Japan Video escape: Lantern-floating ceremony to honor the dead, Honolulu, Hawaii Xeni Jardin

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Delightful Creatures Officials honor hero cat who saved an old man trapped in a canal Andrea James

politics Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine' Xeni Jardin

trump What if Trump loses but refuses to go? Alarming interview with a law professor Mark Frauenfelder

Kids Watch a bunch of 5th graders sing a Minor Threat song Thom Dunn

trump Trump calls U.S. Postal Service 'a joke,' threatens defunding if it won't raise Amazon's rate Xeni Jardin

minecraft After a Japanese grade school cancels graduation, students hold it inside of Minecraft Gareth Branwyn

Republicans Do you have what it takes to be this guy's "Awesome Republican Goddess?" Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

Business Biden says Section 230 tech liability shield should end for Facebook, Zuckerberg should be subject to civil liability Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Coming soon to a city near you: HUMP, Dan Savage's amateur smut fest, banned from Facebook! Cory Doctorow

college A 52-year-old ex-Navy SEAL reflects on his first semester as a freshman at Yale Thom Dunn

tabloids Killing the Queen, John Lennon’s murder, and William Shatner’s talking horses in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

employment Help wanted: Social media manager for Queen Elizabeth II David Pescovitz

military US Navy building a ship named after Harvey Milk sixty years after he was booted out for being gay David Pescovitz

law New York City bans most flavored e-cigarettes in war on vaping Xeni Jardin

homophobia One Million Moms, a far-right Christian group, is offended by Hallmark commercial of newlywed women kissing Mark Frauenfelder

The Las Vegas marathon featured a run through wedding John Struan

politics Putin: Russia hopes Trump will visit Moscow for Victory Day ('May Day') Xeni Jardin

Games Blizzard's president apologized for suspending Blitzchung, but the suspension is still in force Cory Doctorow