-
+29 +1
The Secret Documents That Detail How Patients’ Privacy is Breached
A federal agency sends thousands of letters a year to health providers closing out complaints about HIPAA violations. Though the government could make those letters public, it doesn’t. ProPublica has started to do so. When the federal government takes the rare step of fining medical providers for violating the privacy and security of patients’ medical information, it issues a press release and posts details on the web.
-
+1 +1
How an Argentinian man learned his 'father' may have killed his real parents
When he was a child, Guillermo’s parents nicknamed him “the Jew”. Theirs was not a peaceful home: air force intelligence officer Francisco Gómez beat his wife Teodora Jofre frequently. “I saw him threaten her with a knife, hit her with a rifle butt, throw her on the floor and shout he would put a bullet in her,” Guillermo eventually told a court in Buenos Aires, years later. On school holidays, Gómez would take Guillermo to spend the day at the Buenos Aires Regional Intelligence (Riba) air force base. Fellow agents took the boy out for ice cream or let him play with their unloaded guns.
-
+16 +1
MH370 Pilot Flew a Suicide Route on His Home Simulator Closely Matching Final Flight
The FBI recovered the data from a hard drive, but Malaysian authorities have not made the finding public. By Jeff Wise. (July 22, 2016 )
-
+4 +1
Codename: Chilbom
Zach Dorfman exposes a militant network operating inside U.S. borders and the work of investigators wrestling with questions that resonate with the terrorism we face today.
-
+28 +1
Death on the Serpent River: How the Lost Girls of Panama Disappeared
The mysterious deaths of two young tourists in Panama puzzled examiners and shocked nations on both sides of the Atlantic; now secretly leaked documents could reveal what happened. By Jeremy Kryt.
-
+2 +1
Scots firm at centre of organised crime probe into weapons deal
A Scottish firm is at the heart of a major organised crime investigation into arms exports from the former Soviet Union to the Middle East. By David Leask.
-
+8 +1
Mystery Show
A podcast where Starlee Kine solves mysteries.
-
+26 +1
John Middleton, the Accidental Warlock
It’s got to be a little disconcerting to find out that despite your best efforts, a solid upbringing, and any evidence to the contrary, the court has legally determined that you are a witch. That’s the sort of thing one hopes to be aware of...
-
+10 +1
The super-recognisers of Scotland Yard
How an elite police unit is catching some of London’s most prolific criminals. By Xan Rice.
-
+33 +1
Study reveals culprit behind Piltdown Man, one of science’s most famous hoaxes
New techniques finger 19th century amateur fossil hunter in famous forgery. By Michael Price.
-
+1 +1
I Peeked Into My Node_Modules Directory And You Won’t Believe What Happened Next
It’s time we as a community stand up and say enough is enough, this community belongs to all of us, and not just a handful of JavaScript developers with great hair. By Jordan Scales.
-
+26 +1
Looks Can Kill: The Deadly Results of Flawed Design
Earlier this summer, 27-year-old actor Anton Yelchin was crushed to death when his Jeep Grand Cherokee rolled downhill, pinning him against the security gate in front of his Los Angeles home. No one will ever know exactly what happened in the moments before the accident. But we know that his car is one of more than 1.1 million Jeep and Dodge vehicles that are part of a recall by Fiat Chrysler. The problem? Flawed design.
-
+29 +1
How Lending Club’s Biggest Fanboy Uncovered Shady Loans
If you knew where to look inside the loan company, things were worse than anybody realized. By Max Chafkin and Noah Buhayar.
-
+4 +1
A Fatal Mistake: The Sinking of El Faro
On October 1, 2015, the container ship El Faro sailed directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. When it sank it took the lives of all 33 aboard, including eight New Englanders. Rachel Slade wanted to know what happened and why. You will not soon forget what she found.
-
+11 +1
In secretive marijuana industry, whispers of abuse and trafficking
For decades, California’s Emerald Triangle has provided cover for the nation’s largest marijuana-growing industry. But its forests also hide secrets... By Shoshana Walter.
-
+17 +1
The story of the only known lynching on a U.S. military base in American history
After Pvt. Felix Hall was murdered, how hard did the government try to find his killers? By Alexa Mills.
-
+8 +1
The Shape Of Emily’s Coffin
The mysteries of the least known Brontë sister. By Laura June Topolsky.
-
+22 +1
How Forensic Scientists Once Tried to “See” a Dead Person’s Last Sight
Scientists once believed that the dead's last sight could be resolved from their extracted eyeballs. By Marissa Fessenden. (May 23, 2016)
-
+26 +1
The spy who couldn’t spell: how the biggest heist in the history of US espionage was foiled
Ever since childhood, Brian Regan had been made to feel stupid because of his severe dyslexia. So he thought no one would suspect him of stealing secrets. By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee.
-
+6 +1
The Road to Tama-Re
An enigmatic ex-con, his improvised religion, and the Georgia town that watched it all fall. By Asher Elbein.
Submit a link
Start a discussion