death Mohamed Al-Fayed, billionaire ex-owner of Harrods who feuded with royal family, dead at 94 Rob Beschizza

Entertainment The Las Vegas Sphere is rolling to a new location Allan Rose Hill

censorship Report on global threat to political cartoonists is released Ruben Bolling

"The Arab World in the 1970s" is a two-part documentary on politics, culture, economics, and society Elías Villoro

Business Epic Games is buying Bandcamp David Pescovitz

dupe Egypt plagued by floods followed by swarm of "deathstalker" scorpions that stung hundreds of people David Pescovitz

Boing Boing Gadgets Grab these cybersecurity courses at a $20 Pre-Black Friday Doorbuster price Boing Boing's Shop

torture "The Mauritanian" is a new movie about an man imprisoned and tortured at Guantánamo without any formal charges Thom Dunn

health How I've dealt with a lifetime of chronic pain Gareth Branwyn

Technology Feds charge Evil Corp, Russia-based creators of Dridex malware, in $100 million bank hacking spree Xeni Jardin

Boing Boing Gadgets Guard against cyber threats with this ethical hacking course Boing Boing's Shop

politics Military coup ousts Sudan dictator Rob Beschizza

millennial moms University police warn students to be on the lookout for a helicopter mom Carla Sinclair

robbers Gentleman steals $2,100 from an office safe, then gets busted after falling asleep mid-robbery Carla Sinclair

pirates Russian Navy vs. Somali pirates Mark Frauenfelder

video Giant high-tech rooftop greenhouse uses no soil Andrea James

aviation For sale, one of the CIA's extraordinary rendition torture-jets Cory Doctorow

canada 6 killed in terror attack on Quebec mosque Rob Beschizza

racism American Airlines backs stewardess who announced she was "watching" Muslim passenger in Seat 25-A, then kicked him off flight Rob Beschizza

canada Suspicious, photo-taking "Middle Eastern" men were visually impaired tourists Cory Doctorow