christmas 5-year-old boy calls 911 to rat out the Grinch stealing Christmas, ends in arrest Rusty Blazenhoff

politics SNL's cold open just proves Hegseth and Patel are beyond parody Grant St. Clair

namibia Cindy the Baboon dies at age 31 Jennifer Sandlin

human rights Lying to pregnant people likely to become constitutionally protected speech Jason Weisberger

Funny Laugh through your tears with McSweeney's "Faculty Meeting Icebreakers" Jennifer Sandlin

literature 10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive Ellsworth Toohey

politics NY Times adorably still pretending Trump administration might not do the fascist thing Ellsworth Toohey

politics Pardoned electrician who assaulted cops on J6 wants unkind reviewers to just "move on" already Ellsworth Toohey

books How the Black psychedelic revolution can heal and liberate Allan Rose Hill

law Sheriff who killed judge pleads not guilty and has not resigned Rob Beschizza

mistakes Google withdraws its heartcooling "Dear Sydney" AI ad Rob Beschizza

publishing Game Informer magazine closes, with all staff losing their jobs and the website wiped Rob Beschizza

music "Weird Al" Yankovic's new video: Polkamania! Ruben Bolling

thrift stores "Charley Varrick"— like a Steve McQueen movie but with a grumpy high school principal starring in his own fantasy Lee Keeler

tabloids Biden suffers strokes, Prince Andrew's new sex scandal, and a UFO over America, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

art Unearthing the bizarre connection between Devo and pro golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez Mark Frauenfelder

halloween This Halloween, visit "Ouijazilla," the World's Largest Ouija Board Jennifer Sandlin

politics Trump's disgust for wounded vets: "Why do you bring people like that here?" Mark Frauenfelder

animals Whoops! Hungry koala eats thousands of nursery seedlings intended for a wildlife corridor Jennifer Sandlin

Weird Woman in subway has a computer monitor for a head Popkin