The crowdfunded Dragonfly Futurefön scammed backers for over $725,000, but was only the last step in a decade-long multi-million dollar fraud ~tech Article 3976 words 13 votes
Katy Perry's hit Dark Horse copied a Christian rap song, jury finds ~music Article 450 words, published Jul 30 2019 11 votes
Group to tout bleach-based ‘miracle cure’ at upstate New York 'seminar' ~news usa.ny Article 782 words 3 votes
A$AP Rocky found guilty of assault over Stockholm brawl – rapper is spared prison ~music Article 118 words 8 votes
The US Navy will replace its touchscreen controls with mechanical ones on its destroyers ~tech Article 646 words 16 votes
Sierra Nevada Corp. selects ULA's Vulcan rocket for Dream Chaser missions to the ISS ~space spaceflight.commercial rocketry Article 748 words 4 votes
An armed man who caused panic at a Walmart in Missouri says it was a 'social experiment' ~news usa.mo law.constitutional politics.usa Article 32 votes
In short-staffed jail, Jeffrey Epstein was left alone for hours, and one of the two guards didn't normally work as a correctional officer ~news usa crime Article 553 words 11 votes
Inside Robert Ballard's search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane ~humanities.history Article 1318 words 4 votes
US hurricane forecasts may be running headlong into the butterfly effect ~science Article 491 words 8 votes
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Jesmyn Ward about writing fiction, reparations, and the legacy of slavery ~books fiction Article 5464 words 4 votes
Ars Technica's list of the hottest new board games from Gen Con 2019 ~games.tabletop Article 1431 words 14 votes
Arming the cartels: The inside story of a Texas gun-smuggling ring ~life Article published Aug 7 2019 6 votes
A legendary Ozark chestnut tree, thought extinct, is rediscovered ~enviro Article 1435 words, published Jun 24 2019 5 votes
The tragic story of Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from the streets of Detroit to his death in Iraq ~news iraq usa.mi.detroit Article 3542 words, published Aug 9 2019 7 votes
Twitter unlocks Mitch McConnell’s campaign account after pressure ~tech social media Article 973 words, published Aug 8 2019 12 votes
How big pharma was captured by the one percent ~health healthcare medicine Article 3231 words, published Jun 28 2018 4 votes
California man charged with murder even though he didn’t fire a shot ~news usa.ca crime law Article 1333 words, published Aug 5 2019 10 votes
As some locals claim sleep deprivation and environmental racism, I-70 construction will continue into the night for at least a year ~transport Article 657 words 6 votes
Elizabeth Warren’s Classroom Strategy: A lifelong teacher, she’s the most professorial presidential candidate ever. But does America want to be taught? ~news usa politics.usa Article 7123 words, published Aug 6 2019 13 votes
FBI arrests Las Vegas man who allegedly wanted to shoot Jews, LGBTQ bar patrons ~news usa.nv.las vegas crime Article 341 words 10 votes
There is no such thing as acting alone: Behind the 'lone-actor strategy.' ~life Article 2910 words 10 votes
Victims are often criminals, and that is a paradox American policing can’t solve ~life Article 1939 words 8 votes
A young Black football player was arrested after claiming ‘cocaine’ on his car was bird poop. It was bird poop. ~sports.american_football Article 842 words 9 votes
A draft executive order from the White House would have the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission police alleged social media censorship ~tech social media Article 7 votes
Huge record cache details how Jeffrey Epstein, madam lured girls into depraved world ~news usa crime Article 735 words 9 votes
US Republican Party boycotting Twitter ads over Mitch McConnell’s campaign Twitter lock ~tech social media Article 399 words 10 votes
The FBI and CDC datasets agree: Who has guns—not which guns—linked to murder rates ~science sociology Article 1884 words 8 votes
Who will pay for the huge costs of holding back rising seas? ~enviro climate change Article 2179 words 6 votes
If you build it ... White Sox and Yankees to play at 'Field of Dreams' movie site in Iowa ~sports.baseball Link 7 votes
Why speed kills cities: US cities are dropping urban speed limits in an effort to boost safety and lower crash rates. But the benefits of less-rapid urban mobility don’t end there ~transport Article 7 votes
Want safe, bikeable streets? Get rid of free parking, as Amsterdam did ~design urban planning Article 916 words 14 votes
Uber quarterly results show $5.2 billion loss and slowest-ever revenue growth rate ~transport Article 504 words 7 votes