July 29, 2014

• During an authorized protest, ISIS marches in the Hague, calling for “Death to the Jews.”
• In the downing of flight MH17, the share of the Netherlands’ population killed was greater than America’s loss in 9/11.
• Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and the US agree on stiffer sanctions against Putin and Russia.
• Satellite images of the Gaza strip reveal the extent of recent damage.
• Female country-music duo creates music video critiquing the role of women in most country songs.
• New college ranking system—based on quality, affordability, and outcomes—makes Babson the No. 1 college in America.
• In Ohio it's illegal to disrobe in front of a man's portrait.
• Lionel Messi, named the best player in this year's World Cup, convicted for tax evasion.
• Pharmaceutical companies using homeless people as guinea pigs for new drugs.
• China deploying its enormous fishing fleet as a proxy navy.
• First case of Ebola in Lagos—Africa's biggest city and a hub for international travel—could transform a regional epidemic into a global one.
• Father hires hitmen to kill his son in a video game, to discourage him from further gaming.
• Changing the name of the Washington Redskins is now "a matter of when and how, not if."
• Trend "spotted" when gay neighborhoods "straighten" as non-gay people move in.
• After Ira Glass disses Shakespeare, reporter retells King Lear in the manner of This American Life.
• Related: Producer explains how to stage Lear with a complete cast of sheep.