mysteries

Is There a Bill de Blasio Sex Tape?

J.K. Trotter · 12/10/14 12:40PM

Here is an interesting story: The New York Times points out today that the January 2015 issue of Vanity Fair contains a reference to a sex tape depicting New York City mayor Bill de Blasio. Let’s look. First, check out the cover:

Why Don't We Eat Cranberry Sauce All Year?

Hamilton Nolan · 11/24/14 12:44PM

It is almost Thanksgiving time. You know what that means: cranberry sauce on your plate! Soon, Thanksgiving will be over. Then there's no more cranberry sauce on your plate. What's the reason for this treason?

Report: Piece of Amelia Earhart's Plane Found on Island Where She Died

Aleksander Chan · 10/29/14 02:30PM

The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery claims that a scrap of aluminum recovered from Nikumaroro, an uninhabited atoll in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, belongs to Amelia Earhart's plane. The new purported evidence supports a theory that the doomed pilot made a forced landing on an island in the Pacific Ocean during her trip around the world from which she was never seen again.

What’s Wrong With this Cat?

J.K. Trotter · 10/29/14 11:12AM

Did it just see a ghost? Is it staring down a mischievous bird? Is the cat possessed?

J.K. Trotter · 10/09/14 05:38PM

The Secret Service hooker scandal, featuring a Yale graduate named Jonathan “Jonny” Dach, was apparently exposed in a bizarre, anonymous poem posted on the website of Yale Rumpus in May 2013.

Strangers Moved Into a Man's House and Changed the Locks

Aleksander Chan · 08/22/14 02:36PM

Rod Nylund recently closed on a home in northeast Portland. He hired a contractor to do some work on the house. But when the contractor arrived at the home, he found people were already living there. Confused, Nylund called his realtor, who had come to discover that the people living in his home had changed the locks and already started utility service.

Lauren, Please Don’t Kill Jake Tapper

J.K. Trotter · 08/19/14 12:46PM

A few minutes ago, CNN anchor Jake Tapper tweeted—and quickly deleted—two mysterious messages: “Please don’t make it soubd [sic] like I reached out to you” and “Lauren would kill me.” Both appear to be directed at someone Tapper was trying to reach via Twitter’s direct message function. What do they mean?

Is Taylor Swift Living, and Maybe in Love, With a Woman?

J.K. Trotter · 08/13/14 11:51AM

Last Saturday, The Mail on Sunday reported that pop-country singer Taylor Swift was secretly shacking up with 22-year-old supermodel and close friend Karlie Kloss in Swift’s Beverly Hills mansion. But was there more to the Mails sapphic insinuations?

I Know You Are but What Am I? Hannity Snaps Back at Twitter Trolls

Zara Golden · 08/09/14 01:53PM

What did Sean Hannity whisper in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ear during their post-interview slow dance? He's still not telling—and he doesn't much like your guessing, either. This morning the Fox News personality took some time to respond personally to a few of the many Twitter users who took yesterday's teasing Tweet as an opportunity to troll.

Who Killed a Nationally Renowned Blogging Law Professor in His Home?

Adam Weinstein · 07/25/14 03:38PM

It had been a quiet summer in Tallahassee, Florida's capital. Lawmakers and students from the local universities were mostly out of town. But last week, one of the city's most notable and well-liked citizens was killed with a single shot to the head, and no one yet knows why.

How Do We Make Affordable Housing?

Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/14 12:01PM

"Affordable" housing is defined as housing that costs 30% or less of your total income. That is becoming an increasing rarity in America's cities. How do we fix that? It's more complicated than it sounds.