cartoons Cartoonist sells his "crappy rejected" New Yorker submissions Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Indiana declares June "Nuclear Family Month" Jennifer Sandlin

History A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama Ellsworth Toohey

law Cop fired and arrested after pulling gun on colleague who microwaved fish Rob Beschizza

art Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens this week in London Rob Beschizza

Food Farmer digs up yam shaped like a human hand in China Popkin

YouTuber banned from Six Flags after smuggling McNuggets onto 93 MPH rollercoaster Rob Beschizza

gadgets United flight declares emergency over Bluetooth broadcast, passengers say Rob Beschizza

books New biography captures Doonesbury's 50-year sweep of American life Ruben Bolling

the duh in Florida Florida cops drop ticket for woman accused of holding phone in hand she does not have Jason Weisberger

Technology A virtual museum runs 570 operating systems in your browser Ellsworth Toohey

education Incredible AI slop from the Department of Education Jason Weisberger

literature Granta published a likely AI-written story as a prize finalist Ellsworth Toohey

art Drew Friedman's new Mel Brooks portrait marks the comedian's 100th birthday Mark Frauenfelder

art This animator is doing wild things with construction paper Popkin

Games Atari buys rights to RPG classic Wizardry Rob Beschizza

politics CBS News ratings sink further Rob Beschizza

Fire at will New footage shows only one source of gunfire at correspondents' dinner—and it's not the suspect Jason Weisberger

politics Maryland the first state to regulate grocery surveillance pricing Rob Beschizza