Sanders climbs, now tied with Biden among registered voters: Reuters poll ~news politics usa Article 446 words 23 votes
Death threats will force Virginia lawmaker to a safe house during pro-gun rally ~news politics usa.va Link 9 votes
Office of Management and Budget—Withholding of Ukraine security assistance ~misc politics Article 3154 words 11 votes
The complex US network pushing for Ukraine dirt — with Rudy Giuliani at its center ~misc politics Article 1239 words 6 votes
Critical Windows 10 exploit discovered which allows arbitrary software to be installed under the guise of Windows updates ~tech security microsoft Article 660 words 20 votes
Would capping office space ease San Francisco’s housing crunch? ~design urban planning Article 4 votes
Privatizing public services: Does it work? ~finance business Video 25:04, published Mar 3 2019 5 votes
"Github Based Jobs Listings": a GitHub repo where IT jobs (mostly US and Canada-based) may be posted for a bounty ~tech Link 8 votes
Gene and Sandy Ralston are a married couple in their 70s, who also happen to be among North America’s leading experts at searching for the bodies of drowning victims ~science Article 5431 words 4 votes
An examination of over 4700 clinical trials found that less than 45% of them reported their results on time, despite it being a legal requirement ~science medicine Article 2392 words 7 votes
Luke Kuechly, NFL star with history of concussions, retires aged 28 ~sports.american_football Article 524 words 6 votes
Pack the union: A proposal to admit new states for the purpose of amending the constitution to ensure equal representation ~misc politics Article 6169 words, published Jan 10 2020 11 votes
US electricity generation from renewables surpassed coal in April ~enviro energy.renewable Article 419 words 8 votes
US Supreme Court hears arguments in New Jersey "Bridgegate" scandal. The decision could have broad implications for how federal prosecutors pursue allegations of public corruption. ~news usa.nj politics law Article 971 words 8 votes
Houston Astros GM and manager suspended — then fired — for stealing signs ~sports.baseball Article 309 words 15 votes
Andrew Yang’s staff become latest campaign workers to unionize ~news usa politics Article 372 words, published Jan 9 2020 9 votes
The New York Public Library has calculated its most checked-out books of all time ~books libraries Article 558 words 20 votes
Special Services Group is marketing spying capabilities to local police departments, including cameras that are hidden inside a tombstone, a baby car seat, and a vacuum cleaner ~tech Article 1366 words, published Jan 9 2020 7 votes
Taiwan’s single-payer success story — and its lessons for America ~health healthcare Article 3847 words 12 votes
The monopolization of the American market and how it happened ~finance economics Video 11:04, published May 6 2018 8 votes
One goal of United Methodists’ plan to split the church over same-sex marriage and clergy: Avoid lawsuits ~lgbt Article 1083 words 8 votes
Oscar nominations 2020: ‘Joker’ leads with eleven; Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director; complete list of nominees ~movies Article 1003 words 6 votes
Restoring an earthquake-hit power plant in Puerto Rico could take a year ~news usa.pr Article 714 words 9 votes
Judge rules that student loan debt is dischargeable in bankruptcy ~finance Article 2128 words 18 votes
A comparison of American history textbooks from Texas and California ~books Article 1975 words 16 votes
Welcome to Hawaii's 'plastic beach', one of the world's dirtiest places ~enviro plastics pollution.water Article 1608 words 7 votes
Guillaume Laffon landing Air France Flight 334 (Boeing 777) into Logan International Airport (BOS) ~hobbies Video 13:37, published Jan 5 2020 8 votes
California bill would penalize doctors for performing virginity tests on women ~news usa.ca Article 309 words 10 votes
Hackers are breaking directly into telecom companies to take over customer phone numbers ~tech security Article 984 words 10 votes
How the US helped create El Salvador’s bloody gang war ~humanities.history Article 3080 words 5 votes
LA-area residents flock to Taiwan to vote in ‘do or die’ presidential election ~news usa.ca.los angeles taiwan politics Article 1596 words 12 votes
MIT has released the results of the review of the university's interactions with Jeffrey Epstein ~news usa Article 2785 words 6 votes
GM will resurrect the Hummer name on an all-electric pickup truck to be sold under the GMC brand ~transport Article 80 words 4 votes
Seattle police officer contributed to man’s death with ruse that ‘shocked the conscience,’ investigation finds ~news usa.wa.seattle crime Article 1330 words 9 votes
A New Electorate: Can the Bernie Sanders Campaign Alter the Course of the Democratic Party? ~news politics usa Article 13 284 words, published Jan 3 2020 7 votes
Florida faces a rocky rollout to restore voting rights after felony convictions ~news usa.fl law.constitutional Article 1685 words 13 votes
"This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys."—Boeing employees mocked FAA in internal messages before 737 Max disasters ~transport Article 428 words 14 votes