birthdays How Joe Strummer got through this interview is anyone's guess Séamus Bellamy

law Hegseth kills probe into Apache pilots who buzzed Kid Rock's house Séamus Bellamy

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

History Japan's "Rabbit Island" used to be a secret poison gas factory, now it's overrun with adorable bunnies Ellsworth Toohey

inexplicable With a straight face Karoline Leavitt calls killing two men clinging to a boat "self defense" Jason Weisberger

human rights Australian prisoner asserts human right to Vegemite Rob Beschizza

academy awards Watch Chuck Jones' 1965 Oscar-winning cartoon about a lovesick like and a dallying dot Ellsworth Toohey

pittsburgh The death stairs of Pittsburgh Rob Beschizza

death penalty Missouri kills potentially innocent man over prosecutors' objection Ellsworth Toohey

History 10 bizarre facts about the Symbionese Liberation Army Ellsworth Toohey

pennsylvania Watch: Murderer escapes Pennsylvania prison with quick crab-like vanishing act (video) Carla Sinclair

architecture Mark the 130th anniversary of the Chicago World's Fair by reading "The Devil in the White City" this summer Jennifer Sandlin

conspirituality We need to talk about Marianne Williamson Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids Kurt Cobain murdered (and World War 3 starts again) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

police California police raid home under court orders to kill a 9-year-old girl's pet goat Thom Dunn

tabloids Biden's dementia, belligerent UFOs and Fox News lies, in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

violence Where are the lines between incel misogyny and violence? Elías Villoro

mistakes Men arrested after corpse found encased in concrete in a bathtub and covered in coffee grounds Rob Beschizza

tabloids Occam's razor and the world's biggest breasts in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

witchcraft New Salem Witch Trials exhibit re-examines the meaning of "witch" Thom Dunn