The Olympic Games end, 500 civilians are killed in Syria, and a study finds that humans are concerned about hurting robots’ feelings
Hillary Clinton becomes the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party, a third of Danish people report that their country is at war with Islam, and two dogs crash a car into the entrance of a Walmart
Philando Castile and Alton Sterling are killed by police officers, Donald Trump says Saddam Hussein was good at fighting terrorism, and a woman in Florida hits her boyfriend with her baby
Flooding in Germany kills 10 people, a giant panda is born in Belgium, and a man in El Paso challenges his daughter to a duel
A suicide bomber kills at least 72 in Pakistan, Microsoft’s chatbot endorses genocide, and a cat is accidentally mailed across England
Russia donates 10,000 Kalashnikovs to Afghanistan, Puerto Rico freezes the price of condoms, and an Egyptian court convicts a three-year-old boy of murder
President Obama extends the timeline for America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, a category-four typhoon hits the Philippines, and a hen runs a fast-food chicken restaurant’s Twitter account
The United States legalizes same-sex marriage, the Islamic State bombs a Shiite mosque, and a man named Rod is struck by lighting