More than 70,000 Black girls were reported missing last year. Do you know any of their names? nytimes.com/2021/09/30/us/…

“I want you to shoot me in the back of the head.” —On the strange, dangerous & metastasizing saga that has consumed the state of South Carolina. w/ ⁦Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs⁩ nytimes.com/2021/10/12/us/…

UPDATED: Everything to know about the "Murdaugh Murders," the endless mysteries roiling South Carolina. Just today, Alex Murdaugh was ordered to be held in jail after he was accused of stealing millions from a settlement meant for his housekeeper's sons. nytimes.com/article/murdau…

Budding Journalists: We will soon open applications to the 2022-2023 New York Times Fellowship. The class will include reporting, data, design, visual, photo, audio and opinion positions. It’s a one-of-a-kind experience. Fellows receive salary and benefits.

25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was running near his home. Three armed white men are accused of chasing and killing him in a South Georgia neighborhood and now face murder charges. Follow our live updates: nytimes.com/live/2021/11/0…

Last year, I saw a perplexing news item: A Maine man had pleaded to two low-level domestic violence charges --the result of an FBI sting and state & federal prosecutions over five years. Why, I wondered, was this case so important to the government? 1/6 justice.gov/usao-me/pr/kit…

Jose Flores and Andrea Herrera, inseparable siblings both in the fourth grade, rode the bus together to Robb Elementary School last Tuesday as they did most mornings. He headed into Room 111, she into Room 104. ⁦⁦The New York Times⁩ #uvalde ⁦#uvaldetx 💔 nytimes.com/2022/05/30/us/…

“People are going to ask why we’re taking so long" New details from inside the Robb Elementary School, where officers learned of injured in the classrooms, but waited to confront the gunman nytimes.com/2022/06/09/us/…

A 26 year old on dialysis. A 17 year old with kidney cancer. A 6 year old with a red bumps. This story on “Oasis,” a mobile home park with arsenic in its water, is so troubling nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us/… by Ana Facio-Krajcer & Jill Cowan

The relatives and friends of the 17 people killed in Parkland divulged the depths of their despair since losing loved ones to gunfire four years ago. They shared details that laid bare how massacres leave families with years of unresolved sorrow. nytimes.com/2022/08/05/us/…

Last month, I spent a few extremely early mornings in Katy, Texas, with the guys of F3 — that's fitness, fellowship and faith. This is a story about masculinity, loneliness, and what it means to lift cinderblocks together in the "gloom." nytimes.com/2022/09/24/us/…

Stockton, Calif., has spent decades enduring some of the state’s hardest knocks, from municipal bankruptcy to crippling crime waves. Then, a serial killer began stalking the city's streets. w/Shawn Hubler Holly Secon nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/…

NEW: The U.S. and many state constitutions still allow slavery as punishment for people who have been convicted of a crime. Voters in five states — Ala., La., Ore., Tenn., Vt. — will decide next month whether to remove that exception and ban it outright. nytimes.com/2022/10/22/us/…

New in Moscow, Idaho, murder case: • Suspect will be extradited from PA to Idaho to face 4 murder counts • Cops have executed warrant for his DNA • Indiana cops pulled him & his dad over on Dec. 15 for a traffic violation as they drove from Wash to PA nytimes.com/2023/01/03/us/…

Lawyers say Alex Murdaugh taking the witness stand is a risky but calculated move, Jesus Jiménez reports. nytimes.com/2023/02/24/us/…

I spent a big chuck of Feb & March charting the trauma & healing of two of the brave survivors of the #Uvalde shooting. The story is out today. I can’t thank enough the families of Noah & Mayah. Please take a moment to read about their journey The New York Times 📰 nytimes.com/2023/04/17/us/…

Parents from about 100 families, the Covenant School and the church will be allowed to formally argue in an ongoing legal fight over whether writings left behind by the shooter can be released, a judge said tonight. nytimes.com/2023/05/24/us/…

I wrote about Pride in Franklin, Tennessee, the unexpected backlash against its celebration and what it meant when the festival finally happened in a public park. nytimes.com/2023/06/24/us/…

How do you design a good flag? Why is redesigning flags sometimes controversial? We answer these questions and more! nytimes.com/interactive/20… So proud of this piece, done with the best team Mitch Smith Gray Beltran Sean Plambeck @JenMosbrucker and Meghan Louttit