Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe is assassinated while campaigning, killed reportedly with a homemade gun. / NPR, The Guardian 

There were 10 shooting incidents in Japan last year, leaving one person dead and four wounded. / Bloomberg

Around 2,000 migrants in Morocco attempt to cross into a Spanish enclave by storming a border post. / Reuters

Alex Hawkins travels to Istanbul to get a hair transplant, i.e., hire someone to "cut 4,250 holes in my head." / GQ

Poachers and other "wildlife criminals" are sentenced to participate in an Oregon program to better understand their crimes. / National Geographic

See also: How weather is forecasted—with a lot of balloons, to start. Also, some chickens taking pictures of chickens. / TMN, Twitter

Foreign capital has found a powerful position in Massachusetts fishing, confirming local workers' fears of losing control. / Pro Publica

Britney Griner's agent explains why her client was in Russia in the first place: basically, the gender pay gap. / The Los Angeles Times

In downtown Minneapolis, there are 13 private security guards for every cop—basically an unregulated secret police. / MIT Technology Review

Axie Infinity, the previously popular crypto game, lost $540 million after hackers duped a senior engineer with a fake job offer. / The Block

A lovely interview with the high school dropout—he dropped out to become a poet—who just won the Fields Medal, math's highest award, at 39. / Quanta Magazine

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Teenagers explain why they're wearing suits to watch the new Minions movie. / Variety

A chat about the making of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" and its influence on decades of dance music. "To create the future, you have to imagine the future." / The Quietus

Ons Jabeur becomes the first woman from Africa to make a singles final of a Grand Slam in the professional era. / ESPN