donald trump Bad news for MAGA grifters: violent crime has decreased over the last two years, but hate crime is up Mark Frauenfelder

politics The influential Signal chatrooms where tech billionaires and their courtiers swung far-right Rob Beschizza

healthcare Today's new horror: necrotizing fasciitis of the vulva Séamus Bellamy

History Scotland honors historical victims of witch hunts with new tartan design Grant St. Clair

music Green Day to Chili Peppers: Artists rally for fire-ravaged Los Angeles Mark Cerulli

disasters U.S. Figure Skater athletes on board the deadly American Airlines flight Carla Sinclair

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

patents Patent troll crushed by Cloudflare Gail Sherman

lawsuits Woman sues American Airlines for outrageous sexual assault on flight to New Jersey Carla Sinclair

machine learning engineers How Chase froze $180k and left a tech consultant scrambling Mark Frauenfelder

youtube Improved YouTube music eraser removes unlicensed music from videos Rob Beschizza

louisiana Louisiana legalizes surgical castration for felons Thom Dunn

Japan Tokyo nightlife scams: how to avoid the sneaky tricks of the "kyakuhiki" Mark Frauenfelder

News "Good guy with a gun" kills a teenager Jason Weisberger

bears Six family members infected with brain worms after chowing down on bear meat Carla Sinclair

politics Trump thinks America needs to be nicer to white people Jason Weisberger

jacob wohl MAGA scammers try to suppress Black vote, get fined $1 million instead Mark Frauenfelder

racism All six "Goon Squad" officers now sentenced in Mississippi torture case Rob Beschizza

crime 40 years for Mississippi cop who tortured and raped man in own home Rob Beschizza

law Two racist cops who tortured black men jailed for 20 and 17 1/2 years. Four more are yet to be sentenced. Rob Beschizza