School…”
Sean Penn and ‘El Chapo’
“The seven hours [El Chapo] spent with Mr. Penn…marked another surreal turn in his long-running effort to evade the Mexican and American authorities.”
The Trouble with Tigers
“I suppose things might have worked out better in the end if God hadn’t put a person with a beautiful heart for animals in the middle of Harlem.”
Julian Assange
“Julian Assange moves like a hunted man. In a noisy Ethiopian restaurant…he pitches his voice barely above a whisper to foil the Western intelligence agencies he fears.”
Trump and the Observer
“More materially to the critics, Mr. Trump is the father-in-law of The Observer’s owner, Jared Kushner, and an acquaintance of Mr. Kurson.”