* Classified images support the likelihood a surface-to-air missile fired from rebel-held Ukraine brought down MH17. * Today two Ukrainian fighter jets were shot down by pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine. * One child has been killed in Gaza every hour for the past two days. * Palestinder publishes screenshots
* With Israel and Hamas each dedicated to the other's destruction, a two-state solution is very far away. * Three takeaways from the demise of Kerry’s attempt to broker an agreement between Israel and the PA. * Hamas tells the Palestinians a simple truth: freedom comes at the cost
* Amid shelling and carnage in Ukraine, Dutch forensics experts reach the MH17 passengers' remains. * Malaysia Airlines' flight path was considered safe and legal and was well-traversed by other airlines earlier that week. * Russian media ambushes accusations its missile downed MH17, offers a platform for experts' conspiracy
* Washington believes Moscow's behind the downing of a plane over eastern Ukraine; EU powers say wait and see. * Ukraine releases audio from what it says are phone calls between rebels and Russian officers. * Palestinians killed since start of invasion now stands at 28, with some 150 targets hit
* Federal judge rules that California’s death penalty violates the constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. * Almond milk is not only bad for California's drought; it's a waste of precious almonds. * Profile data analyzed from America’s most popular hate website. * Charles Darwin’s
* After 350 posts and 40,000 deaths, a Times blogger reflects on what she learned cataloging American gun violence. * A map of gun incidents in New York City thus far in 2014 correlates with the city's race and class lines. * An exposé of the NYPD's "
* Israel accepts Egyptian-brokered proposal for an immediate end to fighting in the Gaza Strip. * Germany splits up sausage cartel for fixing wurst prices as far back as 2003. * Pack of legal joints to more likely cost 50 cents than $50, but that's assuming a "Smoke Local&
* One year from today, mankind will make its first contact with Pluto via a spacecraft the size of a baby grand piano. * America's great pot experiment: Legalization in certain states has been more treacherous than others, and could end after Obama. * Berkeley City Council votes to give free
* Interviews with the border children. * The story of the largest slave auction in America, in Georgia on March 2-3, 1859, known as the Weeping Time. * How Patti Hammond Shaw, who was jailed with men who allegedly abused her, changed how police treat transgender people. * Laverne Cox is nominated for
* Three years ago the Arab Spring brought hope, now replaced by ruin—outsiders, no matter their intention, can't restore that future. * Female Syrian refugees face constant sexual harassment. * Dubai has unveiled its first state-sponsored construction project since the pre-crash bubble: an indoor city with hotels, shops,
