assassin The real Santa is a contract killer in this dark Christmas short Rusty Blazenhoff

Near-death experiences GOP liar George Santos claims assassination attempt in 2021 Rob Beschizza

Martin Luther King Jr. It's Martin Luther King, Jr. day in the United States Jennifer Sandlin

Games Ubisoft cancels three unannounced games, makes plans for cost reduction Grant St. Clair

News Several kilos of uranium, addressed to UK-based Iranian business, seized at Heathrow airport Mark Frauenfelder

Games Hitman 3 is due for yet another confusing change Grant St. Clair

star wars Ubisoft teases upcoming open-world Star Wars game Grant St. Clair

History Bastards of the Party: a ­documentary about why gangs emerged in L.A. Elías Villoro

drugs QAnon might be surprised to know that Lee Harvey Oswald took LSD as a Marine Elías Villoro

twitter LAPD sees no link between alleged Musk stalker and private jet location tweets Rob Beschizza

music A compilation of cover tributes to Public Enemy Elías Villoro

History "Kill the Overseer!", a book about slave resistance in video games Elías Villoro

politics Perception gap grows between actual crime rates and what Americans believe is happening Elías Villoro

politics Don't be afraid of the F-word. Be afraid of whom the F word refers to. Elías Villoro

Paul Gosar When someone tells Gosar they're shooting migrants crossing the border, he says "this country needs you. There's a bunch of people that are ready to go into action." Mark Frauenfelder

hackers The New York Post ran hacked headlines, including "We must assassinate AOC" Carla Sinclair

fast food Burger King just opened a new manga-inspired branch Devin Nealy

History Gloria Steinem and the CIA Elías Villoro

museums The reason there's no Guy Fawkes mask in the British Museum's huge mask collection David Pescovitz

politics The U.S. has launched 251 military interventions since 1991—and 469 since 1798 Elías Villoro