I’m endlessly fascinated by stories of the quirks that were built into the TV system where the well-laid plans of the system simply fell apart because it was asked to do too many things. Nearly five years ago, I wrote about one of them, the tale of how radio broadcasters were able to shoehorn an additional FM station into the radio because of the proximity of TV’s channel 6 to the rest of the radio feed. So when I was informed that there was another oddity kinda like this involving the TV lineups, I decided I had to take a dive in. It’s a tale that centers around channel 37, which was a giant block of static in most parts of the world during the 20th century. The reason for that was simple: it couldn’t fend off its scientific competition.

There’s an entire underworld of weird porn stuff on YouTube, and it’s up to dedicated groups of online vigilantes to destroy it

Party leaders like Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer say they won’t repeat the missteps of Barack Obama’s first term. They haven’t proved it quite yet.

System of a Down’s front man on 25 years of finding truth in political tension, even if it means within his own band.

COVID-era confessions, from ski trips to lovers to second jobs.

While hunting for Osama bin Laden, the CIA organized a fake hepatitis B vaccination program. Now, after years of distrust, Pakistanis don’t want to get the coronavirus vaccine.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A decades-old ban on yoga in Alabama public schools could be coming to an end. The Alabama House of Representatives voted 73-25 to approve a bill that will authorize...

MUKILTEO, Wash. — During the 2020 COVID-19 crisis, marijuana sales tax revenues approached nearly half a billion dollars in Washington.

The state of Pennsylvania will pay $475,000 to the estate of a man who died underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania State Police had used to chase him over a handful of marijuana plants

An Anaheim man who killed his wife propped up her body on a sofa, told their children she was drunk and had them open Christmas presents in front of her body, a prosecutor told jurors at his murder trial.

Kavasutra Kava Bar in Denver and Lakewood has banned certain teachers, said teachers' unions are "trash" and masks are for "leftist losers."

25 states have introduced or carried over Right to Repair legislation so far this year (I don't know if US PIRG is a horseshit organization but Right To Repair is something I like very much.)

He spent four years imprisoned on a murder conviction before the car rental company finally located a receipt showing he was nowhere near the scene of the 2011 killing in Michigan.

“I don’t want to hear, ‘Oh my, we don’t have 60 votes, woe is we,’” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told POLITICO last week. “Figure out a way to do it. Let’s figure out a way to do it.”

We spoke to the people behind it, and they swear they're not secretly working for Amazon.

AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety has ended the controversial practice of using hypnosis to investigate crimes. A department spokesman said the hypnosis program ended in January 2021, more than forty years after its inception, because its officers are now relying on better investigative practices. The decision comes less than a year after The Dallas Morning News published a two-part series, “The Memory Room,” which raised serious questions about the efficacy of using hypnosis on criminal cases. The News investigation found Texas built one of the most prolific programs for police hypnosis in the country, repeatedly doubling down on the practice despite scientific evidence that hypnosis can distort witness memories and lead to false convictions. “DPS has developed more advanced interview and interrogation techniques that yield better results,” Assistant Chief of Media and Communications Travis Considine told The News. Considine did not answer questions about whether The News’ investigation contributed to the department’s decision to stop using hypnosis.

A man is facing charges after he allegedly stole a 400-pound slide from a playground and mounted it on a bunkbed in his home. Dustin Allen Bushnell, 30, of Burbank, Washington, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of possession of stolen property, according to the Pasco Police Department. Detective Julie Lee was investigating a series of catalytic converter thefts when evidence led her to Bushnell’s home, police said.

“Everydays — The First 5000 Days,” by the artist known as Beeple, set a record for a digital artwork in a sale at Christie’s.

Clayton McCoy was charged Thursday for allegedly trying to blow up his romantic rival, whom he met playing the live action battle game Dagorhir.

The fireball released the energy equivalent of 440 pounds of TNT, rattling nearby buildings.