An Atomwaffen Member Sketched a Map to Take the Neo-Nazis Down. What Path Officials Took Is a Mystery.
Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. It was a grisly scene inside Apartment 3722 at the Hamptons, a gated community in Tampa, Florida. One body lay face up on the floor, wedged between a wall and an air mattress. A handgun was stuffed in…
Utah—Yes, Utah—Has Approved a Ballot Initiative to Curb Gerrymandering
A voter drops off his ballot in Salt Lake City ahead of the November 6 midterm elections.Rick Bowmer/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Utah is one of the reddest states in the country, but not too red to embrace the kind of redistricting reform pushed by progressive voting-rights advocates around the…
California Wildfire Smoke Spreads 3,000 Miles Away to New York
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by the Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US East Coast has been provided a firsthand reminder of the deadly California wildfires after smoke swept across the country and caused a haze to envelop the eastern seaboard,…
A New Study Could Explain Why Americans Think Canadians Are So Damn Nice
Two nice Canadian guys.BrankoPhoto/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You’ve heard the stereotype: Canadians, bless ’em, are the politest of people. When we Americans think about (ah-boot?) our neighbors to the north, we often think they profusely apologize, don’t commit crimes, and lay off honking their horns in traffic. Even…
The Difference Between Russiagate and Watergate: Nixon Didn’t Have Fox
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity during a campaign earlier this month in Missouri.Jeff Roberson/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Who said it, Trump or Nixon? “They got the hell kicked out of them in the election… They are trying to use this to smear…
Angry Uncle Review: Kill the Booze
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Finally, a friend of mine weighs in on the angry uncle: The outspoken family member or guest is a long tradition that I’ve only witnessed sporadically because we generally all have the same left-leaning — or, if you will, sane — bent. I’ve definitely seen it though.…