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extremism

Plaintiffs Win $25M in Damages in ‘Unite the Right’ Case

The organizers behind the civil suit had hoped to bankrupt the white nationalists and neo-Nazis behind the violence in Charlottesville.
Tess Owen
Emma Ockerman
11.23.21
Tech news

Watch NASA and SpaceX Launch the First Asteroid Defense Test In History

DART is built to do one thing: slam into an asteroid and redirect its path. One day, it might just save Earth.
Jordan Pearson
11.23.21
Hacking

Apple Sues NSO Group for Hacking Its Users

NSO are “notorious hackers—amoral 21st century mercenaries who have created highly sophisticated cyber-surveillance machinery that invites routine and flagrant abuse.”
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
11.23.21
sexual assault

World’s Worst People Keep Assaulting and Harassing Flight Attendants

In one case, a Southwest passenger allegedly sexually assaulted a flight attendant and now faces a nearly $41,000 fine.
Carter Sherman
11.23.21
Ahmaud Arbery

The Brutal Racism in the Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

From tossing around “colored people” like it was the 1960s to describing Arbery’s “long, dirty” toenails, the trial itself put racism on display.
Trone Dowd
11.23.21
News

Neo-Nazis Are Using the Waukesha Attack for Propaganda

Neo-Nazis are calling for retribution and creating conspiracy theories about left-wing anti-white terror.
Ben Makuch
11.23.21
News

You Can Order Weed off Uber in Canada Now

The ride-sharing app is pairing up with weed retailer Tokyo Smoke to allow people in Ontario to order weed for pickup.
Manisha Krishnan
11.23.21
TikTok

TikTok Users Claim a Magic Song Is Changing Their Lives

A Soundcloud song from last year is manifesting good luck for a swath of TikTok users.
Gita Jackson
11.23.21
Waukesha

The Right Is Using Waukesha As a Weapon Against Bail Reform

The person of interest in the Christmas parade attack was released on a $1,000 bond two days earlier.
Paul Blest
11.23.21
Politics

Jeremy Corbyn Paid ‘Substantial’ Damages Over Photoshopped Suicide Bomber Tweet

Conservative councillor Paul Nickerson apologised and agreed to pay damages and costs to the former Labour Party leader over a doctored image of Corbyn paying tribute to a suicide bomber.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
11.23.21
Space

That Time Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space

When Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC were the most popular groups in the world, NASA wanted a boy band song to inspire young people about the space program.
Adrianne Jeffries
11.23.21
Meredith Kercher

Meredith Kercher’s Killer Freed Early For Good Behaviour

Rudy Guede was the only person definitively convicted of murdering 21-year-old British exchange student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in 2007.
Sophia Smith Galer
11.23.21
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