Congolese troops march as part of a military parade in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. The country celebrated 54 years of independence from Belgium Monday. Image by John Bompengo via AP.

Robert Renning, a Minnesota Air National Guardsman, is being hailed as a hero for saving a man trapped in his burning car by—like a human Jaws of Life—bending the door and pulling him through shattered the glass.

Airstrikes have been reported in Gaza following the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli teenagers today. Citing the Israel Defense Forces, Haaretz reports that 34 "terror targets" have been attacked by the Israeli Air Force. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon earlier today called for the "ending" of Hamas.

After a weekend of not-so-good things happening (namely, getting dragged out of a production of Cabaret in handcuffs), X17 Online reports that Shia LaBeouf has checked himself into "a celebrity-frequented treatment facility in Hollywood."

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called an end to Ukraine's ceasefire agreement with pro-Russian separatists, announcing, "we will attack, and we will free our country." The initial ceasefire agreement between the groups ended Monday after 10 days of accusations and attacks from both sides. According to USA Today, more than 400 people have been killed since fighting started in April.

Community, Dan Harmon's comedy that refuses to die, was picked up for a sixth season of 13 episodes by Yahoo today. It was a last-minute save: the cast's contracts with Sony, which produces the series, were set to expire today.

Diane Stretton, who was fired by the California family that hired her but refuses to leave their home, is tired of all the drama. She told her ex-employer/begrudging landlord's lawyer that she is going move out, but only after the media attention dies down and it's less hot outside, OK?

President Obama announced today in a letter to Congress that he will send 200 more American troops to defend the American Embassy in Baghdad; 275 soldiers were deployed earlier this month. This is in addition to the 300 military advisers Obama sent to Iraq to help combat the rise of extremist Sunni militants.

Maya Peterson, the first black female student body president at the prestigious Lawrenceville School near Princeton, N.J., was stripped of her position after posting an Instagram mocking her rich, white, male classmates. Buzzfeed's Katie J. M. Baker obtained the Instagram — above — featuring Peterson dressed up as the typical "Lawrenceville boi."

The rise of reality TV programming over the past two decades has been driven in large part by the fact that reality shows are cheap to produce. Labor costs are a big reason why. What does that mean for the people who work on these shows? Allow some of them to tell you.

One bright, shining light did come out of the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby Lobby cases this morning: a 35-page dissent by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. You might find it depressing to be the position of seizing what hope is left from the losing parties on this one, but we have to learn to accept it.

Then as now, Do the Right Thing—the film about bubbling racial tensions on the hottest day of a New York City summer circa 1989—remains an important piece of cinema making. Today marks the 25^th anniversary of its release in theaters nationwide. Directed by Spike Lee, who was then just a 32-year-old budding auteur, Do the Right Thing captured the beauty and the brutality of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn—a predominantly black milieu undergoing the throes of gentrification.

Outrage in the U.S. over Uganda's virulently anti-gay policy has died down since it flared up earlier this year, but that doesn't mean the situation has improved for Uganda's LGBT population. On last night's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver cited a May report by the activist group Sexual Minorities Uganda (or SMUG), which states that in the time since Uganda's anti-gay bill was passed by Parliament, there has been a huge increase in the persecution of gays. During the four-month period of this study, there were 162 cases of gay persecution reported, versus 19 in 2012 and eight in 2013 during the same four-month period.

If you wanted to follow Rihanna on Instagram (and you should), what would you do? You'd probably Google "rihanna instagram," which turns up an Instagram account with the screen name "Rihanna." But if you follow that particular account you're not getting Rihanna—you're getting a South American teenager squatting on the Barbadian pop star's name. And gaining hundreds of thousands of followers, to boot.

Today, Rob Ford returns to the Toronto mayor's office after a two-month stint in rehab. The mayor will give a press conference at 3:30 p.m. He won't be taking questions.

The bodies of the three Israeli teens kidnapped earlier this month were found just north of the Palestinian city of Hebron. Israeli security forces, who have been looking for the teens in the West Bank, have sealed off the area.

"If you were to tell me in the afterlife that a total nobody defiled my corpse, I'd be pissed. But if you said that my lifeless shell had rough sex with a mortuary worker who later became Alex Trebek, I'd feel some pride in that." The Dilbert guy still hasn't lost his heartwarming comedic touch.

GOP Rep. Vance McAllister, the married, "family values" guy caught on tape in April making out with his staffer, announced today that he will run for re-election. McAllister once had the coveted Duck Dynasty endorsement, but now one of the DD guys is running against him for the GOP nomination in Louisiana's 5th district.

Staffers at New York City weekly The Village Voice are currently staging a walk-out at their Lower Manhattan offices over wage and benefits cuts, alleged anti-union intimidation, and something every human can relate to: shitty coffee.