MH17: The NY Times published photos of a piece of fuselage that shows perforations from shrapnel, indicating that the jet was hit with the fragmenting warhead of an SA-11 antiaircraft missile. It appears to be the first physical evidence of a missile strike released to the public.

And in a strangely formal ceremony, Ukraine rebels handed the black boxes from flight MH17 to the Malaysian government. Representatives of Malaysia signed receipts in front of rebels and reporters. The rebels have also released nearly 300 bodies, and parts of bodies, that rolled out of eastern Ukraine in refrigerated train cars to Karkhiv, and ultimately a airplane to the Netherlands where flight MH17 originated. The pro-Russian gunmen also have allowed Dutch forensic experts to begin examining the wreckage, but the kind of investigation of an air disaster of this magnitude has yet to begin.

Gaza: Israel’s pounding of Gaza continues with no letup. The death toll for Palestinians is now 575, Israel, 27. An Israeli soldier may have been captured by Hamas and his return will be a major sticking point in any peace negotiation.

Healthcare: A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia struck down subsidized healthcare potentially for millions of Americans because of a wording mishap in the Affordable Care Act. The law says subsidies should be paid to people insured through an “exchange established by the state.” That leaves out the 36 states in which the exchange is run by the federal government.

Stratego: The Chinese navy for the first time has four ships taking part in the 22-nation Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) naval exercise in the Pacific off Hawaii. Not content to be just part of the exercise, China also sent along a spy ship to hang outside the boundaries and listen in on what’s going on. China is free to do that in international waters, but it seems oddly rude. The US, Japan, and the Philippines are already irritated with China for pushing territorial claims in the Pacific.

Coverup: A friend of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted yesterday of trying to cover up evidence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Twenty-year-old old Azamat Tazhayakov, the first of four Tsarnaev friends to be tried on similar charges, was found guilty of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Tazhayakov and another friend were accused of removing Tsarnaev’s backpack and laptop from his college dorm room after learning he was a suspect in the bombing. Tazhayakov could get up to 20 years in prison.

LGBT: President Obama has signed an executive order banning workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual employees of the government and federal contractors. The order covers about a fifth of the entire US workforce.

The Medal: FormerArmy Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts was awarded the Medal of Honor yesterday for his actions in Afghanistan in July, 2008. Pitts was a forward observer when his base in Afghanistan was attacked. According to the army’s account, Pitts was badly wounded and near death as he continued to fire a machine gun and chuck grenades at Taliban gunmen. Nine Americans were killed and 27 wounded that day. After the ceremony Pitts told reporters, “the real heroes are the nine men who made the ultimate sacrifice so the rest of us could come home.”

The Obit Page: Skye McCole Bartusiak, who as a child played the daughter who wouldn’t speak in “The Patriot”, was found dead at age 21 in the bedroom of her Houston home. She was found by her boyfriend sitting up in bed. No cause of death has been determined, but Bartusiak’s parents said she had been suffering seizures in recent days.

Selfie Destruction: An Illinois woman was arrested and charged with shoplifting after she posted a picture of herself on the Internet. It wasn’t the picture that was a crime. The owner of a local store recognized her as the woman who had recently stolen a dress. And she was wearing the dress in the picture.

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