It took California a century to produce a pistachio harvest. Now, it's the world's top supplier. But as the Dubai chocolate trend fuels demand, and California droughts intensify, growers are fighting to keep up.
Owen Hanson is a former college athlete who ran an illegal sports betting company and later expanded into international cartel-backed money laundering and drug trafficking.
Mav's Top Buns generated over $1 million in sales within a year by leveraging social media and smart marketing. The business has sold more than 500,000 cinnamon buns to date.
FBI agent Scott Payne served 28 years in law enforcement, including going undercover in violent neo-Nazi cells, the Ku Klux Klan, and outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Jackee Taylor was 7 years old when she entered the US Federal Witness Protection Program in 1981, and she has remained in it for over 40 years. Her father, Clarence "Butch" Crouch, was a member of the Cleveland Hells Angels motorcycle club.
Arno Michaelis identifies as a former white nationalist. For seven years he lived in a world of hate, leading a popular white-power punk rock band, Centurion, and cofounding a violent neo-Nazi gang that preyed on anyone who seemed different.
The US keeps sending millions of pounds of plastic to Indonesia, even after the country banned plastic waste imports. Villagers burn it to cook tofu, contaminating a beloved staple with deadly toxins.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman explains how AI is evolving, why regulation and safety matter, and what superintelligence could mean for the future of work and discovery.
Starbucks said Thursday it will close 1% of its North American stores and lay off 900 corporate workers. Among the closures is its Seattle Reserve Roastery, one of the first unionized locations and a site of past protests.
