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

for whom the hipaa tolls Complaint filed after writer and "whistleblower" publish details of young trans patient Thom Dunn

astronomy A nice asteroid, 69 alligators long, passed by the Earth this week Thom Dunn

bbc BBC won't broadcast Attenborough episode on destruction of wildlife over fear of right-wing backlash Gareth Branwyn

History One man's crusade to digitize millions of newspaper pages Rusty Blazenhoff

movies On this day in 1943, the Office of War Information won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Elías Villoro

chuck tingle Chuck Tingle's latest story has Dilbert creator Scott Adams getting screwed by his own racism Thom Dunn

mistakes Dilbert comic distributor cuts ties with creator Rob Beschizza

mistakes Dilbert dropped by "many news outlets" Rob Beschizza

media The State Press Magazine calls for Arizona State University to divest from The New York Times. Elías Villoro

new york city Alligator found in Brooklyn, New York David Pescovitz

Mormons fined $5m for hiding $32bn of wealth Rob Beschizza

movies That time when ferocious flocks of seabirds attacked people, inspiring Hitchcock's The Birds David Pescovitz

Comics Secret identities, pulp storytelling, and audio comic books with Alex Segura Thom Dunn

pride The New York Times called out for editorial bias about transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people by its own writers Jason Weisberger