mcdonalds Man calls in bomb threat over McDonald's dipping sauce Kevin Reome

paris Garbage piles up in Paris as collectors continue to strike Rusty Blazenhoff

fake news A romance author allegedly faked her own suicide to boost book sales Thom Dunn

police San Francisco Supervisors vote "yes" on police robots' use of deadly force David Pescovitz

GQP party MAGA Kook Kandiss Taylor doubles down belief that God's lightning destroyed Georgia Guidestones Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Royal rampages and facelifts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Reviews Mark Dery on the "Surrealism Beyond Borders" show at The Met Gareth Branwyn

tabloids Castro killed JFK and his son in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

guns A new investigation from the Trace shows that the ATF rarely enforces the law Thom Dunn

surveillance French government proposes new ban on filming and photographing police Thom Dunn

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tabloids Terrorists and spies swarm America in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids The marriage from hell, Epstein's sex tapes, and overweight celebrities in this week's fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

News Mueller releases memo on Michael Flynn interview, on eve of #Flynn sentencing Xeni Jardin

police Cops destroyed man's house with explosives to flush out hiding shoplifter, offered $5,000 in compensation Rob Beschizza

nightmare fodder British man's colon bursts due to an abundance of poop Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants At the Golden-Calf Slaughterhouse: an interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner Thomas Kaestle

spain Madrid will help police dogs to live their best dog lives Séamus Bellamy

security Researchers trick Google's AI into thinking rifles are helicopters, without any knowledge of the algorithm's design Cory Doctorow

christmas A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic Robert Spallone