music Watch Julia Hofer playing the bassline on "Spirits in the Material World" by The Police Jennifer Sandlin

police Fans of The Police: Look for this Easter egg in your vintage 'Synchronicity' record Rusty Blazenhoff

jazz How Sting came to perform "Murder by Numbers" with Frank Zappa Gareth Branwyn

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

black lives matter A US cop made an Irish "Blue Lives Matter" shirt that accidentally said "Black Lives Matter" Thom Dunn

driving Florida driver caught by cops for using James Bond-style license plate Séamus Bellamy

Thieves return rug to CA's famed Madonna Inn Jason Weisberger

News Bounty for United Healthcare shooter raised to $50k, still no leads Grant St. Clair

cars Here's why an elderly woman's old Star Trek vanity plates are still generating parking tickets years after she stopped driving Allan Rose Hill

faulty brakes Watch Illinois deputy save frantic driver in runaway car from plunging into a lake (video) Carla Sinclair

politics Prepare for the worst: journalists who survived dictators sound alarm over Trump's press threats Ellsworth Toohey

police Turns out the "thin blue line" has a thick black market Jason Weisberger

ghosts Villagers feared haunting cries was a ghost but it was something much more disturbing Allan Rose Hill

law Deny, Defend, Depose: words found on shell cases by  UnitedHealthcare CEO's body Rob Beschizza

natural disasters Pennsylvania woman swallowed by sinkhole still missing after 2 day search Carla Sinclair

UK police forces leaving Twitter Rob Beschizza

shootings UnitedHealthcare CEO shot and killed in Manhattan — looks like targeted attack, say police Carla Sinclair

Man picked the absolute stupidest time to shoplift from Walmart Allan Rose Hill

presumed dead U.S. and Canadian climbers vanish while climbing New Zealand's highest peak Carla Sinclair

Science Small asteroid creates spectacular light show over Russia just hours after discovery Mark Frauenfelder