According to NBC News, a man was arrested in Sunset, Louisiana on Wednesday after allegedly stabbing three women, killing one of them, fatally shooting a police officer and crashing his car into a convenience store.

Bryce Williams, the disgruntled former TV newsman who gunned down two of his ex-colleagues during a live newscast in Virginia Wednesday, was told in 2012 to seek counseling or risk losing his job at WDBJ-7, according to internal memos from his personnel file obtained by the Guardian.

After the biggest drop since the Great Recession on Monday, U.S. stocks today posted their biggest gain in four years, because the stock market is driven mainly by bullshit.

Earlier today, the Duggar family confirmed that Josh has been locked away in a “long-term treatment center,” ostensibly for his self-described porn and sex addiction. And the most likely candidate by far is the Christian-based, North Love Baptist Church-affiliated Reformers Unanimous recovery center. A place that’s little more than a glorified, bible-based labor camp.

Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist and organizer who helped secure the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, died Wednesday. She was 104.

“They packed the bowl of the pipe (the terminology of which I found on reddit), and showed me how to smoke it properly.” America’s least cool 23-year-old tries weed (slang for marijuana).

In a devastating interview with the Washington Post, the father of murdered WBDJ reporter Alison Parker described his reaction to his daughter’s death. “My grief is unbearable,” Andy Parker said. “Is this real? Am I going to wake up? I’m crying my eyes out.”

Yesterday, the New York office of the largest online male escort service, Rentboy, was raided by the NYPD and Department of Homeland security. Its CEO, Jeffrey Hurant, and six other employees were arrested. They are accused of facilitating prostitution, among other charges. After the raid, a Rentboy escort and former porn performer reached out to Gawker, offering to share his experiences working as an escort via Rentboy (and briefly, in its office). I interviewed him last night for two hours and the results of that interview have been organized and lightly edited into the first-person essay below. The subject requested to remain anonymous.

Over the 4th of July weekend, riots broke out at a private state prison near Kingman, Arizona. Special forces were called in to restore order. Now, a new report says that the government’s response may have been worse than the riots themselves.

After shooting a Virginia reporter and her cameraman at point blank this morning, Bryce Williams reportedly faxed ABC News a 23-page manifesto before calling the network to confess his involvement. In portions of the document, which were published today by the network, Williams expresses admiration for other recent mass shootings and claims he was mistreated because he was a gay black man.

Today in a Colorado court, a judge sentenced James Holmes to a dozen life sentences and 3,318 extra years in prison for killing 12 people and injuring another 70 at a movie theatre in Aurora in July 2012.

Nineteen-year-old former St. Paul’s School student Owen Labrie, who stands accused of raping a 15-year-old student as part of a sex competition, testified today that he thought his accuser was having a “great time” during the encounter she says was rape. Buzzfeed notes that Labrie still denies the two had sex.

The Franklin County sheriff has confirmed that WDBJ gunman Bryce Williams is dead. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Inova Fairfax hospital, seven hours after killing Alison Parker and Adam Ward.

According to a post that just went up on the Duggar Family Blog, Josh Duggar has officially entered himself into “a long-term treatment center.” So when did the Duggars get a chance to sneak Josh into rehab? And where exactly are they stowing him away? We have a pretty good idea.

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On Wednesday August 26 at 6:45 a.m., Alison Parker, a WDBJ news reporter, and Adam Ward, a cameraman, were shot dead during a live broadcast. The shooter, Bryce Williams, was a disgruntled former station employee who allegedly filmed the murders and posted the videos to Twitter and Facebook before attempting to shoot himself.

A stripper and porn performer claims she had two rough sexual encounters with fallen moralist and former reality TV personality Josh Duggar, kid number 1 of 19 (and counting), earlier this year while Josh’s wife Anna was pregnant with their fourth child.

This week’s Pacific Standard story on a racist neighborhood listserv (“When you all see these people... tell them to get out of our neighborhood”) reminds us to remind you: if you are a member of a racist or otherwise crazy neighborhood listserv, email us. The Park Slope parents ain’t getting the job done any more.

Bryce Williams, the suspect in this morning’s on-air shooting in Roanoke, VA, is reportedly in critical condition after shooting himself, according to Augusta County Sheriff’s office. Williams reportedly shot himself after a chase on Virginia’s I-66 highway.

Bryce Williams, the alleged shooter from this morning’s on-air murders in Roanoke, VA, has posted videos of the shooting to his Twitter and Facebook accounts, both of which have since been suspended. The first video posted to Twitter shows Williams approaching reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward as they interview Vicki Gardner on live on WDBJ.