deaths Queen Elizabeth's cause of death listed as "old age" Rob Beschizza

counterfeit Canada creates maple syrup fraud deterrent Séamus Bellamy

gay Pastor prefers to be frisked by men than risk being turned gay by scanners Rob Beschizza

video games Real-life "Blades of Chaos" are both breathtaking and terrifying (video) Grant St. Clair

water The world's best pizza place is selling cans of water for $30 Thom Dunn

when coyotes act like coyotes Tourist tries to befriend coyote — [chomp] — and learns painful lesson: "Ow! You motherf*cker!" (video) Carla Sinclair

fundraisers Robyn Hitchcock and Emma Swift to host livestream fundraiser for indie rocker Matthew Sweet Jennifer Sandlin

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

big asks Trump's new election cheat: simply ask God to "anoint" him (video) Carla Sinclair

Games Apple to allow retro game console and PC emulator apps to download games Rob Beschizza

Alito is even more radical than you think Yoy Luadha

drums Zildjian's new e-drum kit is a gamechanger in music technology Thom Dunn

Whistle defiers Defective Boeing flight catches fire, hospitalizing 10 victims on board (video) Carla Sinclair

Comics Brian Azzarello, Stephanie Phillips, and more to pen EC Comics' return from the grave Thom Dunn

mental health Some of my favorite quotes from Stoic philosophers Yoy Luadha

artificial intelligence "Pooky Park" is an 1950s-style AI nightmare fuel TV commercial Jennifer Sandlin

biographies What happened to Veronica Lake? The screen goddess ended up working in a dive bar Mark Frauenfelder

hotels List of unusual things people do in hotel rooms David Pescovitz

trump trials Mike Pence hits Donald Trump under oath by zapping a comma from his book Carla Sinclair