police Tacoma terror cop plows through crowd in police SUV Rob Beschizza

offworld The only things you really need to know about Microsoft's E3 press event Leigh Alexander

smoking while siphoning Gentleman tries to smoke and steal gas at the same time — it didn't end well Carla Sinclair

Delightful Creatures Dodger the opossum gets his very own charcuterie board! Jennifer Sandlin

san francisco "Humble" and well-connected San Francisco real estate fraudster avoids prison sentence Mark Frauenfelder

hackers Software programmer arrested for using the old "Superman III/Office Space" trick Jason Weisberger

alaska airlines Watch: Metal pieces peel off Alaska Airlines plane during flight — makes emergency landing Carla Sinclair

crime Trucker left "path of destruction" in fatal Tacoma crash Rob Beschizza

gentlemen who poach For the first time, tree DNA sends a man to prison Carla Sinclair

crime U.S. Army Ranger charged with murder after beating security guard to death Rob Beschizza

blizzard Blizzard the polar bear enjoys a frosty frolic Janelle Hessig

cars This 400k mile 1990 Toyota Corolla is darn near perfect Jason Weisberger

economics 11 US cities are piloting Universal Basic Income programs, with more to come Thom Dunn

Weird Melonhead men rob convenience store David Pescovitz

happy mutants Chasing down that list of potential Predpol customers reveals dozens of cities that have secretly experimented with "predictive policing" Cory Doctorow

AI Babysitter vetting and voice-analysis: Have we reached peak AI snakeoil? Cory Doctorow

surveillance Is this the full list of US cities that have bought or considered Predpol's predictive policing services? Cory Doctorow

borders Jogger in Canada accidentally crosses over U.S. border and gets detained for 2 weeks Mark Frauenfelder

eighties Friend of Kurt Cobain's shares early Nirvana demo tapes Rusty Blazenhoff

crime Alleged sex offender smashes computer in courtroom Rob Beschizza