dead media This month, Japan will manufacture its last VHS video cassette recorder David Pescovitz

biology Watch this time-lapse video of a wounded finger healing David Pescovitz

gross polluters Reality TV stars of Diesel Brothers fined $850,000 for removing smog prevention devices from trucks Mark Frauenfelder

LGBTQ rights Miss Staten Island banned from St. Patrick's Day parade when she comes out as bisexual Mark Frauenfelder

police Los Angeles police capture suspect driving stolen SUV hearse with body inside David Pescovitz

History The devastating 200-year-old tradition of running along a greasy pole in Malta John Struan

Delightful Creatures Woman put octopus on her face — it bit her and she had to go to the hospital Mark Frauenfelder

News Newark airport halted all flights after 2 drones spotted flying nearby Xeni Jardin

wonderful creatures 7 hurt in Shriner camel rampage Rob Beschizza

News Police reports show child sex abuse is rampant at immigrant detention facilities under Trump Xeni Jardin

lifestyles of the rich and hideous One of Betsy DeVos's 10 yachts was untied and set adrift Mark Frauenfelder

lawsuits NYC gynecologist files $1 million lawsuit against woman for 1-star Yelp review Mark Frauenfelder

video Watch fish in this inverted aquarium, aka a fish condo Andrea James

police Oklahoma woman, 84 and black, pepper-sprayed in the face by police in her home Xeni Jardin

science fiction Report on the dismal state of black sf/f writers in the short fiction markets Cory Doctorow

racism Another day in America, another pig's head left outside a Muslim community center Xeni Jardin

Games Halo 5 is here Jason Weisberger

rape Missing: Saudi prince accused of sexually abusing women held in his $37m Beverly Hills compound Xeni Jardin

police Listen to Sheriff's deputies' sexist comments on a female reporter's voicemail, after thinking the phone was hung up David Pescovitz