public health MAGA senator's attempt to discredit expert backfires at gun crime hearing (video) Mark Frauenfelder

History 1936 exposé: How Chicago's charity rackets worked Ellsworth Toohey

AI Cops used AI to match a photo to an innocent grandmother in Tennessee, then jailed her for nearly 6 months Ellsworth Toohey

failure Bovino attempts comeback, spontaneously combusts Jason Weisberger

law Slender Man stabber missing for day after removing monitoring bracelet Rob Beschizza

texas Texas jail officer charged after smuggling chicken wings to inmate Jason Weisberger

guns Black Chicagoans charged with felonies for legally carrying firearms Jason Weisberger

law A cop was shot and killed while chasing a suspect. Can you guess the key fact that media omitted? Rob Beschizza

book reviews Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson Gareth Branwyn

investigations WTF? Woman checks into an Illinois hospital room, ends up dead on roof Carla Sinclair

deaths Woman dies at Chicago O'Hare airport "pinned in machinery" of baggage carrousel Carla Sinclair

News A fugitive insurrectionist got homesick and turned himself in Jason Weisberger

crime Dog show judge charged over child sexual abuse material Rob Beschizza

tabloids King Charles to abdicate, and JonBenet Ramsay's killers caught in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

public health MAGA Sen. John Kennedy begs for more humiliation from ER doctor (video) Mark Frauenfelder

police Surveillance startups feast on America's bloated police budgets Rob Beschizza

politics Despite the bullying, theft, lying, and hypocrisy, why did MAGA candidate Gabrielle Hanson still lose? Mark Frauenfelder

law Judge orders R Kelly's record company to send his royalties to victims Rob Beschizza

racism Jail for "mom influencer" who falsely accused Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children Rob Beschizza

cover songs Fall Out Boy re-wrote "We Didn't Start the Fire" for 1989-2023 Thom Dunn