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

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

Science Black cloud of dragonflies terrorizes beachgoers (video) Allan Rose Hill

guns The problem with "Red Flag" gun laws Thom Dunn

fbi Landlord giant raided by FBI for algorithmic price fixing Natalie Dressed

News Neo-Nazi leader who protested drag queen story hours arrested for child pornography Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Panera Bread to "phase out" caffeine-infused Charged Lemonade after deaths Rob Beschizza

music Frank Turner tries to break the world record for most concerts performed in different cities in 24 hours Thom Dunn

Man faked own death to avoid paying child support Rob Beschizza