christmas "I am Skinny Santa" — Obama visits pre-K kids in Chicago (video) Mark Frauenfelder

politics Thanksgiving turns toxic as Trump unleashes hateful screed Jennifer Sandlin

events While 130,000 Danes party at Roskilde Festival, an invisible workforce collects their trash for survival Ellsworth Toohey

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

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

goats Good Samaritans become emergency goat milkers Carolyn Townsend

politics Trump releases another doctor's note of questionable value Jason Weisberger

Ukraine 75-year-old Japanese man opens free cafe in Ukraine, feeding hundreds daily Mark Frauenfelder

politics Meet Hex Johnson, the self-taught Navy Seal Elías Villoro

Behold the pure joy that a puppuccino delivers! Jennifer Sandlin

flies The Bisbee fly-catching contest of 1912 Jennifer Sandlin

cats Meet Terry Lauerman, the man who naps with cats Elías Villoro

Welcome to Gilead "Have you recently had an abortion?" US immigration officials interrogate Australian woman then deport her on next flight home Mark Frauenfelder

torture report High schoolers scream in agony after volunteering to be pepper sprayed for extra credit Mark Frauenfelder

toxic masculinity Someone pulled their dick out: 2022 Grammy winner Louis C.K. and the #MeToo movement Maureen Herman

tabloids Biden "lies" and Bob Saget "embalmed" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

hockey "The mole on the back of your neck is cancer" wrote an NHL fan. Now she's getting a $10k scholarship for med school Annie Rauwerda

civil asset forfeiture Watch: Police rob combat vet's life savings on side of a highway Mark Frauenfelder

Volunteering to die Since June, 21,000 Texans have died of COVID-19 while refusing a widely available vaccine Jason Weisberger