rides 10 photos from L.A.'s long-gone Pacific Ocean Park, a day out by the sea you'll never enjoy Chris Merritt

lost and found Surfer finds lost 52-year-old Rolex underwater, returns the still-ticking watch to original owner Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird What is this "censored" island that appears on Google Earth? David Pescovitz

News Hurricane Laura at 150mph winds, near Category 5 — Texas-Louisiana landfall expected Xeni Jardin

police The ACLU analyzed the number of police in schools compared to social workers, and the results are staggering Thom Dunn

fake news How a killer fled the FBI with a condom and hair remover, in this week's tabloids Peter Sheridan

discrimination 'Hawaii Five-0' stars quit over racial inequity Jason Weisberger

animals Endangered and beloved Sumatran elephant Yongki killed in apparent ivory poaching Xeni Jardin

war Marshall Islands, site of largest-ever U.S. nuclear weapons test, sues 9 superpowers including USA Xeni Jardin

family The Majesty of Easter Island Tom Fassbender

Entertainment Why Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion effects were more real than CGI Ethan Gilsdorf

squid The Kraken Awakes: What Architeuthis is Trying to Tell Us Mark Dery