lawsuits Listen to recording of medics looking for Johnny Depp's fingertip Mark Frauenfelder

national monuments Workers warned not to share photos of White House demolition Jason Weisberger

predators Trump dismisses spousal abuse: "a little fight with the wife… they call this a crime" Jason Weisberger

cults "Warrior Poet" performs an ode to breasts and bodily autonomy, except when it comes to implants Jennifer Sandlin

guns Most mass shooters driven by personal grievance, and about one quarter by conspiracy theories and hate Rob Beschizza

very fine people With domestic-abuse and harassment allegations, this MAGA ex-cop is sure to become Pennsylvania's next lieutenant governor Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Obama marriage crisis and new China plague in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

crime A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow

privacy Bounty hunters and stalkers are able to track you in realtime by lying to your phone company and pretending to be cops Cory Doctorow

politics Ta-Nehisi Coates on Obama's blackness, America's white supremacy, and Trump's victory Cory Doctorow