fbi The FBI encouraged a white supremacist to bomb a synagogue Thom Dunn

pranks Watch when Lyft passengers find out their driver is actually Chance the Rapper Carla Sinclair

News Chicago journalists once opened a fake bar to document corruption Andrea James

donald trump Sacha Baron Cohen punks Dick Cheney in promo for his new undercover show Rusty Blazenhoff

undercover Jackie Chan went undercover on Reddit and other sites to answer fan questions Rusty Blazenhoff

Harvey Weinstein Secretly taped audio between Harvey Weinstein and model shows how aggressive he is Carla Sinclair

surveillance Being followed? Here's how to shake your tail David Pescovitz

podcasts Open Culture has a new directory of the "Best Podcasts to Enrich Your Mind" Mark Frauenfelder

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

coronavirus Police sting operation busts an "illegal" nail salon Thom Dunn

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

Delightful Creatures Here's some high-quality otter footage from the BBC Rob Beschizza

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

law California lawyer sold guns and meth, say feds who arrested her Xeni Jardin

crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow

police brutality Houston cop shoots black man trying to wash his car window, claims it was "terrorist threat" Rob Beschizza

ice New undercover recruitments recordings expose ICE's entrapment tactics at their fake university Thom Dunn

News Church elder tried to pay for Grindr sex with Arby's card, say police Xeni Jardin

los angeles LA police union will not defend cop accused of sexual assault on a corpse Cory Doctorow