music Watch Kurt Vile and friends perform John Prine's "Crazy as a Loon" Jennifer Sandlin

politics White smoke! American Robert Prevost chosen as Pope, takes name Leo XIV Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Remembering musical legend John Prine, five years after he died from COVID-19 Jennifer Sandlin

politics Executive overreach: Judge orders Trump to release federal funds Jason Weisberger

books Graphic novel "Revolution By Fire" explores New York's Afro-Irish uprising of 1741 Thom Dunn

sharks Curious great white shark follows kayakers fishing off San Francisco Bay Area coast (video) Allan Rose Hill

politics Should a convicted felon be on the US $500 bill? Jason Weisberger

putting power before country The Moscow Marge trio: Paul Gosar joins Greene in her mission to oust Speaker Johnson Carla Sinclair

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science The Anthropocene Working Group has chosen Crawford Lake as a "golden spike" that can help scientists understand this new geological epoch Jennifer Sandlin

meat Will wiping your anus with toilet paper disrupt your hormones? Jennifer Sandlin

politics Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot out as election goes to runoff between other candidates Rob Beschizza

tabloids Russian sleeper cells and White House brawls in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

History Jesus Christ may have had short hair Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

tabloids Bidens fexting (not sexting) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Kamala Backstabs Biden in last week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Prince Andrew's "sex tape" and Queen Camilla's "revenge" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

short films Watch a once-lost silent neorealist gangster movie made by the Clash Thom Dunn

News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin