bernie sanders Sanders-backed politicians are winning battle after battle in southern local elections Cory Doctorow

History Harvard's $27.50 copy of the Magna Carta may be one of 7 issued by Longshanks in 1300 Rob Beschizza

Business as usual Cruise passenger on stretcher rushing to ER was stopped by Royal Caribbean staff — pay up, buddy! Carla Sinclair

streisand effect Billionaire Gina Rinehart demands National Gallery of Australia remove portrait of her Rob Beschizza

Wilderness Elephant charges and flips safari truck in Zambia, killing 80-year-old American tourist Carla Sinclair

film cameras Rediscovering 3D cameras Bob Knetzger

paris Garbage piles up in Paris as collectors continue to strike Rusty Blazenhoff

books Lumpen: the politically infused funk music band of the Black Panther Party Elías Villoro

art Protestors throw tomato soup on van Gogh painting David Pescovitz

twin peaks Wikipedia has mounds and mounds of breast-shaped hills Mark Frauenfelder

Science This otherworldly timelapse of the Aurora Borealis is astonishing David Pescovitz

music Watch the only time Vincent Price performed the "Thriller" rap live David Pescovitz

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

COVID-19 Orlando has so many Covid patients, residents now urged to cut back on water to help hospitals Carla Sinclair

music Listen to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" with its very different original lyrics David Pescovitz

california Where unsold items end up after Oakland's huge White Elephant Sale Rusty Blazenhoff

COVID-19 Would you let this robot swab your nose for a coronavirus test? Thom Dunn

manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder

art How to find a stolen Van Gogh David Pescovitz

fake news Princess Di's killer, Burt Reynolds is a killer, and a killer milkshake, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan