‘Doctor Who’ Finally Says Goodbye to Our Sarah Jane in a Heartbreaking New Story

It’s been nine years since Elisabeth Sladen, the dearly missed actress who brought one of Doctor Who’s most iconic companions to life, passed away. Now it’s time for the Whoniverse itself to say goodbye to her too.

As part of the ongoing Doctor Who social media rewatch parties that have been taking place during the novel coronavirus pandemic, former Doctor Whoshowrunner Russell T. Davies released a brand new story marking the anniversary of Sladen’s death yesterday. It finally brings about something we never really wanted to consider ourselves: that it was time for Sarah Jane Smith to have passed on in the Doctor Who universe as well as in our own.

William Garrison, who served 44 years in prison, dies from COVID-19 just weeks before his release

A Michigan inmate who was set to be paroled just weeks from now after serving nearly 44 years behind bars died last week from COVID-19, prison officials said. William Garrison had a chance to be released earlier this year, but decided to complete his full sentence so he’d be free from supervision after his release. 

The GOP has become a death cult

American conservatism—the so-called “culture of life”—worships annihilation.

A decade ago, in my first public writing since leaving Capitol Hill, I warned that the Republican Party, in its evolution towards an extremist conservative movement allied with extremist Christian fundamentalism, was becoming like “one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe.” After Donald Trump’s enthronement as the decider of our fate, I analyzed the GOP’s descent into a nihilism that belied every one of its supposed “values.”

They value only absolute power or ruin.

On April 8, 1990,

Ryan White, 18, died of AIDS-related pneumonia in Indianapolis, Indiana

How Trump Is Going to Get Away With a Pandemic

Governments have a long history of cooking the data to hide the extent of outbreaks. NYC did it during a cholera outbreak in 1832, Italy did it during a cholera outbreak in 1911. Here’s how Trump is doing it now.

There are lots of ways for the Trump administration to cook the data to hide the extent of the coronavirus outbreak—in fact, it already is doing so.

Sometimes, Death Comes a Frolicking

Playing Their Favorite Song

Murder Ballads and the True Crimes that Inspired Them

Read about the true stories that inspired such songs like ‘Stagger Lee’, ‘Frankie and Johnny’, ‘Poor Ellen’ and many more!

Kobe Bryant: America’s Imperfect Icon

“So as fans like myself honor the good Bryant has done, it’s important that we do not allow the myth-making that inevitably comes with remembering greatness to transform into erasure, particularly of those who he hurt.”

Ouch!