the 'one that got away' for real $3.5M prize money at stake as massive marlin disqualified from tournament Rusty Blazenhoff

cheating 20 camels disqualified from beauty contest over Botox use Rob Beschizza

art Survey finds "very negative" attitude toward generative AI in games Rob Beschizza

TV lawyer Alina Habba resigns from imaginary job she never legally held Jason Weisberger

fools Judge declares Alina Habba "unqualified" and "unlawfully appointed" Jason Weisberger

cancer Research finds ultramarathon running is a risk factor for colorectal cancer Jennifer Sandlin

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

chess Chess champ Magnus Carlsen ejected from tournament for wearing jeans Rob Beschizza

olympics The 1904 Olympics Marathon gold medalist won while hallucinating on rat poison and brandy Ellsworth Toohey

disappointment MAGAs are mad GOP Senators didn't do what they expected Jason Weisberger

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

Two great bigots that go great together JD Vance joins JK Rowling in Olympic anti-trans bigotry Jason Weisberger

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

Peculiar behavior Trump time-traveled to the 1950s and came back with this PSA on cognitive decline (video) Carla Sinclair

photography Photographer wins AI image contest with a real photograph and is then disqualified when the truth is discovered Jennifer Sandlin

eurovision Netherlands disqualified from Eurovision song contest after mysterious backstage incident Rob Beschizza

jokes Here's the funnest crab joke Thom Dunn

News After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it Mark Frauenfelder

mistakes A vegan cheese was selected to win an industry award. Then the industry found out. Rob Beschizza

Trump trials MAGA loses again: Fani Willis can stay on Georgia case — but angry Trump will "continue to fight" Carla Sinclair