August 26, 2015

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Pentagon investigates whether its ISIS intelligence skewed too optimistic.

Police get new high-tech toys, including unregulated phone-hacking Stingrays (“spy first, ask judges later”).

Freddie Gray’s life was testament to another bulwark of racism: poisonous lead paint and the scams that preyed on its black victims.

Trump’s birthright extremism throws opponent into fits—Scott Walker flip-flopped for the third time Sunday.

Trump says the US is alone in offering birthright citizenship—actually, nearly the entire Western Hemisphere does.

As president, Jimmy Carter wouldn’t accept less than total victory, making his many successes feel like a failure.

Following up on the shared delusions of the young Slender Man attackers.

Dozens of outlets (re-)publish Duke’s Fun Home story and add nothing.

Advocates eye Title IX for pro sports.

Israel challenges Heinz: Your product doesn’t contain enough tomatoes to be real ketchup.

This strip is not about the adorable inanities of being a child. Snoopy is an attention hog.

Stephen Hawking takes credit for 20-year-old idea that information escapes black holes, albeit in unusable form.

“In the name of science, there are currently three women and 10 men living on the edge of the world.”

On the International Space Station, Russians and Americans prefer different urine-recycling systems.

The cast of RENT would have to pay 10 times as much today for their Greenwich Village spot.

If you put Uber’s recent “innovations” together, the result looks an awful lot like taking the bus.

“Fully 89% of cellphone owners say they used their phone during the most recent social gathering they attended.”