* 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
Three near-drownings elucidate the wisdom of a 17th-century guide to swimming safety and technique.
* 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
Photographer Catherine Leutenegger chronicles the decline of the Eastman Kodak Corporation and the city built by Big Yellow.
* 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
In search of a remedy for MS, a journey out of the gridlock of America’s health system and into the jungles of Belize, where medicine men promise cures for everything that ails you.
* 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
Even a fake history of blogging—going back to the Old Internet, when HTML templates were so raw—offers insight into how we reached today’s web and survived comments.
* 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&
