January 8, 2015
- Police officer shot dead south of Paris; one man is arrested, one is on the run—no known link to the Charlie Hebdo attack.
- A rundown of what's currently known about the three suspected Charlie Hebdo attackers.
- Former Onion editor: The saddest, most profoundly ironic thing about it will have been that the satire worked.
- "It's Sadly Unclear Whether This Article Will Put Lives at Risk."
- By sacralizing Charlie Hebdo as a martyr of free speech, we're dishonoring their mission to shock and offend.
- Colorado Springs bombing of NAACP office evokes brutal history of civil rights struggle.
- Researchers identify which nations' fossil fuel reserves must remain buried to prevent further climate change.
- More research points to fracking as the cause of Ohio earthquakes.
- The construction industry is getting safer for everyone but Latinos—undocumented workers take on more dangerous tasks.
- The seizure of 1.5 billion acres of Native American land, time-lapsed.
- Experimental approach yields the first new antibiotic in 30 years, and is expected to produce many more.
- FCC says it will vote on a proposal on Feb. 26.
- Impartial expertise from the CBO tethers Washington bipartisanship, and Republicans want to cut the cord.
- Email Haruki Murakami a question in the next three weeks, and he'll answer it in a new advice column.
- The 2015 Tournament of Books shortlist is announced; you have until next Monday to enter your Zombie pick.
- Food trend predictions for 2015.
- Photos from New York's Chinatown, 1981-1984.