picks Hurricane Hermine to Hit Florida's Gulf Coast with 'Life Threatening' Force Xeni Jardin

amazon Amazon finally releases a teaser for Invincible's second season Devin Nealy

weather Actor Julian Sands missing after California storms Rob Beschizza

books "Where Are the Elephants?" is Leon Rosselson's memoir Elías Villoro

california California's atmospheric rivers Grant St. Clair

rain The city of Santa Barbara warned residents to watch out for flying manhole covers Jason Weisberger

Business How Liquid Death took the water market by storm Devin Nealy

world cup December 18th, 2022: The FIFA World Cup, the 22nd anniversary of Kirsty MacColl's death, and improbable heroes Jennifer Sandlin

trains Check out amazing drone footage of a snowplow train clearing tracks after a major storm (video) Carla Sinclair

environmentalism Ocean Cleanup's "Interceptor 007" caught 35,000 lbs of trash in its trial run Jason Weisberger

science fiction Ardbeg just released a sci-fi scotch-themed comic book and it's surprisingly wonderful Thom Dunn

video games Rejoice, for the first ever First-Person Jesus video game is finally available Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Bird frantically calls for help after its baby falls into drain. Thankfully someone notices (video) Carla Sinclair

Ventriloquist says "poor Peter Parker" without moving his lips Mark Frauenfelder

politics Proud Boys leader pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy over Jan 6th Jason Weisberger

dust storms Watch: Drivers navigate through dangerously opaque dust storm in Arizona Carla Sinclair

florida Deep state used "weather manipulation technology" on Ian to hurt DeSantis, says ex-InfoWars host (video) Carla Sinclair

dating apps Watch: Ad for conservative new dating app shows women where to find Mr. Wrong Carla Sinclair

hurricanes Hurricane Ian: Fort Myers suffers catastrophic flooding, while at least one shark spotted in city streets (video) Carla Sinclair

florida Watch this live webcam video of the approaching storm in Florida Mark Frauenfelder