sneakers Now there are ugly Christmas sweater **sneakers** Rusty Blazenhoff

art Drew Friedman's new Mel Brooks portrait marks the comedian's 100th birthday Mark Frauenfelder

jeff bezos Blue Origin delivered a satellite to the wrong orbit Séamus Bellamy

puzzles Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors Ellsworth Toohey

Food Massive cheese recall hits dozens of brands due to listeria contamination.  Séamus Bellamy

lawyers Court rules Alina Habba can't cosplay as a U.S. attorney anymore Jason Weisberger

music Photographer captures the stunning interiors of rare musical instruments Jennifer Sandlin

Alaska Meet the cuddly (but deadly) champions of Fat Bear Week Jennifer Sandlin

deaths Robert Redford dead at 89 Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Del Toro's "Frankenstein" gets lavish art book ahead of 2025 film release (see sample spreads) Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment How Mel Brooks' mother talked him out of his childhood Frankenstein fears Mark Frauenfelder

Mel Brooks finally gets around to making a Spaceballs sequel Jason Weisberger

science fiction Trailer for season 3 of Strange New Worlds Rob Beschizza

books If you like steampunk on a train, this is your book Jason Weisberger

oops Georgia jail panics for 12 hours over missing killer — only to realize cops left him at courthouse Carla Sinclair

sports "Vulgar" Texas Rangers ball cap pulled from sale Ruben Bolling

takeovers Musk's "top lieutenant" living in federal agency office with wife and kid, says worker (video) Carla Sinclair

pigs Woman eaten by pigs, say police Rob Beschizza

politics In 1979, President Carter's bizarre battle with an aggressive swimming rabbit became a political nightmare Ellsworth Toohey

crime Supreme Court rejects Steve Bannon's plea to avoid prison time Ellsworth Toohey