Natalie Cochran, a West Virginia pharmacist who killed her husband by poisoning him with insulin, was found guilty of first-degree murder and faces life in prison. Michael Cochran, 38, died… Read the rest of the article: Pharmacist convicted of killing husband with insulin

I've never wanted to read a fictional book less than Dr. Ricken Lazlo Hale PhD's The You You Are, a tacky volume of second-hand self-help wisdom lurking within the quietly… Read the rest of the article: You may now read Severance's self-help book, "The You You Are"

I gave up on Civ a few versions back: the historical features and flourishes didn't evoke "guide human civilization" as a game any more for me. Just more themed elaborations… Read the rest of the article: Civilization VII gets good reviews, mostly

German hunters know how to call a deer to its doom, and the best of them competed this weekend in the country's prestigious deer-calling championship. The AP's Daniel Niemann: The… Read the rest of the article: German hunters at the national deer-calling championship

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Amorphophallus gigas, a close relative of the famed corpse flower and apparently plenty stinksome in its own right, has bloomed for the first time since it… Read the rest of the article: Crowd gets whiff of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's corpse flower

Elon Musk, in his vague but now clearly powerful role as head of the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, spent the weekend gaining access to government computer systems, cutting off… Read the rest of the article: Trump "agrees" with Musk on shutting down USAID and has "signed off" on it

The 18-inch tall canvas (below) was found in a garage and once assumed to be of little value. But it has now been attributed by experts to Dutch painter Vincent… Read the rest of the article: Owner claims painting found in garage is a Van Gogh

At least six people were aboard a plane that crashed shortly after takeoff in Philadelphia, setting fire to several houses nearly 3 miles from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The small jet… Read the rest of the article: At least 6 feared dead in Philadelphia plane crash

A border guard and a detained motorist were killed last week in a shootout near the Canadian border. A brief frisson of right-wing interest evaporated after it turned out the… Read the rest of the article: Rationalist death cult implicated in deadly shoot-out with border guards and other killings

If you can improve the quality of the air you breathe, do it. Better air quality is the easiest way not to die, writes Dynomight. The essay is fascinating reading:… Read the rest of the article: Better air quality "the easiest way not to die"

I think of the Commodore Amiga as the first psychedelic computer. Celso Martinho, though, is willing to go a step further: he thinks it was the first perfect computer. I… Read the rest of the article: The Commodore Amiga was perfect

Mike, author of the Leaded Solder blog, fixed a decrepit Atari 2600 Jr—the final revision of the classic game console—with whatever he could get his hands on: "this 2600 Jr… Read the rest of the article: Man fixes broken Atari 2600 Jr with glue, random stuff

Pokemon cards from a set purportedly produced to playtest the game in the 1990s have distinctive patterns of dots added by modern printers. The dots come in various patterns (such… Read the rest of the article: 1996 Pokemon prototype cards have 2024 printer dots

Ships can turn quickly into expensive problems, and their owners are abandoning them in record numbers. This sometimes means sailors are stuck aboard, unable to leave without forfeiting years of… Read the rest of the article: Sailors "essentially imprisoned" on abandoned ships

If the term "prompt engineer" made you roll your eyes, "prompt artist" could blind you for life. The U.S. Copyright Office agrees: it has determined that the output of AI… Read the rest of the article: Prompting AI doesn't get copyright in the output

When bishop Calvin Robinson emulated Elon Musk's notorious Nazi salute after a speech, he took care to dial it in just right: hand on heart, then cast wide to the… Read the rest of the article: Anglican Catholic church fires bishop who saluted like Musk

NVidia's RTX 5090 is its latest and greatest graphics processing unit for gamers, with a shocking $2k price tag and the promise of unfathomable levels of gamering. But top retailer… Read the rest of the article: Nvidia RTX 5090s sold out immediately at top retailers

Tesla failed to meet its estimates, with weak sales and its ostensible CEO off helping run the country. Tesla's revenue increased just 2% from $25.17 billion a year earlier. Automotive… Read the rest of the article: Tesla fails to meet profit targets

Presidents usually get a honeymoon period in office from the public, even after close-fought elections. It took Joe Biden and Barack Obama a good six months to dip under 50%… Read the rest of the article: President Trump's approval rating already underwater

Bob Menendez, formerly a Democratic U.S. Senator, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment Wendesday following his conviction on corruption charges. U.S. Attorney Danielle R. Sassoon said: "The sentences imposed today… Read the rest of the article: Corrupt U.S. Senator Bob Menendez off to prison for 11 years