This Baby Will Cry Until You Let Her Rage to Katy Perry's "Dark Horse"

Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 12:30PM

This crying baby is certain that the world is a terrible, unkind place and that nothing will ever be OK again. And she's probably right becau—never mind, Katy Perry's "Dark Horse" is starting. She nods her approval. The tempest is averted... for now.

Manson Girl Patricia Krenwinkel Gives Prison Interview

Rich Juzwiak · 08/05/14 10:28AM

Patricia Krenwinkel, aka "Katie," played a key part in the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders spearheaded by Charles Manson in 1969. She stabbed Abigail Folger so many times, police thought the coffee heiress' originally white nightgown was bought red when they found her body. She also stabbed Rosemary LaBianca, and wrote "DEATH TO PIGS" on a wall on the LaBiancas' house and "HeaLter SkeLTter" on the LaBiancas' refrigerator. During her murder trial, she doodled Satanic images and, along with her fellow Manson devotees, added to the spectacle by shaving her head and carving an X into her forehead.

Vox.com Comes Up With World's Worst Hypothetical

Leah Finnegan · 08/05/14 10:20AM

Vox.com, a website with the editorial mission statement "Hey, it could happen. McWorld!" is exploring a bold new hypothetical: What if everything about the earth was different?

Today in "New and Awful Things About Being Poor"

Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/14 09:23AM

In addition to all of the fun "food stamps" and free nights in jail, here is another thing to look forward to as a reward for being poor: having your limbs amputated.

The Host of "West Michigan's Biggest Rave" Has No Regrets

Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 09:16AM

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. James Taylor, 20, is in that third camp. He didn't set out to throw the biggest, most outrageous rave West Michigan has ever seen, but it happened. And when the local news showed up, he calmly accepted that destiny had chosen him.

Chris Pratt Remembers the Whole Eminem Verse From "Forgot About Dre"

Jay Hathaway · 08/05/14 08:33AM

Chris Pratt's Guardians of the Galaxy character, Star-Lord, has a tape of '70s jams as his prized possession, and Pratt can totally relate, because music is an important part of his life, too. For instance, he and his bros in Maui used to smoke weed in a van and bump Dr. Dre's The Chronic 2001.

Print Is Deader

Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/14 07:41AM

Gannett, the owner of USA Today, announced that it is spinning off its more than 80 newspapers into their own company, because, ah... hey, good luck to all you newspapers, we wish you the best!

Aleksander Chan · 08/04/14 11:19PM

Players from the Central Catholic High School football team drink from water bottles during practice in Toledo, Ohio, Monday. The water ban that affected hundreds of thousands in Ohio and Michigan was lifted today. Image by Paul Sancya via AP.