News Mass shooting at UNC Charlotte leaves 2 killed, 4 injured [DEVELOPING] Xeni Jardin

racism Black and Asian enrollment down at top colleges after end of affirmative action Rob Beschizza

politics Ryan Routh: former Trump-supporting Hawaii handyman with a criminal past Ellsworth Toohey

Science Giant venomous flying spiders headed for New York Jason Weisberger

Funny Humans or cicadas? Forest Preserve staff hilariously act out the 17-year cicada life cycle Jennifer Sandlin

music 19-year-old college student absolutely nails "Name" when invited onstage to play guitar with the Goo Goo Dolls Jennifer Sandlin

gun violence in america UNC's student paper publishes stunning front page showing texts during shooting Carla Sinclair

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill UNC shooting: Student arrested for murder of associate professor Carla Sinclair

werner herzog The curious history of the dancing chicken in Werner Herzog's 1977 film Stroszek Jennifer Sandlin

cactus Hairy cactus or spun-sugar dessert? Jennifer Sandlin

sounds Solar balloons detect strange noises in Earth's stratosphere Rusty Blazenhoff

clever dogs The hilarious story of 1908 "fake rescue dog" who pushed children into the Seine and then rescued them for steak rewards Jennifer Sandlin

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

christianity Watch: Michele Bachmann said she spent Christmas telling her 3- and 6-year-old grandkids that the "eternal fires" of Hell await them Mark Frauenfelder

media Right-wing political propaganda posing as local news circulating across country Jennifer Sandlin

books Freedom Dreams finds "the future worlds Black radicals struggled to achieve" Elías Villoro

politics Continuing the work of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, challenging racism since the 1960s Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

art There's probably an art vending machine near you. What are you waiting for? Jennifer Sandlin

enslavement Stolen Relations: recovering stories of indigenous enslavement in the Americas A.E. Gómez