police After Freddie Gray, Baltimore police take a tentative step away from lethal force Cory Doctorow

music UK Royal Mail issues stamps honoring the band Queen David Pescovitz

queen This Queen outtake is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

deaths Gershon Kingsley, 1922-2019 Rob Beschizza

DIY Amigurumi Freddie Mercury of Queen, a free pattern you can crochet yourself Xeni Jardin

music Watch Freddie Mercury's never-before-seen "Time Waits For No One" Rusty Blazenhoff

politics Ben Carson confused 'REO' (HUD real estate term) with 'Oreo' (the cookie) Xeni Jardin

britain British celebrity Freddie Starr "definitely dead" Rob Beschizza

picks Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns over book grift scandal Xeni Jardin

fake news CIA helped Hitler hide after WWII, Prince Harry’s real dad, and Freddie Mercury’s secret son, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

new zealand A te reo Māori cover of "Bohemian Rhapsody" Rusty Blazenhoff

queen Listen to this stunning cover of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by the man who travels the world singing as Freddie Mercury Rusty Blazenhoff

Food Freddie Mercury chocolate cake Xeni Jardin

music Killer new trailer for "Bohemian Rhapsody," forthcoming Queen biopic David Pescovitz

Science Mental health of black people harmed by police murders of unarmed black people, says medical research Seamus Bellamy

music Watch the trailer for Freddie Mercury/Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" David Pescovitz

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police unions Baltimore to leave its cops on the hook for civil suit payouts Seamus Bellamy

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