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How 'Sadist' Judge Has Kept Meek Mill From Superstardom

Judge Genece Brinkley has kept rapper locked up, literally and figuratively, for a decade

(Newser) - "There's brothers locked down that did nothing to be here but piss off people like Brinkley," Meek Mill tells Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview from prison. The interview serves as a long look at Judge Genece Brinkley—described by one attorney as a "sadist"...

Worst Part for Female Pool Players: Mansplaining
Worst Part for Female Pool
Players: Mansplaining
longform
Mar 12, 2018 9:50 AM CDT

Worst Part for Female Pool Players: Mansplaining

Topic takes a look at the world of women in billiards

(Newser) - Eleanor Callado is one of the best female pool players in the world—she was ranked No. 13 in 2016—but earns less than $5,000 a year in prize money. Still, the prospects for women in billiards generally seem to be on the upswing, according to a feature at...

Diet of Captive Gorillas Could Be Killing Them
Diet of Captive Gorillas
Could Be Killing Them
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Mar 11, 2018 6:57 AM CDT

Diet of Captive Gorillas Could Be Killing Them

Heart disease is rampant in zoo populations but nearly unheard of in wild

(Newser) - In 1911, Madame Ningo, the first gorilla in North America, arrived at the Bronx Zoo, where she was fed hot, meat-centric meals from a nearby restaurant. Being an herbivore, Madame Ningo refused to eat and was dead within two weeks. A century later, the ways zoos feed gorillas may still...

Meet the Bug That&#39;s &#39;Reversed 3 Decades&#39; of Pesticide Progress
Meet the Bug That's
'Reversed 3 Decades'
of Pesticide Progress
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Mar 10, 2018 1:51 PM CST

Meet the Bug That's 'Reversed 3 Decades' of Pesticide Progress

And is known to invade homes by the thousands

(Newser) - "It was like a horror movie." That's what one South Carolina woman recalls about the moment she and her partner entered their bedroom after leaving the room's French doors cracked open to find that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of stinkbugs had invaded the room, covering every visible...

They Found a Lotto Loophole, Then Made Millions
They Found a Lotto Loophole,
Then Made Millions
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Mar 10, 2018 9:48 AM CST

They Found a Lotto Loophole, Then Made Millions

Highline has the story of Jerry and Marge Selbee

(Newser) - Jerry and Marge Selbee had sold the convenience store they'd operated in Evart, Mich., for more than 15 years, but still stopped in on occasion to check in on the new owners. On one morning in 2003, Jerry left with a brochure that ended up spurring an endeavor that...

In Pacific NW, an 'Intensifying Guerilla Warfare' Over Bitcoin

Mid-Columbia Basin's space, hydroelectric power has made it top site for bitcoin mining in US

(Newser) - You'd think any old region would do for a bitcoin mining business : Just set up a computer, solve a bunch of sophisticated math puzzles, and start raking in that sweet virtual currency. But as Paul Roberts' deep dive on Politico notes, that kind of computer power can require "...

She Was Divorced, He Was a Catch. Then She Looked in His Wallet

The Atlantic has the story of a con man named Derek Alldred (or Richie Peterson)

(Newser) - Several months into their relationship, Missi Brandt decided to peek in her boyfriend's wallet. On the one hand, Richie Peterson was a godsend: An Afghanistan veteran wrapping up his political science doctorate at the University of Minnesota who was also divorced with kids, had a motorboat, and covered her...

'Most Dangerous Food in Supermarket' Doesn't Have to Be

We know how to make bacon that won't kill us, so why don't we?

(Newser) - In the 1970s, a leading public health scientist called bacon "the most dangerous food in the supermarket" due to its link to cancer. Four decades later, the World Health Organization classified processed meats as a group 1 carcinogen based on the conclusions of over 400 studies. You may have...

From Blink-182 to UFO Investigator
The Strange
Journey of 
Blink-182's
Tom DeLonge
LONGFORM
Mar 2, 2018 12:00 PM CST

The Strange Journey of Blink-182's Tom DeLonge

He has become a leading authority on UFOs

(Newser) - Tom DeLonge believes aliens are real. He also believes, among other things, that the Cold War served to cover up alien life and that the US government has an alien locked up. "It sounds like the ramblings of a very high man," Kelsey McKinney writes at the Fader...

FDR's Trees Helped Ease Dust Bowl. Now, a New Worry

Farmers are taking them down to increase acreage, a move that could backfire

(Newser) - They're known as FDR's "great wall of trees," explains a feature at the Weather Channel . Back in the 1930s, the US Forest Service planted more than 220 million trees across the Great Plains to mitigate the effects of "one of the largest man-made ecological disasters...

Bankruptcies Due to Unpaid Tickets Skyrocket in One US City

And it's disproportionately affecting black drivers

(Newser) - About 7% of Chicago's 2016 operating budget—nearly $264 million—came from traffic and parking tickets. To get that funding, the city is forcing thousands of poor, disproportionately black drivers into bankruptcy, ProPublica Illinois found in a deep dive into a decade's worth of tickets. About 1,000...

The One Line From #MeToo That Rattled Monica Lewinsky

'I'm sorry you were so alone,' a leader of the movement tells her

(Newser) - In a new Vanity Fair essay, Monica Lewinsky reflects on her scandal with former President Clinton 20 years ago, opening with a chance encounter in late 2017 that rattled her. While at a Manhattan restaurant, she ran into none other than Kenneth Starr, the special investigator who turned her into...

Story of the &#39;Worst Roommate Ever&#39; Is a Must-Read
Story of the 'Worst Roommate
Ever' Is a Must-Read
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 25, 2018 4:51 PM CST

Story of the 'Worst Roommate Ever' Is a Must-Read

Jamison Bachman terrorized a dozen roommates: longform

(Newser) - New York magazine calls it "the worst roommate story you'll ever read"—and that's no exaggeration, as many readers of the viral piece have pointed out on Twitter . William Brennan's harrowing longform on Jamison Bachman starts with the story of Alex Miller, a Philadelphia woman...

Kim Wall Skipped Own Party to Take Fatal Submarine Ride
Kim Wall's Friend Spent Months
Researching Her Awful Death
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Feb 25, 2018 11:47 AM CST

Kim Wall's Friend Spent Months Researching Her Awful Death

Fellow journalist learns that Wall skipped her own party to go on submarine trip

(Newser) - May Jeong wasn't just similar to Kim Wall, the journalist allegedly murdered by Peter Madsen in his submarine in August, she was her friend: A fellow young freelance writer who knew Wall in New York in 2016 and spoke with her weekly after assignments took them abroad. "When...

Neo-Nazi Group Celebrated Murder of Gay Jewish Teen

ProPublica takes a chilling look into the inner workings of Atomwaffen Division, or AWD

(Newser) - The body of a 19-year-old U of Penn student was found last month in a California park, and as details of Blaze Bernstein's murder continue to emerge, so, too, does a disturbing picture of suspected killer Sam Woodward, 20, and the white supremacist group he's said to belong...

Brendan Fraser Explains Where He&#39;s Been
Brendan Fraser
Explains Where
He's Been
longform
Feb 22, 2018 5:55 PM CST

Brendan Fraser Explains Where He's Been

And alleges groping at the hands of a former HFPA president

(Newser) - Brendan Fraser was once seemingly omnipresent on the big screen, dominating the box office with leading roles in everything from Encino Man in 1992 to a series of Mummy films that ended in 2008. But for quite some time he's been off the Hollywood radar; when he popped up...

Slavery Is a Huge Problem in Britain
Slavery Is a Huge
Problem in Britain
longform
Feb 21, 2018 5:34 PM CST

Slavery Is a Huge Problem in Britain

Despite the government considering it a top priority, human trafficking remains an issue

(Newser) - A man in his 40s, brought to Britain as an infant and sold to a pedophile ring, was formally recognized as a victim of modern slavery by the country's Home Office—and is now facing deportation as an "illegal immigrant." Yet in a statement, a Home Office...

Trump Hand-Picked Finalists in His Miss Universe Pageants

'New Yorker' looks at tangled business interests, and the potential fallout in the Mueller inquiry

(Newser) - The Miss Universe judges may have thought they were calling the shots, but Donald Trump apparently had the most sway in picking winners. A lengthy New Yorker story by Jeffrey Toobin recounts how Trump, when he owned the pageant from 1996 to 2015, would talk to contestants himself during rehearsals,...

Her Disease Is Incredibly Rare. So Is Her Dad&#39;s Effort to Cure It
Her Disease Is Incredibly Rare.
So Is Her Dad's Effort to Cure It
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Feb 18, 2018 1:33 PM CST

Her Disease Is Incredibly Rare. So Is Her Dad's Effort to Cure It

A look at the research into NGLY1 deficiency

(Newser) - Grace Wilsey is Chelsea Clinton's goddaughter. But that's not the only very rare facet of the 8-year-old's life. Four years ago she became one of the first children to be diagnosed with NGLY1 deficiency, a single genetic mutation that causes a host of problems, from muscle weakness...

Priebus Opens Up About White House Chaos
Priebus Opens Up
About White House Chaos
Longform
Feb 15, 2018 2:49 PM CST

Priebus Opens Up About White House Chaos

'Take everything you’ve heard and multiply it by 50'

(Newser) - Prior to President Trump taking office, Reince Priebus sat down for lunch with nearly a dozen former presidential chiefs of staff. They didn't think much of their successor's chances. "He struck a lot of us as clueless," recalls one. "He doesn't have a prayer,...

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