vegetable oil Freak fire: Man's clothes "spontaneously combusted" while he was sleeping — he woke up to flames Carla Sinclair

music Like good ole fashioned emo? Enjoy Scaffolding Natalie Dressed

crime The Rhode Island councilman arrested for crack-cocaine is busted again — this time for child molestation Carla Sinclair

crypto Rhode Island bill proposes to fix housing crisis with cryptocurrency Thom Dunn

surveillance capitalism Stop & Shop strike convinces 75% of loyal customers to take business elsewhere Cory Doctorow

law Rhode Island lawsuit argues that the Constitution guarantees a right to sufficient education to be an informed citizen Cory Doctorow

surveillance Rhode Island proposes blocking all online porn and charging $20 to unblock it Cory Doctorow

Kids In Rhode Island, students and parents must let schools spy on them day and night through their laptops Cory Doctorow

fashion Dickhead's anti-yoga-pants letter to the editor sparks yoga-pants-parade Cory Doctorow

Business Community college evicts daycare center to make room for Goldman Sachs Cory Doctorow

History Captain Cook's HMS Endeavor found off Rhode Island Rob Beschizza

Disney Mickey Mouse is a mutant — "always a reflection of the culture around him" Mark Frauenfelder

Entertainment Remember when people paid real money to watch bug apocalypse documentaries? Mark Frauenfelder

delightful creatures Bobcat sees empty box and morphs into purring house cat (video) Carla Sinclair

torture ICE tortures and hospitalizes legal United States resident Jason Weisberger

politics Executive overreach: Judge orders Trump to release federal funds Jason Weisberger

Science A "Game of Thrones style" wall of ice is on the move Gail Sherman

cats Avian-flu contaminated raw pet food recalled after indoor cat dies Jennifer Sandlin

australia Tree kangaroos: the best animal ASMR on the internet Jennifer Sandlin