picks As man exits truck to assault cyclist, car jacker steals truck and hits person in a wheelchair Jason Weisberger

News Grandmother jailed 108 days after facial recognition got it wrong Ellsworth Toohey

politics Documents show Flock license plate search by sheriff was abortion investigation Rob Beschizza

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Technology Punk programmers and queer hackers expose Reagan-era tech corruption in Cory Doctorow's new novel, on Kickstarter now Mark Frauenfelder

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donald trump "Whiny little bitch" — Trump's tough guy act KO'd by Dave Bautista in savage parody Ellsworth Toohey

lawsuits Innocent St. Louis family terrorized in SWAT raid over stolen AirPods Mark Frauenfelder

marketing Liquid Death transcends water by hijacking our lizard brains Yoy Luadha

Is it safe to travel to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Bahamas in 2024? Mark Frauenfelder

crime Gamon Jay Leacock, 49, accused of sexually assaulting two women, says he would like to not be all over the news Rob Beschizza

politics Archie Bunker's 1970s rant sounds eerily identical to today's GOP platform Mark Frauenfelder

crime Man hijacks bus and drives for 20 minutes — even drops off a passenger Carla Sinclair

politics FBI agent carjacked near Capitol Hill Rob Beschizza

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police misconduct Faulty facial recognition lands pregnant woman in jail for carjacking Mark Frauenfelder

beware pickpockets and loose USB ports FBI begs Americans to stop plugging their gadgets into USB ports of unknown provenance Rob Beschizza

underqualified for the job Two carjackers force a driver out of the car, then realize they can't drive a stick shift (video) Carla Sinclair

music The Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow" covered by The Polyphonic Spree Andrew Yi

books Malcolm X's former prison cell to be library for incarcerated people Thom Dunn