politics Las Vegas mayor offers city as 'control group' to see how many die of COVID-19 without social distancing Xeni Jardin

books Kerouac's 121-foot scroll of On the Road goes to auction for up to $4M Ellsworth Toohey

Cooking Disability-friendly cooking channel makes meal prep simple for everyone Jennifer Sandlin

Ashes to affection: two months after the Palisades fire a cat is reunited with her owner (video) Jason Weisberger

science fiction Famed DOS-era word processor WordStar 7 made available for modern machines Rob Beschizza

creative writing Ray Bradbury used 98 dimes to write the first draft of "Fahrenheit 451" on a coin-operated typewriter Mark Frauenfelder

ai-generated content The Poetry Camera uses AI to make poems out of photographs and it's actually pretty cool Thom Dunn

tabloids Meghan Markle's "casting couch" and an Epstein "sex slave" murdered in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

spiders Do spiders dream? New study finds evidence of REM-like movement in arachnids Thom Dunn

exclusive There's a new "lost" Nancy Drew novella coming, and here's the cover Thom Dunn

aoc Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrested with other lawmakers at abortion rights rally Carla Sinclair

law 1955 arrest warrant found for white woman involved in Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder Rob Beschizza

Weird Weird red light beam seen in Houston sky David Pescovitz

Culture Southern culture magazine is a musical delight Bob Knetzger

press conference Jen Psaki reflects on Trump's super effective border visits Jason Weisberger

trailers The animated 'The Addams Family 2' trailer looks fun to me Jason Weisberger

vampires Dark Shadows' 12 major storylines Gareth Branwyn

facebook Over 30 ex-Facebook employees slam Zuckerberg's inaction on harmful political posts in open letter Carla Sinclair

politics House Dems press Secret Service on payments to Trump Xeni Jardin

art Los Angeles art museum is now free to all starting Saturday: "Like a library, where you can just walk in" Rusty Blazenhoff