Taylor Berman · 09/30/15 04:11PM

Andy Cush · 09/30/15 04:11PM

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has issued a last-minute stay on the execution of Richard Glossip, a man who was slated to be killed today, citing questions about one of its lethal injection drugs. Glossip’s execution is now slated for November 6.

Hillary Joked About Chinese Hackers Over Unsecured Private Email

Sam Biddle · 09/30/15 03:37PM

The biggest problem with Hillary Clinton’s off-the-books email server isn’t the affront to transparency, but the incalculable national security risk it presented. A newly released email from Clinton’s State Department days shows the prospect of Chinese infiltration was literally a joke to her.

John Oliver Explains Why That Facebook Copyright Statement Is Dumb, and Maybe You'll Listen to Him

Jay Hathaway · 09/30/15 03:28PM

As every website has been attempting to inform you since 2012, copy-pasting several paragraphs of dense legal voodoo onto your Facebook wall does not somehow exempt you from the terms of service that bind all Facebook users. If Facebook decides it wants to start using your content in some way you don’t like, your legal options include: don’t put that content on Facebook. Or: stop using Facebook altogether. If you won’t believe us, please believe John Oliver.

Caitlyn Jenner Walks Away From Fatal Crash a Free Woman

Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/30/15 02:02PM

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office Wednesday declined to charge Caitlyn Jenner in connection with a fatal crash that left one woman dead, saying that the office would not be able to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Jenner was at fault.

Derrick Rose Claims Rape Accuser Consented to Group Sex

Jay Hathaway · 09/30/15 11:03AM

Perpetually injured NBA star Derrick Rose is being sued for sexual battery by an ex-lover who alleges Rose and his friends drugged and gang-raped her in 2013. Rose’s attorneys responded cavalierly when the suit was filed in August, accusing Jane Doe of trying to “shake down” a wealthy ballplayer. He filed his official response this week, and it’s similarly dismissive, noting that “she consented” and claiming the woman is just upset that Rose stopped responding to her texts.

Saudi Royal Drama: The Prince Has Flown the $37 Million Beverly Hills Coop

Gabrielle Bluestone · 09/30/15 10:05AM

The Saudi royals are not like you and me: they’re rich as hell and drama seems to follow them wherever they go, so maybe in a sense maybe they’re more like you and me than we ever realized. But this week that nebulous cloud of drama hanging overhead took a dark turn, as a prince accused of rape vanished into thin air.

Ashley Feinberg · 09/30/15 09:34AM

The House has invoked martial law for the second time this month, allowing them to vote on a stopgap spending bill this morning and keeping our barely functioning government from grinding to a halt for at least another few months. Progress!

Don't Fuck With Elizabeth Warren

Hamilton Nolan · 09/30/15 09:04AM

Elizabeth Warren, who somehow manages the neat trick of being a U.S. Senator and at the same time appearing thoroughly unbeholden to any moneyed interests, has hung a fresh scalp upon her scalp wall.