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Stop and Frisk

Court Rejects NYC Police Union Effort to Block Stop-and-Frisk Settlements

The last roadblock to ending the program.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 4:50 PM

David Harsanyi on Deteriorating Relations Between Israel and the Obama Administration

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 4:31 PM

Police Abuse

DOJ, Albuquerque Agree to Police Reforms

Department rocked with all sorts of misconduct scandals and lots of shootings.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 4:10 PM

Airlines

Virgin Galactic Rocket Crashes During Test (Update: One Reported Dead)

Status of two pilots currently unknown

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 3:22 PM

Federal Agencies

Federal Agencies Outline Plans on Climate Change

Step one: Ask for lots and lots of money.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 2:30 PM

Cellphones

Here's Why You Shouldn't Use the Fingerprint Password on Smartphones in Virginia

Judge rules suspects can be compelled to use fingerprint to provide police access.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 2:20 PM

Cybersecurity

Pirate Bay Co-Founder Sentenced to Prison in Denmark

Gottfrid Warg gets 42 months in jail.

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 2:10 PM

Ebola

Update: Judge Lifts Quarantine on Maine Nurse

Tested negative for Ebola after returning from treating Ebola patients in West Africa

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 2:06 PM

Prisons

$2.25 Million for Family of Man Cooked to Death at Rikers Prison

Was left in scorching hot cell in mental health unit, prompting public outrage

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 1:40 PM

Ronald Bailey Asks: Is Capitalism Ultimately Unsustainable?

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 1:30 PM

Steven Greenhut: Wildfire Case Ignites Troubling Federal Misconduct Allegations

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 12:00 PM

Africa

Longtime President of Burkina Faso Resigns After Violent Protests

Calls new elections

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 11:23 AM

Christopher Preble on the Politicians Who Scare You

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 10:30 AM

ISIS

More Fighters Than Ever Before Headed to Iraq, Syria

Since U.S. airstrikes started

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 10:08 AM

Kurt Loder Reviews Nightcrawler and Horns

Reason Staff | 10.31.2014 9:00 AM

Crime

Penn. Man Who Allegedly Ambushed State Troopers Finally Captured

Had been on the run for 48 days

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 7:35 PM

Politics

Odds of Republican-Controlled Senate Now 68%

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 6:45 PM

ISIS

So Many Airstrikes, Still So Many ISIS Jihadists

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 5:43 PM

Zenon Evans Says the ISIS War Won't End With Bullets or Bombs

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 4:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Quarantined Ebola Nurse: 'Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride'

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 4:28 PM

Plane Crash in Wichita: 4 Dead, 5 Injured, 5 Missing

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 3:31 PM

Politics

Thomas M. Menino, Boston's Longest-Serving Mayor, Dead at 71

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 12:06 PM

Steve Chapman: Obama and the Virtues of Inaction

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 12:00 PM

Jared Polis Says Vote Democrat for Real Libertarian Values

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 11:00 AM

Nicholas Sarwark on Seven Reasons to Vote for the Libertarian Party

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 10:30 AM

Grover Norquist Says Voting GOP Is the Smart Choice for Libertarians

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 10:00 AM

Science & Technology

Nurse Kaci Hickox Defies Ebola Quarantine in Maine, Goes for Bike Ride

Cops need a court order to stop her.

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 9:55 AM

World

NATO Jets Intercept Russian Military Flights Over Europe

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 9:30 AM

Civil Liberties

Maine Nurse Rejects Ebola Quarantine: 'I Will Go to Court to Fight for My Freedom'

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 9:17 AM

Jacob Sullum on Colorado's Lingering Marijuana Black Market

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 8:30 AM

Sheldon Richman on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Why the IRS is the Worst

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 8:30 AM

Andrew Napolitano on the Importance of the Presumption of Liberty

Reason Staff | 10.30.2014 7:00 AM

Policy

Applications Surge for Low-Cost Alternatives to Obamacare

They satisfy the law, too

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 7:15 PM

World

Kurdish Reinforcements Reach Kobani

Turkey puts tensions aside for the moment.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 6:04 PM

Elizabeth Nolan Brown on What Democrats Think Women Voters Want

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 4:31 PM

Civil Liberties

Maine State Cops Force Nurse Into Quarantine

Will they isolate the troopers next?

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 3:27 PM

World

ISIS Nabs New Ground-to-Air Missiles

The usual supply-the-rebels SNAFU.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 2:50 PM

Politics

Millennials Favor Republican Congress, Poll Finds

Obama fever is definitely over.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 1:36 PM

Robby Soave: Amash Sees Libertarian Triumphs Everywhere But D.C.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 1:30 PM

Ebola

Hagel OKs Quarantine for Troops Returning from West Africa

Move goes beyond civilian precautions

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 12:34 PM

John Stossel on Why Incumbents Always Win

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 12:00 PM

A. Barton Hinkle: Don't Let Cops Dodge the Constitution

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 10:30 AM

FBI

FBI Admits It Created Fake AP News Story

Agents sent story link to 15-year-old suspect's MySpace page

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 10:22 AM

Politics

Coming November 4: Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court by Damon Root

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 10:08 AM

Science & Technology

White House Computer Network Was Attacked

Could be work of Russian hackers, sources say

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 9:00 AM

Science & Technology

Searching for Answers in Virginia Rocket Explosion

Cargo rocket exploed moments after liftoff

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 8:38 AM

Jacob Sullum on Questionable Quarantines in N.Y. and N.J.

Reason Staff | 10.29.2014 7:00 AM