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The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

January 2026

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The Best of the Week’s News

  • New records show the mess Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. left when he dumped a road-killed bear cub in Central Park to stage a bike crash. (Wired)
     

  • The ICE agent who shot and killed Renée Good in Minneapolis is identified as Jonathan Ross. (Star Tribune)
     

  • Hillman Prize-winner Elie Mystal on why Minnesota should prosecute Good’s murderer. (Nation)

     

  • She championed Black women’s health as a midwife, but died after giving birth to her first child. (NBC)
     

  • Barrett Prize-winner Phillipe Sands on Trump, Venezuela, and the future of international law. (Legal AF, video)
     

  • J6 insurrectionist pardoned by Trump faces sexual assault charges, and he’s not alone. (Raw Story)