explosion $300 million in aid pledge to help the survivors of massive Beirut explosion Séamus Bellamy

beirut Satellite image reveals crater in Beirut Rob Beschizza

explosions At least 135 dead in massive Beirut explosion, thousands injured Rob Beschizza

attacks 1 day after deadly pagers, walkie-talkies simultaneously explode in Lebanon, killing 9 and injuring 300 (video) Carla Sinclair

remote attacks Pagers explode all at once, killing 8 and injuring over 2,700 in Lebanon and Syria [Update] (video) Carla Sinclair

News Marvel's Jewish superhero Sabra gets a Soviet makeover Ellsworth Toohey

$50m centrist news site shuts after one year of wealthy owners insisting that's what everyone wants Rob Beschizza

crimes Armed woman robs bank of her own money David Pescovitz

mistakes Pepsi's deadly "Number Fever" campaign Mark Frauenfelder

fires Second-by-second forensic recreation of Beirut explosion Rob Beschizza

mistakes How 3000 tons of ammonium nitrate ended up in Beirut Rob Beschizza

Beirut explosion Video shows the devastation of the Beirut explosion Mark Frauenfelder

Technology IBM to exit facial recognition business, opposes use of AI technology for mass surveillance Xeni Jardin

positive pranks Pranksters on sidewalk trip over nothing, surprising onlookers Mark Frauenfelder

videos Trailer for Capernaum, a "neorealist movie" about street kids, slum life, modern slavery and migration Cory Doctorow

religion The Cheesecake Factory has bankrolled a huge temple in an unincorporated California town Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Top Secret: New World Order: Merle M. Rasmussen reboots his 1980 RPG classic Jayson Elliot

books Crooked: a photo catalog of protest signs to benefit the American Refugee Committee, Planned Parenthood, and Reading Partners Soona Amhaz

books Crowdfunding an English translation of the story of activists who kept the Internet on during the Arab Spring Cory Doctorow

offworld War without tears Maxwell Neely-Cohen