Cops Release New Details in Bizarre Jailhouse Death of Sandra Bland 

Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/21/15 07:52AM

Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old Chicago woman, was found dead in a Texas jail cell last week. Cops say her death was a suicide; her family says it was murder. Now, authorities are releasing new details about her mysterious death, including a rough timeline of her final morning in jail.

Tommy Craggs and Max Read Are Resigning from Gawker

J.K. Trotter · 07/20/15 10:55AM

Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company. In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership’s vote to remove a controversial post about the CFO of Condé Nast—an unprecedented act endorsed by zero editorial employees—represented an indefensible breach of the notoriously strong firewall between Gawker’s business interests and the independence of its editorial staff. Under those conditions, Craggs and Read wrote, they could not possibly guarantee Gawker’s editorial integrity.

Brendan O'Connor · 07/19/15 03:30PM

“As with the end of feudalism 500 years ago, capitalism’s replacement by postcapitalism will be accelerated by external shocks and shaped by the emergence of a new kind of human being. And it has started.” Oh, do go on, won’t you? (He does.) (It’s good!) (Well, interesting, at least.)

Ex-NFL Player's Mistress Kidnaps and Kills His Wife, Then Herself

Brendan O'Connor · 07/19/15 10:50AM

On Thursday, two women were found dead in an SUV after a car chase on Interstate 20, in Alabama. Police said that Lisa Brown had kidnapped Sandra Barnett from her home on Wednesday. Barnett was the wife of former NFL player Buster Barnett; Brown was his mistress.