The {{#if published stuff is some sort of script language in the page source which doesn't look to be getting properly processed so it renders as text.

If you pop up the dev console is there any sort of JS error when this happens?

I don't think this is a layout issue.  More likely something about the affected devices exposing a bug in the page.

Chrome Developer tools "Console" log (on elm, 54.0.2840.24):

Mixed Content: The page at 'https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure image 'http://snagfilms.s3.amazonaws.com/f7/51/536221ee4a0780ee81f533a32cb8/u-2-crash-wreckage.jpg'. This content should also be served over HTTPS.
u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says:1586 Mixed Content: The page at 'https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says' was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure image 'http://snagfilms.s3.amazonaws.com/12/f3/667356d54ae9bf0c1934568deced/air-force-col-larry-broadwell.jpg'. This content should also be served over HTTPS.
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:314 sightline/masthead Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:314 sightline/article/article-page Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:314 global/comments Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:314 noop Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:314 sightline/footer Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:371 [INIT] module without data, leave as is Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:444 Trying to instantiate typeahead search
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:1250 Calling FB.init()
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:213 [GLOBAL/COMMENTS]
	 No Div for id: 00000155-3b01-dd0e-adf5-ff5152b30000
u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says:3294 [NOOP]
	 Post Process tmpModule
u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says:2439 [SIGHTLINE/FOOTER]
	Post Process
u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says:2887 [SIGHTLINE/MASTHEAD]
	 Post Process
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:401 status:  Object
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:1259 FB LOGIN STATUS Object
u-2s-flight-routine-before-fatal-crash-air-force-says:3324 [SIGHTLINE/ARTICLE/ARTICLE-PAGE]
	 Post Process
initialize.js?build=20160915-0159:383 [INIT] 5 modules resolved
www.facebook.com/sw?s=push:1 Service Worker termination by a timeout timer was canceled because DevTools is attached.

Looks like it's Handlebars to me (http://handlebarsjs.com/). There's some script presumably that is failing to load or execute on some new version of Chrome, which means that the handlebars directives are never replaced.

Ah, actually, given that log, looks like perhaps a change in HTTPS policy causing some required resource to not load. +emilyschecter

+mkwst, any ideas what this is from?

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Closing.  This is a year old, and the link no longer works.