virginia Mass shooting at Virginia Beach Municipal Center, shooter in custody — multiple injuries and deaths Xeni Jardin

History Researchers are about to rescue the radio from the sunken wreck of the Titanic Thom Dunn

crime Postal worker rented storage unit to hide mail he felt "pressured" to deliver Mark Frauenfelder

jeffrey epstein Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein documents show how he & Ghislaine Maxwell lured girls into sex abuse Xeni Jardin

law Heirs' property: how southern states allow white land developers to steal reconstruction-era land from Black families Cory Doctorow

politics How much is Trump's taxpayer-paid golf bill? $108.1 million and counting Xeni Jardin

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

Mar-a-Lago Trump's restaurants — cockroaches and "slimy/mold-like build-up" Mark Frauenfelder

slim chances Paul Manafort wants to remove his ankle monitor, offers his Trump Tower condo as collateral Mark Frauenfelder

infosec The abysmal information security at Trump properties has probably already compromised US secrets Cory Doctorow

usausausa Donald Trump has filled the swamp with his own gators, hiring 400 lobbyists, conspiracy theorists and trolls Cory Doctorow

politics Angry Constituents Are Saving America From Trump And We Are Here For It Xeni Jardin

art Arts commissioner enraged over Mark Ryden's 'anti-Christian' work in Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art David Pescovitz

Eat the Rude: Hannibal Lecter meets the 99% Mark Dery

trump Donald Trump: the poor little rich boy Jeffrey Kluger

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing

portland Brian Kidd is the Unipiper: the unicycling bagpiper Chris Higgins