Following mass resignations by his party, Boris Johnson finally announces he'll resign as prime minister—but wants to stay on until a successor is chosen. / Vox

See also: A laundry list of the major scandals from Boris Johnson's three-year premiership. / Reuters

Here are the most likely successors to Johnson. / The Washington Post

Former FBI directors Comey and McCabe each found themselves the targets of rare, highly intensive IRS audits after they angered Trump. / The New York Times

A jury finds Eric Holder guilty of the 2019 murder of Nipsey Hussle. / BuzzFeed News

A new report on the Uvalde mass shooting shows a police officer with a rifle had the gunman in his sights and asked for permission to take the shot, but didn't hear back in time. / CNN

Researchers find Covid vaccine mandates were generally effective at increasing vaccination rates, though whether they eroded trust in government is still under scrutiny. / Nature

Post-Roe, doctors are already faced with putting their patients at risk because of hospitals' regulatory oversight and fear of prosecution. / STAT

In some red states that have enshrined privacy rights, abortion bans could prove to be unconstitutional—and new lawsuits are claiming exactly that. / BuzzFeed News

The controversial Georgia Guidestones, a monument that was mysteriously erected in 1980, have been removed after an explosion on Wednesday. / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Related: "Conspiracy theorists and some on the religious right have reacted with a mixture of glee and concern." / Newsweek

See also: Conspiracy theories proliferate on dating apps, perhaps in part as "a way of trying to signal you're a bit too cool for the apps." / i-D

The exploitation runs deep when social media algorithms serve up posts about children's tragedies to new parents. / WIRED

On European museums' sudden warming to decolonizing their collections: "an essential but insufficient first step." / Hyperallergic

Compare your ethical standing to others through increasingly absurd trolley problems. / Neal.fun

"Animals have peacefully coexisted with music-making humans for hundreds of thousands of years." The ethics of blasting music in the wild. / Outside

A new project repurposes coffee grounds into dishwasher-safe—and biodegradable—coffee cups. / Colossal

See also: The latest in greenwashing from Coca-Cola, Unilever, and other major brands. / The Guardian

A journey to Chicago's last stamp shop. / Chicago