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CSI Fur Fest: The Unsolved Case of the Gas Attack at a Furry Convention
In December 2014, chlorine gas sent 19 people at the Midwest FurFest convention to the hospital. But investigators and the furry community are still trying to piece together what exactly happened that night.
This Former FBI Agent Tracks Down Stolen Art for a Living
Robert Wittman says what thieves don't realize is that "the real art in art theft isn't the stealing, it's the selling."
What It's Like to Be an Undercover FBI Agent
Bob Hamer spent 26 years undercover for the FBI, where he posed as a drug dealer, contract killer, pedophile, degenerate gambler, international weapons dealer, and white-collar criminal.
The House of Representatives Is Trying to Block Syrian Refugees with Red Tape
Lawmakers—including nearly 50 Democrats—easily passed a bill that would effectively stall Obama's plans to accept 10,000 new refugees from the war-torn country.
What We Know About Mass Shootings in America in 2015
From Charleston to Chattanooga to Lafayette, senseless killings by deranged gunmen have dominated the news – but how many mass shootings have occurred in 2015? And how do you define "mass shooting", anyway?
Sepp Blatter: How Football's Biggest Piss-Taker Fell to Earth
A cautionary tale of bribery, stupidity and an obese, parrot-loving snitch.
Do High-Profile Terrorism Arrests Actually Help the Islamic State?
Every time government officials make noise about how the Islamic State is threatening a series of deadly attacks on American soil, it only adds to the group's notoriety.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Lawyer Owned Prosecutors in the Boston Bombing Trial Today
An FBI agent's attempt to paint the defendant as a terrorist who tweeted about death and al Qaeda fell apart when it was revealed he didn't understand the slang the 21-year-old used online.
How an FBI Informant Sent a Radical Environmentalist to Prison, and How He Got Out Again
The true story of a failed bomb plot, an 18-year-old informant, and a massive fuck-up by the US government.
How the FBI Busted Someone Trying to Buy the Deadly Poison from 'Breaking Bad'
Cheng Le got busted by a narc operating on the dark web.
Not Finding 'Friends,' Getting Fat, and Other Things That Freaked Out Americans This Week
We entered 2015 the way we left 2014: worried about everything.
Identifying 'Criminal' Genes Will Never Prevent Violence But Might Help Explain It
A Finnish study seems to have found two genes closely associated with violent crime, but environmental factors are still a big piece of the puzzle.