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

newspaper Top NYT headlines from 50 years ago today Annie Rauwerda

News The oldest local weekly newspaper in America could be closing soon Thom Dunn

Journalism Prominent newspapers across the United States come under cyberattack Séamus Bellamy

happy mutants Bloom County on the heyday of newspaper funnies Cory Doctorow

accidents U.S. fuel tanker bursts into "massive fireball" after collision with container ship Carla Sinclair

News LA Times AI defends the Ku Klux Klan Jason Weisberger

politics Jeff Bezos announces Washington Post to promote "personal liberties and free markets" Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Pick up a few phrases in Japanese, French, and Italian by reading your favorite novels with this app Boing Boing's Shop

Business 40 years ago Austria wineries got caught sweetening wine with antifreeze, nearly killing the industry (and their customers) Ellsworth Toohey

Technology reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits Mark Frauenfelder

History From the Pig Town Boys to the Green Avenue Stompers: A 1954 map of New York City street gangs Ruben Bolling

Auction: Einstein's famous tongue photo with his own handwritten funny caption Allan Rose Hill

politics Groceries not cheaper yet, except these nuts Rob Beschizza

good news Where to find some good news today Gail Sherman

charity Rare coins and other valuables found in Salvation Army donation buckets across the US Allan Rose Hill

In 1964, a dad's photo of his daughter captured a figure in a spacesuit — a mystery that still baffles Ellsworth Toohey

art The Freak Family Roadshow is a must-see experience! Jennifer Sandlin