Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That seven different proposals to regulate guns failed in the Senate yesterday, including a ban on trafficking backed by the NRA? —Mick Dumke
The list showing how U.S. senators voted on the amendment to require background checks for commercial gun sales? —Tony Adler
• That the testimony portion of the BP civil trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster has ended, predictably enough, with a flurry of finger pointing? —Kate Schmidt
• That we have sinkholes in Chicago now? —Luca Cimarusti
• That the city wants to shut down the Congress Theater immediately? —Leor Galil
• That importing hipsters (or “the creative class”) won’t save dying American cities? —Aimee Levitt
• About the rhino-head theft from Ireland’s national museum? —Ben Sachs
• About troubles under a new leader at the terrific (and free) Indianapolis Museum of Art? —Deanna Isaacs