coronavirus Watch a dozen inmates escape from a Washington jail David Pescovitz

escapes Watch how this baby boy, locked inside a car with the keys, figures a way out Carla Sinclair

escapes Identical twin drugged brother, left him in cell to escape prison Seamus Bellamy

crime Alabama inmates use peanut butter trick to escape prison David Pescovitz

banks Man stuck behind ATM slips "help me" notes through receipt slot David Pescovitz

medicine The "psychobiome" is bacteria in your gut that affects how you think and act David Pescovitz

florida Florida cow arrested by police after months on the lam Thom Dunn

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

china Leaked documents document China's plan for mass arrests and concentration-camp internment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang Cory Doctorow

spooks 900 pages of leaked Iranian spy cables reveal how America's failures after invasions allowed Iran to seize control of Iraqi politics Cory Doctorow

zoology Paris zoo opens a new exhibit with an immortal mutant slime mold called "The Blob" Thom Dunn

magic Footage of Houdini preparing for a straight jacket escape Jason Weisberger

Disney Mickey and Minnie speak Thai in retro cartoon short "Our Floating Dreams" Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Karl Schroeder's "Stealing Worlds": visionary science fiction of a way through the climate and inequality crises Cory Doctorow

books Becky Chambers' 'A Closed and Common Orbit' brought me to tears Jason Weisberger

crime Which prison will house 'El Chapo'? Probably this Colorado 'supermax' Xeni Jardin

great escapes Prisoner escapes by telling jailer a cobra is in his cell Mark Frauenfelder