The MTA plans to modernize subway turnstiles to stop fare evaders starting this fall.

Cardinals and colleges are creating alliances.

Thousands of people flock to Vatican City to pay their respects to Pope Francis. Editor’s note: mentions of death, stabbing.

Beginning in March, anyone with a library card can go see the archives of Joan Didion and her husband Gregory Dunne.

Trump chooses Mehmet Oz to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Editor’s warning: mentions of violence and death.

Pope Francis called Donald Trump a heathen –suggested Trump was un-Christian, due to the presidential candidate’s stance on Mexico, but we’re pretty sure most of Donald’s other opinions are also effed up. (NY Times) Apple is fighting the FBI, and might win. The feds possess a dead terrorist’s encrypted phone that they can’t unlock, and […]

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who will go by the name of Francis, was elected yesterday as the 266th Pope. (NYT) Spunky teenaged detectives rejoice! A Veronica Mars movie has officially been confirmed. Dreams really DO come true! (E!) It’s been widely confirmed: it’s not possible to hate Jennifer Lawrence. As if we didn’t already know that. […]