dogs Video captures dogs smiling after being told they're "good boys" and "good girls" Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures Dog almost outsmarts owner playing fetch Ruben Bolling

books "Bridge" is a dimension-hopping thriller about grief, motherhood, and parasitic worms Thom Dunn

Postmodern Jukebox Watch this Roy Orbison-esque version of the Pixies' "Where is My Mind?" Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids JFK murder cover-up and Trump's mob ties in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Barbie Barbie's commitment to diversity and inclusion has come a long way since 1959 Jennifer Sandlin

Barbie movie Evangelicals rail against Barbie, demand Americans not take children to see film Jennifer Sandlin

finland Finnish hobbyhorsing phenomenon gallops on: watch this year's championships Rusty Blazenhoff

sexism Taliban orders Afghanistan's hair salons to shut Rob Beschizza

politics Ron DeSantis says baseball players are good, but basketball players are "freaks of nature" Mark Frauenfelder

music Rick Beato on the music explosion of 1978 Mark Frauenfelder

dupe Business booms for Atlanta duo liberating vehicles from the boot Rusty Blazenhoff

books "Who Would Believe a Prisoner?" chronicles America's first separate prison for women Elías Villoro

tabloids The Madness of King Charles and Obama's nepo baby in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music First-ever reggaeton track in Library of Congress audio history library: Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina" Rusty Blazenhoff

History "I hope you will never see this letter" Yuri Gagarin's note to his wife and daughters in 1961 Mark Frauenfelder

viral videos Remembering the McCain Girls, whose viral hit during the 2008 presidential campaign heralded a new era in internet politics Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Boozy Obamas and Trump's civil war in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Republicans Idaho Republicans block free tampons for public school students Jason Weisberger

tabloids Hitler raised from the grave in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan