corruption Fentanyl execs found guilty of racketeering, face 20 year prison sentences Cory Doctorow

animals Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper David Pescovitz

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

trump Michael Cohen sent back to jail after being seen dining in Manhattan while on house arrest Rob Beschizza

News SCOTUS rules Donald Trump financial records must be released to NY DA, but House won't get tax returns before election Xeni Jardin

racism Tech CEO in racist restaurant rant Rob Beschizza

Oakland Oakland Symphony performs radical social justice song of yore Rusty Blazenhoff

police I don't think the creator of this pro-policing political cartoon actually read "Frankenstein" Thom Dunn

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Technology WATCH: Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity completes 2nd flight from Spaceport America (mission recap video) Xeni Jardin

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

police brutality North Carolina cop: "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— n——" Rob Beschizza

DIY Sword-maker crafts The WREKTANGLE, a giant sword of magnificent glory Xeni Jardin

Oakland Boots Riley teases new "dark, absurd" series "I'm a Virgo" Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn

dinosaurs Largest known soft-shell reptile egg discovered in Antarctica Thom Dunn

kentucky Bourbon time capsule discovered underneath a statue of Jefferson Davis in Kentucky Thom Dunn

music Bass To The Future: DIY time machine bass guitar Xeni Jardin

Business Camp Fire: PG&E pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for negligence in California’s worst wildfire Xeni Jardin

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin