10 surprisingly good things from 2022
Lula beat Bolsonaro, the Ethiopian civil war ended and U.S. voters pushed back fascism — just for starters
Melania's privacy worries in White House
“She hated when people would come to the residence,” Stephanie Grisham says
Ginni Thomas saw no evidence of fraud
"I was just hearing it from news reports and friends on the ground," Thomas admitted to the J6 committee
The year's most powerful nudity in film
From Emma Thompson's liberation to Viking confrontations, cinema revealed skin in artful, deliberate ways in 2022
The year butter ruled supreme
Crunch time — this year, we couldn't get enough garlic bread or onion rings
Why does "Jeopardy!" still haunt me?
The day I became a "Jeopardy!" champ was perfect. It wasn’t until I got home that I started having trouble sleeping
Trump's tax returns, revealed at last
After years-long battle, House releases thousands of pages of the former president's byzantine financial data
Facing the horrors of fine dining
2022's fictional and nonfiction works interrogated the unsavory underbelly of restaurants. But will things change?
Lauren Graham wants to "tell the story"
On "Salon Talks," the actor discusses her new book, being roommates with Connie Britton, "Gilmore Girls" and more
Elon's net worth fell $206B in 2022
In just one year, Twitter's new proprietor lost a sum greater than the gross national product of Greece
Who dares to mock Dark Brandon now?
Republicans badly underestimated Joe Biden — and in his first two years in the White House, he's driven them nuts
Drug science in 2023 is gonna be lit
2022 was a record-breaking year for drug research. 2023 may be even better thanks to loosened research restrictions
GOP will double down on MAGA in 2023
Moderation to win swing voters? Forget it. Today's GOP is all about vengeance against anyone who's not like them
Elon banned me — and I'm a nobody
It was an experiment: Could I get banned for nothing more than playground insults? Spoiler alert: Yes I could
Hydrogen's 2022 comeback: Not the answer
Hydrogen is the caviar of alternative fuels, not the meat and potatoes — and also a fossil-fuel delaying tactic
Musk fired Twitter's janitorial staff
Musk has been making drastic cuts at Twitter and the financial health of the company is causing a buzz
Santos lied about mom dying on 9/11
The Washington Post confirmed on Thursday that his mother died on December 23rd, 2016
Andrew Tate arrested for trafficking
Tate's brother Tristan has also been detained, along with two other suspects
How Democrats became the war party
Democrats long since gave up challenging the war economy — which may kill us all, and is definitely bankrupting us
James Cameron threatens "Avatar" forever
Faced with cultural appropriation accusations, the director doubles down on his colonizer mentality
J6 committee withdraws Trump subpoena
As of January, the committee will lose authority and all pending subpoenas — including Trump's — will time out
Tests start for herpes vaccine
BioNTech, which helped develop one of the early COVID-19 vaccinations, is working on a herpes simplex virus vaccine
The best TV title sequences of 2022
Our favorite shows make us want to jump right in, but these openers made us ignore that "skip intro" button
The top 8 drinks to pick up from Costco
Costco is a one-stop-shop when it comes to nearly anything, but their drink selection is particularly noteworthy