The New York Times used open-source sleuthing—from social media to satellite data—to locate top Syrian regime officials who fled after Assad’s fall.
In May 2025, ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish Jail through a hole behind a toilet. Among them was Derrick Groves, a convicted killer facing life in prison.
A new NTSB report concludes that experimental design and construction flaws were the primary causes of the fatal Titan submersible implosion in 2023.
A former FBI agent has been sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted of raping three women at tattoo studios he operated under a fake identity in Maryland.
A Florida grand jury is probing a $10 million donation from the Hope Florida Foundation—tied to First Lady Casey DeSantis—to political committees supporting Governor Ron DeSantis’s campaign against a ballot measure.
London police uncover a transnational gang linked to China responsible for tens of thousands of phone thefts in the British capital, revealing a sophisticated black-market pipeline.
The New York Times is calling on the public to share videos of encounters with ICE agents to help investigate the scope and impact of federal immigration enforcement.
A fragmented 2003 CIA cable reveals an interrogator terrorized a prisoner with a power drill and handgun—tactics never authorized by headquarters.
A directive from Yahya Sinwar and intercepted communications provide a terrifyingly clear picture of Hamas’s meticulous and brutal planning for the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has been indicted on federal mortgage fraud charges tied to a 2020 Virginia home purchase—amid growing concerns the case is politically motivated by Trump loyalists.