olympics The 1904 Olympics Marathon gold medalist won while hallucinating on rat poison and brandy Ellsworth Toohey
racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn
police St Louis cops indicted for beating up a "protester" who turned out to be an undercover cop Cory Doctorow
kentucky "I don't want to die": Semi dangles 100 feet over river in real-life action movie rescue (video) Jason Weisberger
Innovation How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils Ellsworth Toohey
CDC Dr. Deborah Birx: "Our agencies are making the same mistakes they made with COVID" Jennifer Sandlin
History History's most catastrophic costume party, hosted by a mad king who thought he was made of glass Ellsworth Toohey