The Senate votes 56 to 41 to revoke—symbolically, mostly—American military support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

The United States suffered 94 school shooting incidents in 2018, a near 60% increase on the previous high set in 2006.

Meanwhile, US death row executions are at a 25-year low, with fewer than 30 executions nationwide in 2018.

A seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last week.

If the archimandrite hits the woolsack with the mace, there will be a hustings. British politics explained.

An attempt to pay conservative D-list celebrities very little money to say liberal things on camera.

Fashion companies brag about their garments being made in the USA, specifically LA, but many workers only get $5 an hour.

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South Dakota's Rapid City is judged to have the most unpredictable weather in America.

A new study of NBA players finds that a player's shooting accuracy declines if they stay up late tweeting.

Fentanyl is "barely more trouble to dispatch" than any of the other goods that America imports from China every day.

A kiosk at Taylor Swift concerts attempts to identify her stalkers through a secret facial recognition system.

"I’ve committed myself to help white people stop the nonsense.” White people need to stop being so fragile when discussing race.

An in-depth look at suicide from a writer who has attempted it several times.

Photographs that explore what it means to be a queer ranchero.

Twenty men arrested on an array of charges related to them brandishing loaded guns in a March 2018 rap video.

A new role model for millennial anarchists: Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber.

Three plagiarists explain why they stole other people’s words.

Santa arrives early this year: Announcing the 18 works of fiction that made the shortlist for next year’s Tournament of Books.

The case for Agatha Christie: she might not have been much of a writer, but she "was very, very good at murder."

Video: A demented holiday story from Richard E. Grant.