vote Kathryn Grody and Mandy Patinkin make the best campaign ad to encourage people to vote Rusty Blazenhoff

war American fighting ISIS returns home to have gunshot wound patched up in Chicago Séamus Bellamy

books Bookstore owner's ingenious method for moving 10,000 books into a new storefront (video) Allan Rose Hill

politics Vance doubles down on false 40% Social Security fraud claim — he's only off by a factor of 16,0000 Ellsworth Toohey

Culture Gotta catch all grandpas: Japanese town turns seniors into trading card stars Ellsworth Toohey

politics Millionaire JD Vance courageously volunteers your wallet for Trump's trade war Ellsworth Toohey

noads Supporting ongoing Los Angeles wildfire recovery efforts Hannah Patterson

politics Entitled man-child JD Vance throws tantrum about UK's war record, forgets Google exists Ellsworth Toohey

Community Little Free Library celebrates its 200,000th book-sharing box Jennifer Sandlin

drugs What do we see when we're on drugs? To find out, this researcher used AI to read 40,000 trip reports Allan Rose Hill

searches Bering Air flight disappears in Alaska 10 minutes before scheduled landing Carla Sinclair

Oops "Terrified" hikers rescued from Scotland's 2nd highest mountain — hours after turning rescuers away Carla Sinclair

Science Newt brigade helps adorable critters cross the road safely Gail Sherman

politics First-class flights and Disneyland: Inside the 1970s federal energy scandal Ellsworth Toohey

drugs New documents released about the US government's secret LSD mind-control program Allan Rose Hill

Technology Watch Duty: the free wildfire alert app saving lives in California Ellsworth Toohey

World War II How Polish professors let infected lice feed on them to avoid concentration camps in WWII Ellsworth Toohey

holidays Shelter dogs pick out their favorite holiday stuffed animal Jennifer Sandlin

labor Starbucks baristas to strike in three cities Rob Beschizza