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American woman accused of killing her children extradited by U.K.
Kimberlee Singler fled the U.S.
7 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza
Russell Brand charged in another rape and sexual assault
Former comedian Russell Brand, already facing charges of rape, sexual assault and indecent assault, was charged Tuesday with another rape and another…
24 hrs ago • Rob Beschizza
In 1983, Atari buried millions of unsold games in the New Mexico desert
The legend sounded too perfect to be true: a video game company, humiliated by the worst game ever made, crushing millions of unsold cartridges and…
Dec 23 • Ellsworth Toohey
The Pennsylvania town destroyed by a fire burning since 1962
In 1962, the town council of Centralia, Pennsylvania decided to burn trash in a landfill built inside an abandoned strip mine. The fire never went out…
Dec 23 • Ellsworth Toohey
Musk promised $2 trillion in cuts; spending went up
Elon Musk promised DOGE would cut “at least” $2 trillion from federal spending.
Dec 23 • Ellsworth Toohey
Elderly woman “already dead” when wheeled onto flight
An elderly woman died on an Easyjet flight as it prepared to take off, but other passengers are pretty sure she was dead when her family wheeled her…
Dec 23 • Rob Beschizza
Activist online archive scrapes virtually all of Spotify
Anna’s Archive has scraped almost 300TB of data from Spotify.
Dec 23 • Gail P Sherman
The first ingredient in these frozen dinners is water
Mouse Print tracks the fine print and asterisks on food labels, which can hide information you wouldn’t expect.
Dec 23 • Gail P Sherman
Florida bishops preach goodwill; Trump admin vows to repatriate all Whos to Whoville
Florida’s Catholic bishops asked for a brief Christmas pause in immigration raids, appealing to ideas like mercy, dignity, and not terrorizing families…
Dec 23 • Jason Weisberger
Why modern movies don’t feel or look real, no matter the budget
Like Stories of Old, a series of media essays by Tom van der Linden, tackles a subject everyone seems to have an opinion on: why do modern movies, with…
Dec 23 • Rob Beschizza
Threatening blue states’ road money amounts to banning “driving while brown”
When MTV’s Sean Duffy threatens to cut off road and bridge funding unless states escalate immigration enforcement, they’re not just talking about…
Dec 23 • Jason Weisberger
Hegseth adds Grok to US “AI arsenal,” enemies reportedly dying of laughter
The Pentagon says it’s adding Grok to its “AI Arsenal,” which is a little like announcing that national defense will now be partially handled by a…
Dec 23 • Jason Weisberger
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