Brendan O'Connor · 06/14/15 01:45PM

Hillary Clinton is hiring veteran political operatives and making them work her campaign for free, the Guardian reports. Must be rough. But also: “If you need to work for free to get your foot in the door with the Clintons, you have be from a wealthy family.” Hmm!

Cool Guy Does Cool Thing

Brendan O'Connor · 06/14/15 10:55AM

This is, apparently, David Achter de Molen, the lead singer of a band called John Coffey, at something called Pinkpop Festival 2015, in Holland, catching a thrown cup of beer while walking across the crowd.

Escaped Circus Elephant Kills German Man

Brendan O'Connor · 06/13/15 02:15PM

An escaped circus elephant killed a German man early Saturday morning in the woods near Buchen, the Associated Press reports. The man was 65 years old; the elephant is 34 years old: her name is Baby, and she is an African elephant. She was captured and returned to the circus.

Innocence and Revision: The Life of Aaron Rushing

Abdel Shakur · 06/13/15 12:30PM

Aaron Rushing was a freshman then. He had dark skin and cottony dreads that mostly covered his eyes, and sometimes his mouth—although not enough to conceal his gentle and knowing smile. His eyes were puppy-doggish, steady. Later I would learn he was a virtuoso on the guitar and a rockstar on stage, but that afternoon I was waiting for him in the stairwell, collecting my thoughts, trying to figure out what to say to him about this poem, this worrisome poem, he had turned in.

Brendan O'Connor · 06/13/15 11:45AM

“As he approached 40, Fabrice Grinda, a French technology entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $100 million, couldn’t shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong. Somehow the trappings of his success were weighing him down.” It may surprise you to learn that this man is a terrible houseguest.

Nope!

Brendan O'Connor · 06/13/15 09:20AM

Gunman Dead After Attacking Dallas Police Headquarters

Brendan O'Connor · 06/13/15 08:35AM

Dallas police are in a standoff and attempting to negotiate with a gunman in an armored vehicle after a shootout outside their headquarters, the Dallas Morning News reports. No injuries have been confirmed, but the assailant, who identified himself as James Boulware, told police he’d been wounded. [Update, 2:05 p.m.: The man, whose identity has still not been confirmed, is dead.]