Weekly Review

The U.S. bombs Syria, bishops almost support same-sex couples, and violence breaks out at a New Hampshire pumpkin festival Read More

Ebola’s rising death toll, U.N. member states’ unpaid bills, and a recipe for “bear satay on a stick.” Read More

America's first Ebola diagnosis, a pro-ICBM clothing exchange, and Joe Biden on being number two. Read More

Student protests in Hong Kong, two sex-scandal resignations, and the CIA's lust for lemon pound cake. Read More

Scotland rejects independence, Sierra Leone issues a three-day lockdown, and Iran lashes its citizens for doing a “Happy” dance Read More

Obama announces air strikes in Iraq; a monsoon superfloods India; and California nudists cover up for the Man Read More

ISIL murders journalist Steven Sotloff; Satan in Moscow and Detroit; and Florida police play Cherries Waffles Tennis Read More

Kurdish and Shia forces battle ISIL in Iraq; a ceasefire takes hold in Gaza; and Barack Obama’s audacious taupe Read More

Demilitarizing Ferguson; the disparate fates of Middle East hostages; and the long and short of German sausages Read More

Police crush protests in Ferguson, Missouri, an Iranian woman wins the Fields Medal, and jihadis appreciate the work of Robin Williams Read More

Police in Missouri kill an unarmed teenager, the U.S. government expands its terrorist database, and Justin Bieber saves a Russian fisherman Read More

Alternating shelter bombings and ceasefires in Gaza; a do-nothing Congress whimpers feebly into recess; and India hires a troupe of black-faced-langur imitators Read More

The quixotic quest for a Gaza ceasefire; West African doctors face mortal peril; and Russian gecko porn, restored Read More

The “mystery” of who shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17; the theater of war in Gaza; and ritual crime in Iceland Read More

The United States prepares to return thousands of minors to Central America; Israel launches an offensive in Gaza; and a wildfire traces back to Freddie Smoke Read More

Tensions rise over murders in Israel and Palestine, the VA schedules an appointment for a deceased veteran, and the Vatican legitimizes Catholic exorcists Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court weakens the ACA’s contraception mandate; ISIL attempts to legitimize its territorial gains in the Middle East; and Facebook gives you feelings  Read More

Joy, agony, and racism at the 2014 World Cup; ISIL on the march in Iraq; and crowd-surfing to Handel’s Messiah Read More

ISIS launches a major offensive in Iraq, the 2014 World Cup begins, and Florida keeps on being Florida Read More

Unity and disunity in Palestine, NYRB vs. CIA, and John Roberts marries art criticism with jurisprudence Read More

Three brutal crimes against women in Asia, a controversial Taliban prisoner swap, and a human-skin heist in Connecticut Read More

A mass murder in Santa Barbara, nationalist and anti-E.U. parties are voted into the European Parliament, and 2Pac’s last words Read More

Outrage over a miners’ strike in Turkey, a rough week for female newspaper editors, and camel-kissing in the face of MERS Read More

The Obama Administration tries to publicize climate change, secessionists stage a referendum in eastern Ukraine, and teenage boys hold a prom-date draft in California  Read More

Ukraine conducts military strikes in the east, Boko Haram threatens to sell captured Nigerian schoolgirls, and the many uses of beached whales Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court and L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling remark on race and opportunity, the FCC prepares to end net neutrality, and white supremacists propagandize children’s Easter eggs Read More

Boko Haram steps up its attacks in Nigeria, South Korea mourns a ferry disaster, and Gabriel García Márquez dies at 87 Read More

The infiltration of eastern Ukraine, the pain of Heartbleed, and the wrath of God Gazarov Read More

Afghanistan votes, the U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of wealthy political donors, and China standardizes its pets  Read More

Ennui sets into the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, Guinea combats Ebola, and the distinctive arson of Cameo Crispi  Read More