picks Penn State's Joe Paterno would have gone to prison Jason Weisberger

crime Penn State trustee "running out of sympathy" for "so-called" victims raped by the college's coach Rob Beschizza

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

trump WATCH: Asked about 2nd-term priorities, Donald Trump goofs bigly on Hannity Xeni Jardin

politics Trump demands Supreme Court kill Affordable Care Act, aka 'Obamacare' Xeni Jardin

music Almost Famous cast and creators reunite for 20th anniversary podcast series David Pescovitz

politics Don't trust electoral college tracking maps based on whim and prayer Rob Beschizza

Entertainment New Studio Ghibli film coming this year from Hayao Miyazaki and son Goro Miyazaki David Pescovitz

terrorists Incel blows off own hands trying to make anti-cheerleader bomb, still a wanker Rob Beschizza

coronavirus US coronavirus deaths reach 45,000, doubling in less than one week Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Coronavirus destroyed U.S. job market, this chart shows how badly your state was hit Xeni Jardin

coronavirus More deaths now in U.S. from coronavirus than 9/11 terror attacks Xeni Jardin

tabloids A beheaded tot, isolated stars, and cure coronavirus with herbs, in last week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Here are the 5 kinds of pandemic villains who are making things worse for the rest of us Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Grocery store throws away $35K of food after woman purposefully coughs on it Mark Frauenfelder

Business T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint approved by federal judge Xeni Jardin

language A fascinating map of the most spoken languages in every US state besides English and Spanish Thom Dunn

bedbugs Free bedbugs at Walmart in Pennsylvania Carla Sinclair

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow