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The Beach Rats

Read at Alta Magazine

How a roguish crew of California lifeguards became World War II heroes.

When the Mafia Came to Lodi

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Joe Bonanno was a notorious Mob boss. Lou Peters was a car dealer who had long wanted to be an FBI agent. A money-laundering scheme had disastrous consequences for both of them.

Snow Fall: The Plane Went Down With His Wife, His Kid… and a Secret

Read on The Daily Beast

Tony Mink was an experienced pilot, but as he flew his family to a Rocky Mountain Christmas vacation, he may have cut one corner too many. And then the blizzard hit.

Pride: The Kenyan Maasai Who Once Hunted Lions Are Now their Saviors

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A decade ago, scientists worried the lion could go extinct in Kenya by 2020. But today the area’s lion population is thriving thanks to an extraordinary group.

The Radio Jock and Preacher Who Redeemed a Southern Town

Read on The Daily Beast

As Jim Crow laws stifled black citizens in the 1960s two men became pivotal in the fight for integration.