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The YouTuber Recovering Missing Bodies

Diver Jared Leisek finds the bodies of people who have been missing underwater for decades. His YouTube channel documents his searches while also telling their stories.
rape kits

DNA From Rape Kits Used to Arrest Victims Years Later, Officials Claim

A woman was arrested on property crime charges, and her DNA was allegedly used to identify her from a rape kit exam she took years ago.
Samantha Cole
2.15.22
Tina Peters

GOP Official Accused of Leaking Info to QAnon Is Now Running for Office

Tina Peters, the top election official in Mesa County, Colorado, has a lot on her plate. 
David Gilbert
2.15.22
Honduras

Former Honduran President Helped Smugglers Move 500 Tons of Cocaine, US Alleges

The extradition request, charges and arrest come after years of allegations in the U.S. courts that Juan Orlando Hernández oversaw a "narco state" during his time in office.
Deborah Bonello
Nathaniel Janowitz
2.15.22
Tech

The Harebrained Scheme to Turn Magic: The Gathering Cards into NFTs

mtgDAO wants to mint Magic: The Gathering cards into NFTs. Wizards of the Coast may have some issues with that.
Matthew Gault
2.15.22
human smuggling

Inside a Massive Human Smuggling Ring Led by US Marines

The Marines were young, low-paid, and clean-cut, making them “ideal” recruits to smuggle migrants for cash.
Emily Green
2.15.22
Crime

Pakistan’s Biggest Social Media Star Was Murdered by Her Brother. Now, He’s a Free Man.

“We are all complicit in the crime of failing to protect women.”
Rimal Farrukh
2.15.22
housing

‘I’ve Seen Sewage Running Down Walls’: Exposing the UK’s Social Housing Crisis

Kwajo Tweneboa, 23, has gone viral exposing London's cockroach-infested social housing. He speaks to VICE World News about his activism.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
2.15.22
winter olympics 2022

Chinese Women Look at Eileen Gu and Do Not See Themselves

Is Eileen Gu, a skiing superstar born and raised in San Francisco, the right role model for Chinese girls?
Viola Zhou
2.15.22
russia

Russia Says It’s Withdrawing Some Troops From the Ukraine Border, So Yeah

The claimed withdrawal comes a day before what the U.S. said was the planned date of a full-scale Russian invasion. No one has a clear idea of what will happen next, apart from maybe Vladimir Putin.
Mitchell Prothero
2.15.22
News

Everything We Know About the US ‘Freedom Convoy’

From mainstream GOP personalities to Fox News hosts to neo-Nazis, many Americans are working to get their own anti–vaccine mandate convoy going.
Tess Owen
2.15.22
Money

What Would Happen If All Young People Gave Up 'Luxuries' to Buy a House?

We asked financial analysts and economists what would happen if an entire generation cuts down on Netflix, Easyjet holidays and lattes.
Emily Goddard
2.15.22
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