Long Form
What My First Suicide Attempt Taught Me About Staying Alive
An ex-foster kid walks into a psych ward after an early morning suicide attempt—stop me if you’ve heard this one before…
Philip Righter’s Basquiats Were as Fake as His Origin Story. How the Masquerade Unraveled
The shape-shifting, Ripley-esque West Hollywood man-about-town duped an aspiring actor into serving as his front to sell six million dollars’ worth of art masterpieces
For Presidential Impersonators, Playing POTUS in a Divided Country Can Be a Dangerous Game
A look inside the weird, wild world of the tiny handful of actors who've built successful—and lucrative—careers impersonating everyone from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
Meet Shari, the One-Time ‘Supreme Queen’ of Silver Lake
Before the matcha shops and chic boutiques took over, Shari and her hard-partying Shriner pals ruled
Inside the Battle for Britney Spears
A grassroots campaign to #FreeBritney from her father’s legal guardianship is exposing a shadow industry that critics say preys on high-net-worth individuals under mental and emotional duress
How a Former Bank Robber Saved Her Football Star Son from a System Unkind to the Mentally Ill
Antonio Carrion was headed for the NFL when the voices started and he drifted away. Then his estranged mother finished her time for robbery and saved his life
Adam Schiff Is Ready to Rumble
The mild-mannered, vegan congressman from Burbank has become the GOP’s worst nightmare—but is he tough enough to take on the Trump smear machine?
She Left to Use the Restroom at LACMA and Never Returned. What Happened to Nancy Paulikas?
The retired software engineer's disappearance reveals troubling inadequacies in the search for missing persons with Alzheimer's
A Record-Setting Marathon Champ Was Accused of Cheating—Weeks Later, He Was Dead
Dr. Frank Meza had found himself at the center of a media firestorm before his body was discovered in the L.A. River
Did Robert Durst Murder His Own Best Friend, ‘Mafia Princess’ Susan Berman?
Real estate scion Robert Durst faces trial in the killing of a woman suspected of helping him cover up an earlier crime
