AI 2Dumb2Destroy is a new AI ChatBot trained on the dumbest dudebros imaginable Thom Dunn

folklore The Bunny Man was a real hatchet-wielder in 1970 Virginia — but the internet turned him into something else entirely Ellsworth Toohey

movies Movie about Palestinian boy wins top prize at Israel's film awards, infuriating government Rob Beschizza

Trump has the law broken to honor a traitor, Confederate General Robert E. Lee Jason Weisberger

RIP Gene Hackman found dead at home — along with wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog Carla Sinclair

police Police Federation furious at name of new comedy cop show Allan Rose Hill

drugs Middle-school teacher arrested for allegedly hiding meth in her hair scrunchie during school's "family fun night" David Pescovitz

law Martial arts instructor jailed 50 years for secret recordings of children Rob Beschizza

family values Louisiana GOP endorses candidate accused of whipping child and other "criminal cruelty" charges Carla Sinclair

troubled teen camps "Suck it up": no charges after 17-year-girl dies in agony of untreated infection at Utah's Diamond Ranch Academy Rob Beschizza

tabloids Bimbo Duchess and a giant UFO in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

beatles Dolly Parton earns rock-star status with 'Rockstar' album Rusty Blazenhoff

media What the Big Noise Tactical Media Collective was about Elías Villoro

genesis story Genesis story of the KONG dog chew toy Andrew Yi

Boing Boing Gadgets Defend the internet by learning how to become an ethical hacker for $42 Boing Boing's Shop

murder How RentAHitman.com went from a legitimate business venture to a weird honeypot Thom Dunn

Noble Six Microsoft pounds on the dead horse that is the Master Chief, hoping money falls out Jason Weisberger

police brutality Cops who killed porcupines for fun will do jail time Rob Beschizza

marijuana City sells former police academy to become a marijuana grow facility David Pescovitz

Watch: newly release dashcam video of driver evading attempted heist Mark Frauenfelder