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The Lawyer Who Tried to Bury a Funeral-Home Empire
a reporter at large ·

It looked bleak in court for a Mississippi family man facing a corporate behemoth, Jonathan Harr writes. Then he hired Willie Gary, a star lawyer who raised the stakes to billion-dollar proportions.

Searching for the Cause of a Catastrophic Plane Crash
a reporter at large ·

On a calm, clear day in 1994, USAir Flight 427, a Boeing 737 plane, suddenly nosedived and smashed into the earth, killing everyone on board, Jonathan Harr writes. A team of investigators quickly assembled to sift through the rubble.