death penalties Death row inmates in South Carolina must now make gruesome choice: electric chair or firing squad Carla Sinclair

MAGAland Marjorie Taylor Greene: Diddy and Jay Z should face death penalty if found guilty (but not Matt Gaetz) Carla Sinclair

Not giving a hoot Black mold, flies and roaches, rancid smells: No wonder Boar's Head caused a listeria outbreak! Carla Sinclair

Race to Survive contestants Reality TV contestant kills and eats protected New Zealand bird — claiming he was "desperate and hungry" (video) Carla Sinclair

Business Tesla under federal investigation, accused of knowingly misleading investors Rob Beschizza

china Chinese influencer dies shortly after live-streaming himself downing bottles of potent liquor in challenge Rusty Blazenhoff

pizza New Zealand's Hell Pizza offering new "pay after you die" scheme Jennifer Sandlin

food tampering Instagrammer licks ice cream in store, puts it back in freezer Mark Frauenfelder

florida Ron DeSantis wants to end unanimous jury for death penalty, thus more executions (video) Carla Sinclair

tabletop gaming What's new in tabletop gaming Gareth Branwyn

donald trump Donald Trump pushes for U.S. dictatorship: "We have to go beyond the governor" (video) Carla Sinclair

mister bone saws neighborhood Washington D.C. renamed the street in front of the Saudi embassy to "Jamal Khashoggi Way" Mark Frauenfelder

abortion New Ohio law requires full funeral services after abortions Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Trump's 50-point plan for a second-term is impressively hollow and meaningless. Thom Dunn

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California's worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

politics Biden says Section 230 tech liability shield should end for Facebook, Zuckerberg should be subject to civil liability Xeni Jardin

christ what an asshole New Hampshire state Rep John Potucek kills Right to Repair bill: "cellphones are throwaways…just get a new one" Cory Doctorow

law French politicians want to add an ag-gag rule to the country's sweeping online hate speech proposal Cory Doctorow

politics Pompeo announces first U.S. penalties against Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi killing Xeni Jardin

Copyfight On June 20, an EU committee will vote on an apocalyptically stupid, internet-destroying copyright proposal that'll censor everything from Tinder profiles to Wikipedia (SHARE THIS!) Cory Doctorow