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politics Dan Bongino quits as FBI Deputy Director Rob Beschizza

Conspiracy Theories Gone Wild Fasten your seatbelts, Nancy Mace is in airport mode Jason Weisberger

video games Why gaming's most tedious title became an unexpected mental health tool  Séamus Bellamy

guns Stray bullet knocks 25,000 customers off the internet in Texas Gail Sherman

vintage Get a front-row seat to the 1939-40 New York World's Fair with rare amateur footage Popkin

Technology Amateur builds 130-mile drone with almost no prior experience Ellsworth Toohey

Space Asteroid flying close to Earth turns out to be douchebag's car Allan Rose Hill

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Science Twister sequel anticipated to spur a wave of amateur storm chasers Jason Weisberger

donald trump Despite gag order, Trump throws tantrum against judge and daughter Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes Buckingham Palace advertises for £25k communications assistant Rob Beschizza

republican frontrunners Judge threatens to send Alina Habba to jail, then Trump walks out of court Carla Sinclair

Texas Historical Commission removes books about slavery from plantation gift shops Rob Beschizza

Science Backyard astronomer captures astonishing video of huge fireball whacking into Jupiter (video) David Pescovitz

twitter Twitter's latest panic-driven implosion was "self-inflicted DDOS" Jason Weisberger

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