Plot to Sabotage COVID Vaccine Creeps Out Some Anti-Vaxxers

By Mark Hay

Vaccines are here, and while skeptics hyping misinformation is nothing new, the frantic effort to conjure up dead people is getting spooky, fast.

By Michael Musto

Legendary New York nightlife scribe Michael Musto recalls his long acquaintance with Michael Alig, the infamous “club kid” and killer who has died, aged 54.

By Allison McNearney

In 1916, less than a month after Charles Hatfield began his efforts to bring rain to a parched San Diego, the county was deluged—valleys were leveled and over 20 people were dead.

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For a while, entertainment innovation seemed to take place in the clouds. But new physical devices are working to modernize the viewing experience.

By Eleanor Clift

There’s no room for nuance in political campaigns. Politics is about emotion, not facts that take a whole lot of explaining.

By Andrew Dubbins

A decade ago, scientists worried the lion could go extinct in Kenya by 2020. But today the area’s lion population is thriving thanks to an extraordinary group.

By Laura Bradley

From Ellen DeGeneres to Lea Michele, from Jake Paul to Gal Gadot and the “Imagine” video crew, here are the most bizarre ways celebs baffled us this year.

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By Cherie DeVille

With the OnlyFans boom and economy crashing, many are turning to sex work to make money. Let renowned porn star Cherie DeVille guide you through your entrée into the world of porn.

By Spencer Ackerman, Noah Shachtman

The FBI and ATF are investigating the incident, which sent three people to the hospital.

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 I DON’T CARE, DO U? 

President Trump appeared uncharacteristically supportive of his wife in a tweet on Friday, calling her “the greatest of all time.”

 WHO RAISED YOU? 

“I’m wondering since 99% [of] Covid patients survive shouldn’t you have 99 photos of survivors for every one fatality?”

 GEORGIA ON MY MIND 

The Democratic challenger has pulled in $106.7 million in his race against Georgia Sen. David Perdue, a Republican incumbent.

 ANATOMY OF A FAILURE 

The World Health Organization on Jan. 13 made public its recipe for a test to detect the coronavirus. Most countries deployed theirs in hours or days. It took us weeks.

 DASTARDLY 

Lin Qi’s company was allegedly beset by internal strife.

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