kansas Watch video of cops illegally raiding a 98-year-old woman's house. She died the next day. Mark Frauenfelder

Funny It turns out Jack Black makes an excellent Indiana Jones Grant St. Clair

smoking 1880s automaton smokes cigarettes and moves a monocle Popkin

takeovers Musk's "top lieutenant" living in federal agency office with wife and kid, says worker (video) Carla Sinclair

Forever Chemicals Teflon: Miracle invention or slow-acting poison? Why not both! Mark Frauenfelder

law Indianapolis Animal Care Services fires workers who checked whether adopters had cruelty convictions Rob Beschizza

puppets Dog marionettes are the uncanny valley for real canines Jennifer Sandlin

Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  Lee Keeler

religion Watch this shouty 10-year-old street preacher get suspended from elementary school (video) Allan Rose Hill

Science See how crash test dummies, mannequins, marionettes, and other fake people are made Popkin

News Puppets galore at LA's whimsical "Puppetchella" puppet festival Yoy Luadha

animals Real dog fooled by lookalike dog marionette puppet Mark Frauenfelder

ecology Mice, infesting Antarctic island and eating the birds, to be exterminated Rob Beschizza

Community Over a thousand clown dolls await at Denmark's quirkiest pub Popkin

donald trump 'Putin's puppet' Donald Trump is destroying America, warns veterans group (video) Carla Sinclair

gross Pulling chicken foot tendons turns them into horrible marionette puppets Popkin

Ten-minute trailer for Death Stranding 2 clears absolutely nothing up Grant St. Clair

crime Florida man arrested after missing 16-year-old girl's World of Warcraft account comes online at his house Rob Beschizza

Funny Dancer does a perfect marionette puppet imitation Popkin

Games Othello solved: best play leads to a draw Rob Beschizza