Vox Sentences: What we know about the Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects

1. Paris, day two

Charlie Hebdo shooting suspects Saïd and Chérif Kouachi. (Direction centrale de la Police judiciaire via Getty Images)

• One of the suspects in yesterday's attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, 18-year-old Hamyd Mourad, turned himself in to French authorities at the Belgian border.

  [Vox / Dara Lind, Amanda Taub, Libby Nelson, and German Lopez]

• Two other suspects, the brothers Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi, remain at large.

• Saïd received terrorist training from al-Qaeda's Yemen affiliate in 2011.

  [NYT / Eric Schmitt and Michael Schmidt]

• Chérif was convicted in 2008 on terrorism charges in France; both brothers have been on the US no-fly list for years.

  [NPR / Eyder Peralta]

• We still don't know if they acted alone or at the direction of a terrorist group.

• European far-right leaders like France's Marie Le Pen are treating the attack as a vindication of their Islamophobia.

  [Washington Post / Adam Taylor]

• Two French mosques were attacked in the aftermath of the shooting.

  [Huffington Post / Antonia Blumberg]

• In Russia, a conspiracy theory about US intelligence pulling off the attack is spreading.

  [Vox / Max Fisher]

• Matt Yglesias: defending the right to blaspheme is necessary, but Muslims in Europe will suffer.

  [Vox / Matt Yglesias]

2. Boxer out

(Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call Group / Getty)

• California Senator Barbara Boxer is retiring.

  [Vox / Andrew Prokop]

• This sets up a rare open seat in a state with a lot of ambitious Democratic politicians.

• Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Kamala Harris are the most hyped names, but they have to weigh this race against a potential gubernatorial bid in 2018.

  [Washington Post / Aaron Blake and Chris Cillizza]

• Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has ruled himself out.

  [Reid Wilson]

• So have Arnold Schwarzenegger, Republican Rep. Darrel Issa, and Boxer's 2010 opponent Carly Fiorina.

  [WSJ / Rebecca Ballhaus and Alejandro Lazo]

• Garcetti's predecessor Antonio Villaraigosa is expected to skip the race to run for governor.

  [Sacramento Bee / David Siders]

• Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg would have been an interesting outside contender, but doesn't look interested.

  [Seema Mehta]

• As for Boxer herself: she'll be remembered for her work on environmental legislation, as one of the Senate's most stalwart abortion rights defenders, and as one half of the first all-female Senate delegation ever.

  [National Journal / Lucia Graves]

3. Misc.

• We're going to need a lot more chainsaws to survive after the nuclear apocalypse.

  [Joshua Pearce to Nautilus / Yvonne Bang]

• Researchers at Northeastern say they've found a new antibiotic that bacteria can't mutate to resist.

  [The Atlantic / Cari Romm]

• Death penalty opponents are barred from the Boston marathon trial jury. That's a problem.

  [Bloomberg View / Noah Feldman]

4. Verbatim

• "You know what the real problem with Bourdieu was? The real problem with Bourdieu was that he was a schmuck."

  [Howard Becker to the New Yorker / Adam Gopnik]

• "Overall, that song is about sympathy for disease, trying to forgive disease, seeing it as just another thing in the universe that's trying to survive."

  [Noah Lennox to Pitchfork / Philip Sherburne]

• "Obama has been far more effective than either Carter or Clinton. That obviously makes him seem more effectively liberal than his predecessors."

  [Mother Jones / Kevin Drum]

We're here to shed some clarity

One of our core beliefs here at Vox is that everyone needs and deserves access to the information that helps them understand the world, regardless of whether they can pay for a subscription. With the 2024 election on the horizon, more people are turning to us for clear and balanced explanations of the issues and policies at stake. We’re so grateful that we’re on track to hit 85,000 contributions to the Vox Contributions program before the end of the year, which in turn helps us keep this work free. We need to add 2,500 contributions this month to hit that goal. Will you make a contribution today to help us hit this goal and support our policy coverage? Any amount helps.

One-Time Monthly Annual

$5/month

$10/month

$25/month

$50/month

Other

$

Yes, I'll give $5/month

Yes, I'll give $5/month

We accept credit card, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. You can also contribute via