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

justice Let me tell you a story about Herman Wallace, who spent 41 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit Séamus Bellamy

Oklahoma OK State Superintendent using Libs of TikTok to "hunt down school employees who joked about Trump's ear" Jennifer Sandlin

batman A radical unlicensed queer comic book movie returns to theaters Thom Dunn

children's literature Why A.A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin ended up hating Winnie the Pooh, and stopped speaking with each other Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Trump's sex slave, a photogenic ghost, and Madonna going bald in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

crypto Recipients of a 16 million dollar gift house maintain their son is not a financial fraudster Jason Weisberger

trolls Typeface trolls shaking down users of Adobe's font platform Rob Beschizza

children Rising social star: 4-year-old rapper VanVan Rusty Blazenhoff

book review Review: Some New Kind of Kick is the moving memoir of punk rock icon Kid Congo Powers Gareth Branwyn

music Bono apologizes for that time U2 put an album on your iPhone Devin Nealy

A man spent almost three years in a mental hospital in Hawaii before officials discovered they were holding the wrong man Mark Frauenfelder

police Illinois just became the first state to make it illegal for cops to lie to kids Thom Dunn

law NM governor signs law ending qualified immunity for cops Rob Beschizza

books New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket Rebecca Romney

murder There are a surprising number of unsolved murders involving Grateful Dead fans Thom Dunn

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

picks Kansas inmate freed after doppelganger found 17 years later Mark Frauenfelder

usausausa Immediately after Mike Pence's departure, reasonable Indiana Republicans began undoing his work Cory Doctorow

politics Prophets of Rage play Cleveland RNC, kick off 'Make America Rage Again' tour in 35 U.S. cities Maureen Herman