TWO MILES OFF THE COAST of Turks and Caicos I swam, not a spit of land in sight, kicking through gentle waves toward a perilous...

FOR YEARS, IT WAS just a plain wall, 12 feet by 11 feet of concrete at the base of an outside stairwell, all but invisible to the...

HE WAS A FRIENDLY STRAY who strutted into a neighborhood dive bar 12 years ago and never left. From the day he first showed up at Harry’s...