public health NYC discovers amazing new rat-fighting technology called "garbage cans with lids" Ellsworth Toohey

corruption New York Police Department's top uniformed officer resigns after sex abuse claims Rob Beschizza

nyc NYC's "Lost Valuables Search" lets you dig through raw garbage Yoy Luadha

cholera Norwegian cruise ship quarantined off Mauritius coast due to possible cholera outbreak Jennifer Sandlin

law New York ban on plastic utensils in food deliveries goes live Rob Beschizza

crime '60 Minutes' investigates child hiring practices at slaughterhouse cleaning company Rusty Blazenhoff

law 102 children worked hazardous jobs cleaning American slaughterhouses Rob Beschizza

He has health problems NY sees its first case of Polio in almost a decade, officials fear it has spread Jason Weisberger

blood Iowa family wakes up to find 5 inches of blood flooding their house Thom Dunn

microplastics Microplastics in drinking water is likely not harmful to people, World Health Organization says Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight Why would a company give free tablets to prisons for inmate use? Cory Doctorow

sewers "This young man rose like Jesus," crap covered kid rescued from Easter sewer ride Jason Weisberger

books Garbage collectors open library of abandoned books Rob Beschizza

urban theory One quarter of New Orleans' catch-basins were clogged to uselessness with 93,000 lbs of plastic Mardi Gras beads Cory Doctorow

books Garbage collectors open a public library with discarded books Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants East Harlem's secret museum of gorgeous junk rescued from NYC's trash Cory Doctorow

History Martin Luther King, socialist: "capitalism has outlived its usefulness" Cory Doctorow

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery

Good to the Last Drop Dead: Caffeine and Marathons Jen A. Miller