Headlines from July 28, 2014

During an uncertain Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, Israeli official says the IDF is only attacking if fired upon.
Texan ranchers near the Mexican border band together to track down illegal immigrants and send them back.
Long after the demise of the sanitarium, doctors have begun prescribing nature walks.
First large-scale study on the impact of trees on human health finds that trees save 850 lives per year.
In 1971, a 17-year-old girl trekked 10 days, injured and alone, through the rainforest, to become the sole survivor of a plane crash.
What it was like inside the 1989 United Airlines crash, in which 184 of 296 passengers survived. #longreads
Name recognition is half the battle. Interview with longshot Toronto mayoral candidate Matthew Crack.
The end of Buckyballs: After 1,700 horrific medical incidents involving children, regulators demand a full recall.
If companies are claiming the rights and privileges of people, maybe people should start claiming the rights and privileges of corporations.
There needs to be less focus on gay stuff at this event. Business schools encourage straight students to crash LGBTQ job fairs.
TMZ is part of a Hollywood media tradition of endlessly destroying and resurrecting careers. #longreads
How Kim Kardashian has outsmarted all of her male critics.
A tour of American cities, mapping the history of playground basketball and why it’s dying.
This is pretty and all, but I could die without ever having this experience. Roxane Gay reviews the beach.
The afterlife has become just another career stage—one that’s as lucrative and, in some cases, as productive as the pre-death career ever was.