This week for BuzzFeed Features, Katie J.M. Baker tells the strange story of a Texas woman who for 20 years tricked families, employers and high schools into thinking she was a helpless teenager. Read that and these other great stories from BuzzFeed and around the web.
Forever Young — BuzzFeed
Charity Johnson, a 34-year-old woman from Texas, didn’t want to steal money or hurt anyone. So why did she trick people all over the country into believing she was still in high school? Read it at BuzzFeed.
Justine Zweibel / BuzzFeed
Whoever Saves a Life — Matter
Matthieu Aikins spends a brutal seven days with Syria's intrepid first responders. "There wasn’t even water to wash the blood from their hands. The bathroom had been destroyed in the blast the night before." Read it at Matter.
Photographs by Sebastiano Tomada
A Radical New Look at Mass Shooters — Esquire
Can the FBI find a shooter before "the next one" happens? Finding a dangerous man (or woman) is even harder than it seems, reports Tom Junod. Read it at Esquire.
Via esquire.com
The Prodigal Prince — Longreads
Kiera Feldman trace the rise and fall of the Oral Roberts dynasty in this story originally published by This Land Press. Read it at Longreads.