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The Los Angeles basin is the country’s undisputed capital of cargo theft. Some 20 million containers move through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach every year. In the era of e-commerce, freight train robberies are going through a strange revival.

A beluga whale appeared near Tufjord, a village in northern Norway. Belugas in that part of the world typically inhabit the remote Arctic. The whale, publicly named Hvaldimir, first entered the global spotlight.

Liz Flatt traveled to Austin, Texas, for a true crime conference. She met two investigators who presented at the conference that year. They claimed to have helped find Rebekah Gould's killer using crowdsourcing.

Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, is a very loud place. A sound meter captured a decibel reading equivalent to a jet’s taking off. Broadcasting a football game on live television is one of the most complex technical and logistical challenges in entertainment.

Eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left behind. Now, decades later, a camera belonging to one of the deceased climbers has emerged.

Alexandra Duarte, 16, had been living with polycystic ovary syndrome and prediabetes. A doctor suggested bariatric surgery, an operation on the gastrointestinal tract that helps patients lose weight. Alexandra wasn’t sure.

This summer, four NASA crew members began a 378-day stay in simulated Martian housing. Multiple private companies have announced plans to put hotels in space soon. NASA is aiming to 3-D-print lunar neighborhoods within a couple of decades.

The Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. military, was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2019. From the start, the Space Force had detractors. Air Force officials wondered if it was necessary, while some political observers believed it signified the start of a dangerous (and expensive) militarization.

Shannan Gilbert went missing on May 1, 2010. She had been working as an escort in Oak Beach, Long Island. Police threw up their hands and said she was either hysterical or on drugs.

Armando Linares López ran an online news site in a small Mexican city called Zitácuaro. The city had for years been known for its fertile avocado orchards. But its central location had made it increasingly attractive to the drug trade.