* Iran's parliament passes nuclear deal; dismantling of facilities will begin next week. * Iran tries to get a prisoner swap with the US for jailed Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. * Stabbing attacks in Israel continue, as two people are killed and 16 wounded on a bus in Jerusalem. * Nearly
* Double bombing targets pro-Kurdish peace rally in Turkey, killing 97. * "Europe has seen nothing like this for 70 years—the visible expression of a world where order is collapsing." * Iran's long-range ballistic missile test may have just violated the terms of the July nuclear
* "If current rates of smoking in China continue...2 million people in China will die per year in 2030." * The House's best move to replace Boehner is simply not to vote, so he remains Speaker. * As the debt ceiling deadline looms, Boehner's departure threatens
* Senate Democrats will block all legislation until new gun-control bill is heard—and then of course killed. * San Francisco's last gun shop closes up for good. * The NRA's gun museum is as awful as it sounds. * The last time Russia involved itself in Syria, it
* NATO doesn't buy Russia's apology for violating Turkish airspace. * "The release will be one of the largest discharges of inmates from federal prisons in American history." * When inmates blow the whistle on abuse in solitary confinement, they are tortured by guards. * In Kentucky, when
* EU spikes agreement that gave US companies access to Europeans' data for the past 15 years. * Ex-Santa Cruz sheriff may cross ethics line by promoting his smart-gun startup to former department. * Hedge fund manager that solicited Wall Street donations for Scott Walker's campaign: "I&
* Round-up of the big questions facing the Supreme Court's new term that begins today. * California police arrest four high-school students after uncovering a shooting plot. * Gun advocates have yet to explain how something in the American psychology, rather than our high volume of firearms, explains our
* "Sandy Hook marked the end of the US gun control debate. Once America decided killing children was bearable, it was over." * President Obama makes the speech he wishes he didn't have to. * Obama: Chart gun deaths against terrorism deaths and tell me this isn't
* The one way Syria could get more complicated: Russian airstrikes. And that just happened. * Anyone who says Russia and America are on the same page right now would be lying. * Most Russians oppose military intervention in Syria—Putin is gambling with his popularity. * Afghan government says it's retaken
* Germany is relaxing housing standards to a questionable degree to absorb wave of migrants. * Super PACs openly skirt campaign law by filming ad footage in advance or releasing it for free. * Trump's deficit-inflating, bourgeoisie-friendly tax plan is everything he said it wouldn't be—and
