10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:
1. AS CONVENTION WRAPS, DEMOCRATS GIRD FOR TIGHT CONTEST
Even as Clinton and her supporters argue Trump is unqualified for the Oval Office, they recognize the businessman connects with some voters in a way she does not.
2. CLINTON’S HISTORIC NOMINATION CAUSES LITTLE STIR OUTSIDE US
After all, dozens of female leaders have served across Europe, Africa, Asia, South America and Australia.
3. POPE’S MASS IN POLAND DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
Francis, visiting Eastern Europe for the first time, praises countless
ordinary yet remarkable people” who held firm to their Catholic faith throughout adversity in the former Communist-ruled nation.
4. WHAT’S CAUSING JITTERS IN ADVANCE OF RIO GAMES
If there’s ever a headache for anti-terror forces, it’s the Olympics – and Brazil has almost no experience combatting terrorism.
5. NO RETRIAL FOR MAN CONVICTED IN CHANDRA LEVY SLAYING
Prosecutors say they can no longer prove their case in the 15-year-old killing of the Washington intern who was romantically linked with former congressman Gary Condit.
6. WHY RESIDENTS OF BATTLE-TORN ALEPPO SAY THEY’RE STAYING PUT
Many are rejecting an offer of corridors to leave the besieged Syrian city, saying they can’t trust the Assad regime’s promises.
7. EXPERTS TRY TO EXPLAIN SURGE IN MASS KILLINGS ACROSS GLOBE
One syndrome that could be surfacing is contagion, in which one attack rapidly inspires imitation attacks.
8. $536M MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT CLAIMED
Someone has come forward in Indiana with the winning ticket for this month’s huge jackpot, officials say, but no details have emerged about the winner.
9. WHICH UNDERWATER CREATURE’S EXISTENCE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
Scientists say genetic tests show that a mysterious, unnamed species of beaked whale only rarely seen alive by Japanese fishermen does indeed roam the northern Pacific.
10. COLLEGE FOOTBALL ABANDONS PLAN TO HOLD PLAYOFFS ON NEW YEAR’S EVE
The move, prompted by tumbling TV ratings, ensures the semifinal games will now be played either on a weekend or a holiday.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OBAMA PASSES BATON TO CLINTON
Hillary Clinton has the stage, after the president named her the inheritor of his legacy and the candidate who could realize the “promise of this great nation.”
2. DEMOCRATIC DONORS, ALLIES OFFER REWARD FOR TRUMP TAX RETURNS
The Republican nominee breaks decades of presidential campaign tradition by refusing to release his filings and some offer money for charity if the documents become public.
3. WHERE RUSSIA ANNOUNCES HUMANITARIAN OPERATION
Moscow and the Syrian government will open corridors for civilians in Aleppo and offer a way out for rebels wanting to lay down their arms.
4. WHO ACCUSES U.S. OF CROSSING LINE
North Korea’s top diplomat tells The AP that Washington effectively declared war by putting leader Kim Jong Un on its list of sanctioned individuals.
5. WHY REAGAN SHOOTER GAINS FREEDOM
After nearly four decades in a psychiatric hospital, John Hinckley Jr., 61, whose mental illness is in remission, will be packing his bags early next month and live with his mother at her Virginia home full time.
6. FREDDIE GRAY CASE ENDS WITH A WHIMPER
Fourteen months after the death of a black man whose neck was broken in a police van prompted massive protests, spawned rioting and toppled careers in law enforcement and politics, a prosecutor’s decision ends the possibility that anyone will go to jail.
7. DITCHING RED-LIGHT CAMERAS CAN HAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES
Traffic deaths from red-light-running crashes go up by nearly a third after cities turn off cameras designed to catch motorists in the act, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds.
8. OPIOD USED TO SEDATE LARGE ANIMALS DEEMED NEW THREAT
Carfentanil, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the United States’ heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several states.
9. THE ANSWER IS ‘BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND’
Bob Dylan’s tumble from his Triumph was the most fateful motorcycle crash in pop-culture history, but even 50 years later, the details remain foggy.
10. OBSCURE CLUB PROS GET MOMENT IN THE SUN
Jason Day and Jordan Spieth are at Baltusrol. So are 20 club professionals, who for one week out of the year get treated on equal ground as the best golfers in the world at the PGA Championship.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OBAMA TO HAIL CLINTON
The U.S. president once told the Democratic nominee for the White House, “You’re likable enough” – but now the incumbent is prepared to endorse the woman who hopes to replace him.
2. KAINE’S FLUENCY IN SPANISH NOT A BE-ALL, END-ALL
But while some Latinos say there’s a practical value to the U.S. vice presidential nominee’s skills, they add the days are gone when that alone is enough to win over Hispanic voters.
3. HOLLANDE HOLDS MEETINGS AFTER CHURCH ATTACK
The French president is trying to avert religious tensions and new violence after Islamic State group extremists attacked a Catholic church and slit the throat of an elderly priest.
4. JAPAN STABBING SPREE SUSPECT’S TROUBLED TIMELINE
Satoshi Uematsu stated his intent to kill in a letter, was committed to a psychiatric hospital, but doctors deemed him safe to release after just 12 days. Five months later, he killed 19 mentally disabled people.
5. REPORT: SHOOTING DEATHS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INCREASE
The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund says shooting deaths of officers spiked 78 percent in the first half of 2016 compared to last year.
6. HOW FED IS EXPECTED TO REACT TO IMPROVING ECONOMY
Most analysts think the U.S. central bank will signal that it wants to see further gains before raising interest rates again.
7. LAWMAKER EXPLORES MEDICARE DRUG ‘EXPLOITATION’
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, wants to know if the government’s prescription drug benefit is vulnerable to price manipulation by drugmakers.
8. EFFORT LAUNCHED TO DIGITIZE ALL FISH
Scientists are using a powerful CT scanner at a University of Washington lab on the San Juan Islands to begin digitally cataloging thousands of species.
9. TOUGH ROOM, ELIZABETH BANKS
You could’ve heard crickets in the Democratic convention hall when the “Pitch Perfect” and “Hunger Games” actress attempted a joke or two in introducing a short video about Clinton.
10. WHERE CARIBBEAN ISLAND IS COMING UP SHORT
Jamaica’s sprinters are obviously elite, but the tiny nation is still a long way from that level in other track and field events.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. ‘GLASS CEILING’ SHATTERING AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
With a roll call of the states, Hillary Clinton will become the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race.
2. SANDERS TO SUPPORTERS: RALLY TO BEAT TRUMP
The Vermont senator embraces former rival Clinton as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters.
3. 19 KILLED IN KNIFING NEAR TOKYO
A Japanese man who slashed the throats of dozens of patients at a facility for the mentally disabled reportedly sent a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan.
4. 2 ATTACKERS, 1 HOSTAGE KILLED IN FRENCH CHURCH
Two attackers seize hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen, killing one hostage by slitting their throat before being killed by police, a security official says.
5. GERMANY VOWS MORE CHECKING OF MIGRANTS AFTER ATTACKS
Top security officials in the country call for tougher security screening of asylum-seekers and announce that more police officers will be hired.
6. FLORIDA VICTIM’S MOTHER URGED CAUTION
In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Stephanie White advised her 18-year-old son on how to stay safe. Stef’an Strawder was one of two teens killed at Club Blu in Fort Myers.
7. WHO IS UNLIKELY ALLY IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PUSH
The landing in United Arab Emirates of a solar-powered plane underscores the significant number of clean energy initiatives out of this major OPEC oil producer.
8. WHAT SRI LANKA IS LOOKING TO PROTECT
Tens of thousands of acres of mangrove forests – the seawater-tolerant trees that help protect and build landmasses, better absorb carbon and reduce the impact of natural disasters.
9. HOW CRAFT BREWERIES ARE TRYING TO STAND OUT
Cone heads, zombies, beards, bananas – they are some of the creative beer tap handles that have become a big business as the number of specialty breweries skyrockets.
10. SARAH SILVERMAN: BERNIE-OR-BUST DEMS ‘BEING RIDICULOUS’
The comedian joined Sen. Al Franken to urge Democratic delegates to unite – then stirred up Sanders die-hards with some choice words.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
1. CLINTON’S CONVENTION SET TO KICKOFF AMID DISCORD
Hillary Clinton must overcome lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated rival Bernie Sanders and clean up a resurgent political mess of the party’s own making.
2. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE LEADER RESIGNS
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the successful fundraiser, party advocate and tough-talking mother and breast cancer survivor, is on the outs, after publication of emails that suggest Democratic officials favored Clinton over Sanders.
3. WOMEN REMAIN UNDERREPRESENTED IN OFFICE
Hillary Clinton might be the first woman to top a major party presidential ticket, but the broader political landscape is a different story: in state legislatures, 16 states having fewer women serving than in 2005.
4. AN EXPLOSION IN GERMANY
In Bavaria, already on edge after two attacks in recent days, police say a man was killed when an explosive device he was believed to be carrying went off near an open-air music festival, injuring 10 people.
5. NICE ATTACKER HAD A WELL-KEPT SECRET
Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a father of three obsessed with fitness and sex, hid that he was a committed jihadi ready to kill scores of people in a French Riviera rampage.
6. HEAT WAVE BAKES AMERICA
Excessive heat warnings will continue Monday in most of the Midwest, West and in the Philadelphia area, where 50,000 are expected for the start of this week’s Democratic National Convention.
7. RUSSIA EVADES A TOTAL BAN AT OLYMPICS
Olympic leaders give individual global sports federations the task of deciding which athletes should be cleared to compete in next month’s Rio de Janeiro Games.
8. WHO IS CALLING FOR RENEWED DISCUSSIONS ON RACE
Civil rights veterans who marched against a white supremacist system 50 years ago say the U.S. still needs honest dialogue about race – even if it’s uncomfortable.
9. WHAT BREXIT COULD COST THE WORLD
A report says global mergers and acquisitions could drop by as much as $1.6 trillion over the next five years – unless Britain quickly agrees to exit the European Union but remain in the bloc’s common trade market.
10. EARLY SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S AFFECT MORE THAN JUST MEMORY
Researchers say changes in behavior or personality could also be an early clue, and proposed a checklist of symptoms to alert doctors and families.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. ROCKY GOP CONVENTION ENDS ON HIGH NOTE WITH SPEECHES FROM TRUMP AND DAUGHTER
Hillary Clinton is now set to snatch the attention from Republicans by naming her running mate, with Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as the leading contender.
2. HOW TRUMP’S REMARKS ON LGBTQ RIGHTS MADE GOP HISTORY
Trump called for protecting the LGBTQ community not once, but twice, in a first for a GOP nomination address.
3. SEARCH FOR FLIGHT 370 WILL BE SUSPENDED, POSSIBLY FOREVER
Officials from Malaysia, Australia and China said the hunt will be suspended once the current search area has been completely scoured, and they acknowledged the likelihood of finding the aircraft is fading.
4. OBAMA HOSTS MEXICAN LEADER HOURS AFTER TRUMP’S GOP NOMINATION SPEECH
President Enrique Pena Nieto has said Trump’s negative attitude toward Mexicans has hurt his country’s relations with the U.S.
5. WHY FOX NEWS CHANNEL FACES CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD BEYOND AILES’ DEPARTURE
Data tracker Nielson says more than half of Fox’s viewers are over 65 and the network is lagging in digital efforts.
6. NICE REFUSES REQUEST FROM FRENCH POLICE TO DELETE SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IMAGES
The city filed a legal complaint instead amid questions over the scale of the police presence at the time.
7. DECADE-LONG PUSH TO CURB CRIME IN RIO SLUMS IS FAILING ON EVE OF OLYMPICS
Murders rose sharply in the first half of 2016, just as officials wanted to use the Aug. 5-21 games to showcase the city.
8. WHERE A SCANDAL OVER FAKE VACCINES PROMPTED ANGRY PARENTS TO ATTACK A DOCTOR
The controversy in Indonesia’s capital is a sign of deep-seated problems in the country’s health system.
9. WHAT THE ATTENTION ON THERESA MAY’S SHOES SAY ABOUT FEMALE LEADERS
Female leaders are still scrutinized as much for style as for substance in a sign they are considered exceptions, rather than the rule.
10. HOW “POKEMON GO” WENT FROM A PRANK TO A GLOBAL PHENOMENON
Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer’s fascination with the world around him, Google’s affinity for offbeat ideas and Nintendo’s comeback quest.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. WHAT SOUNDED SIMILAR TO 2008
Melania Trump’s speech to the Republican National Convention contained two passages that match nearly word-for-word the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered at the Democratic convention.
2. TRUMP’S FUNDRAISING SHIFT NOT FAZING SUPPORTERS
An AP poll finds that backers of the billionaire presidential candidate are mostly in favor of him raising money just like the rivals he once disparaged as the “puppets” of big donors.
3. ISLAMIC STATE TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR GERMAN TRAIN ATTACK
The group’s claim came just hours after a 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker attacked passengers with an ax and knife, injuring five people.
4. US POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVING OFFICERS PAIR UP
In response to deadly ambushes in Texas and Louisiana, the safety precaution could slow response times for low-level crimes and drive up overtime for already exhausted officers.
5. BALTIMORE NOT QUITTING FREDDIE GRAY CASES
After three straight acquittals, prosecutors in Maryland’s largest city seem to be willing to try the remaining three cases against police officers amid mounting pressure to call it quits.
6. PITFALL FOR SELF-DRIVING CARS: THE HUMAN BRAIN
Experts say the development of self-driving cars depends on an unreliable assumption: that the humans in them will be ready to step in and take control if the car’s systems fail.
7. PYONGYANG’S MOTIVE FOR FIRING BALLISTIC MISSILES
North Korea’s latest launches are an apparent protest of South Korea’s decision to allow the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system in the country, Seoul officials say.
8. FEDS WILL WEIGH CHANGING FUEL STANDARDS
The U.S. government issues a report on fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for U.S. cars and trucks, and will review whether to leave the standards in place through 2025.
9. ‘ORIGAMI ROBOT’ COULD FIX SERIOUS STOMACH PROBLEMS
If your child has swallowed a small battery, a tiny, ingestible robot could be a new tool for extracting it.
10. RUSSIAN OLYMPIANS AWAIT RIO FATE
The executive board of the International Olympic Committee meets to go over options in the wake of a report that outlined a state-run doping scheme.
10 things to know today
By The Associated Press
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. ON STATEN ISLAND, GROUP WORKS TO KEEP PEACE WITH POLICE
The “Cure Violence” team walks the neighborhoods in the NYC borough, looking to head off violence and defuse arguments that can lead to police shootings two years after Eric Garner died in a confrontation there with police officers.
2. WHO’S SKIPPING GOP CONVENTION
Some Republican senators – including John McCain, Lisa Murkowski and Steve Daines – will steer clear of the convention amid the GOP establishment’s discomfort with presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
3. BANK OF ENGLAND OPTS AGAINST RATE CUT DESPITE BREXIT VOTE
In the immediate aftermath of the announcement, the pound was up 1.9 percent at $1.3367 and 1.5 percent firmer at 1.20 euros.
4. WHAT POLICE MAY EMPLOY AGAIN TO KILL VIOLENT SUSPECTS
Dallas officers were the first in the nation to use a robot to deliver and detonate a bomb to kill suspect in the sniper shootings, but other law enforcement agencies are willing to follow suit.
5. ISLAMIC STATE MILITANTS POSE RISING THREAT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
But so far, ineffectual attacks by the extremist group’s followers in the region have shown them to be fragmented and lacking in expertise.
6. 8 OF 10 US DRIVERS ADMIT SOME LEVEL OF ‘ROAD RAGE’
The most aggressive and aggrieved of them are young men ages 19 to 39, a new AAA survey shows.
7. HAITIAN WOMEN PURSUE PATERNITY CLAIMS AGAINST UN PEACEKEEPERS
Mothers with children fathered by peacekeepers say they will now seek child support from the absentee fathers and the U.N.
8. MEDICAL EXAMINER FACES HIS TRAUMA, WEEKS AFTER PULSE RAMPAGE
Joshua Stephany experiences flashbacks of the carnage from the June 12 shootings that killed 49 at a Florida gay nightclub.
9. HOW WILDLY POPULAR SMARTPHONE GAME IS PLAYING OUT
The “Pokemon Go” craze across the U.S. has people wandering into yards, driveways and cemeteries in search of cartoon monsters.
10. ‘GAME OF THRONES,”’VEEP’ VIE FOR EMMY NODS
“Black-ish” star Anthony Anderson and Lauren Graham of “Gilmore Girls” will reveal the top Emmy nominations Thursday morning.
10 things to know today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. OBAMA TO MEET LAW ENFORCEMENT, ACTIVISTS AT WHITE HOUSE
“We’ll share solutions from communities that have already found ways to build trust and reduce disparities,” the president said on Facebook.
2. FUNERALS SET TO BEGIN FOR OFFICERS KILLED BY SNIPER IN DALLAS
Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson will be laid to rest Wednesday.
3. WHY MANY YOUNG PEOPLE DISLIKE TRUMP
A new poll shows nearly two-thirds of Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 believe the presumptive Republican nominee is racist.
4. HOW BEIJING RESPONDS TO RULING ON SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
China warns other countries against threatening its security in the South China Sea,tf after a tribunal says Beijing has no legal basis for expansive territorial claims there.
5. CAMERON STEPS DOWN AFTER 6 YEARS AS UK PRIME MINISTER
David Cameron – like predecessor Tony Blair – leaves his leadership post following a historic blunder.
6. SCIENTISTS DISCOVER NEW FISH SPECIES IN ALASKA
Biologists find 14 kinds of new snailfish in the Aleutian Islands region.
7. SOLAR PLANE FLIES OVER PYRAMIDS ON GLOBE-CIRCLING TRIP
Solar Impulse 2 is close to completing its around-the-world trip that began in March 2015.
8. SOUTH KOREA TO DEPLOY ADVANCED US MISSILE SYSTEM
Seoul and Washington say they need the missile system to better deal with what they call increasing North Korean military threats, but local residents are protesting the weapons.
9. WHO CHANGES WORDS TO ‘O CANADA’ AT ALL-STAR GAME
Remigio Pereira of the Canadian singing quartet The Tenors sings “All lives matter to the great” instead of “The true North strong and free.”
10. WHERE ‘HAPPY GYMNASTICS’ IS REPLACING GRIND OF STRICT TRAINING
China is slowly changing its approach to gymnastics, cultivating a less stressful approach for young athletes.