police brutality Report: more than a third of police forces may destroy civilian complaint records Rob Beschizza

coronavirus U.S. sets record high COVID cases for 3 days in a row, nearly 69,000 new cases today Xeni Jardin

GOP Convention Mitch McConnell is 7th senator to back away from the Republican National Convention Carla Sinclair

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

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

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

politics Trump White House asks Supreme Court to block House from seeing Mueller’s grand jury Russia secrets Xeni Jardin

intellectual property You can own a piece of the royalties to 3 Misfits albums Thom Dunn

Games Former Donkey Kong champion sues scorekeeping website for removing his records Rob Beschizza

History This unlucky fellow was the first person to have been killed by a meteorite in recorded history David Pescovitz

Trump's folly Smugglers sawed through Trump's wall 18 times in a one-month period Mark Frauenfelder

politics SCOTUS to hear Trump tax and financial records cases on May 12, remotely Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Tokyo records highest number of new coronavirus cases in a single day Xeni Jardin

Business San Francisco lockdown: Mission District restaurants and boutiques board up windows in fear David Pescovitz

politics Clearview AI gave accounts to ex Trump staffer, GOPers, Holocaust denier Xeni Jardin

crime Woman drunkenly threatened to ‘stab everyone’ on flight to D.C., say prosecutors Xeni Jardin

antifa A Civil War reenactor tried to frame Antifa by fabricating threats against his own Civil War reenactments Thom Dunn

politics House Dems press Secret Service on payments to Trump Xeni Jardin

sex work Someone blew the whistle on Hookers for Jesus Thom Dunn

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin