air travel Passengers lock screaming toddler in airplane toilet to "educate" her Mark Frauenfelder

law California man arrested after sucker-punching two victims in different incidents Rob Beschizza

tourism "Danger tourist" who said Brooklyn was more dangerous than Afghanistan captured by Taliban in Afghanistan Thom Dunn

Disney Disneyland's lovable fox was rude with park-goers in China, offending fans Carla Sinclair

law Woman filmed intentionally coughing on shoppers loses her job Rob Beschizza

happy mutants "A Fire Story": a moving, beautiful memoir of the Calistoga wildfire in comics form Cory Doctorow

Science Those weird sonic attacks at U.S. embassies? Microwave weapons, experts say. Xeni Jardin

medicine Ebola keeps on keeping on Séamus Bellamy

racism Students force University of Missouri president to resign over lack of action on racism on campus Xeni Jardin

squid The Kraken Awakes: What Architeuthis is Trying to Tell Us Mark Dery