"A Monumental Achievement": Liberia Declared Ebola-Free
Hudson Hongo · 05/09/15 09:35AMReport: Cop in Freddie Gray Case Demanded Arrest of Ex's Husband
Brendan O'Connor · 05/09/15 09:05AM
According to a police report obtained by the Guardian, Brian Rice, the most senior Baltimore police officer charged over the death of Freddie Gray, used his position as a lieutenant in the Baltimore Police Department to demand that police in a nearby city arrest his ex-girlfriend’s husband. Earlier reports indicate that Rice had previously threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and her husband and to commit suicide.
The Subway Slaying That Wasn't a Crime
Andy Cush · 05/08/15 05:00PM
Linda Rodriguez was lying in bed when the knock at the door came. Her youngest son, Eric Maldonado, 17, heard it first. He figured it was his older brother Gilbert coming home. Gilbert Drogheo, 32, was a jokester, and Eric knew if he got up and let him in, they might be up all night chatting. Eric had school the next day, so he left it for his mother to answer. Before she did, the phone next to her bed started ringing.
Police Seek Man Who "Jacked His Dick" in a Waffle House Booth
Jay Hathaway · 05/08/15 04:40PMHamilton Nolan · 05/08/15 03:55PM
Science Watch: A "Web" of Deceit
Hamilton Nolan · 05/08/15 02:05PMChina's Pro-Putin Propaganda Video: Putin, You Are So Handsome
Ashley Feinberg · 05/08/15 01:45PMRussia and China’s ever-growing, often bizarre partnership, while usually cause for concern, has created something positively beautiful: This breathless, handjob of a propaganda video to Putin, with love, from China. P.S. Love your big muscles.
Supposed Anti-Gay Dallas BBQ Chair Attacker Now Rumored To Be Gay
Rich Juzwiak · 05/08/15 01:05PMMan Claims Three Women Drugged and Raped Him, Then Bagged up His Semen
Jay Hathaway · 05/08/15 12:50PM
A 33-year-old South Africa man says three women forced him into a car at gunpoint Tuesday, then made him drink an unknown, erection-inducing drug and raped him. They allegedly collected his semen in plastic bags, which they stored in a cooler. When they’d taken what they wanted, he says, they abandoned him in a field near Port Elizabeth and drove away.
Vegas Mayor's iPad Magically Filled With Child Porn, Cops Help Wipe It
Ashley Feinberg · 05/08/15 11:40AM
The (now former) North Las Vegas Chief of Police Joseph Chronister retired yesterday, and with it, he’s decided to reveal some of the more disturbing goings-on in the force. More specifically, the fact that “what he believed to be” child pornography somehow just kept “popping up” on Mayor John Lee’s iPad—which the cops then helped him promptly delete.
149-Page PhD Thesis With No Punctuation Is an Anticolonialist Protest
Hamilton Nolan · 05/08/15 11:03AMHere's What Happens When You Report Sexual Misconduct on the Subway
Anonymous · 05/08/15 10:40AM
Yesterday morning, between 9:30 and 9:40 a.m. (yes, I was running late to work) I was the victim of sexual misconduct at the Fulton Street subway stop, at the exit near Fulton and William streets. The MTA and the NYPD failed to provide substantial measures in responding to and reporting the incident.
Ashley Feinberg · 05/08/15 10:19AM
Four Dead After Small Plane Crashes Onto Atlanta Highway
Taylor Berman · 05/08/15 10:06AMA small plane crashed onto a highway in Atlanta this morning, killing all four people on board.
Newest Perk of Being White: a 10 Percent Discount at Rubbin' Buttz
Jay Hathaway · 05/08/15 09:55AMDOJ Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Baltimore Police Department
Taylor Berman · 05/08/15 09:20AM
Attorney General Loretta Lynch just announced a federal civil rights investigation into the Baltimore police department in response to the death of Freddie Gray. A similar investigation by the DOJ into the Ferguson police department uncovered systematic racism and well-documented examples of police brutality.