TOP STORIES
‘BERNIE’S POLITICAL REVOLUTION GETS ITS NIGHT’ The first day of the DNC opened with a degree of chaos, as Bernie Sanders supportersbooed and heckled Hillary Clinton supporters and even Sanders as he backed her. Amanda Terkel reports on how Debbie Wasserman Schultzwon and lost control of the DNC. But everyone agreed: Michelle Obama killed it with her speech. Here’s what to watch for today. [Ryan Grim and Kate Sheppard, HuffPost]
19 DEAD, 25 WOUNDED IN VICIOUS KNIFE ATTACK IN JAPAN In the worst mass killing for the country in decades, Satoshi Uematsu went back to his former place of employment, which was a facility for the disabled, and went on a stabbing spree. He had previously warned that he wanted to attack the facility, saying he would be helping the “disabled die in peace.” [Reuters]
TWO ATTACKERS KILL PRIEST IN ASSAULT ON NORMANDY CHURCH Two nuns and two worshippers were also taken hostage in the assault on the church, which left another victim critically wounded before the attackers were killed by the French version of SWAT. Paris’s anti-terrorist unit is investigating. [Reuters]
WARNING TO RIO’S WATER ATHLETES: ‘KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED’ Health officials warn of water that contains killer drug-resistant pathogens alongside rotavirus. [NYT]
HOMICIDES JUMP 15 PERCENT IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS COUNTRY “The number of murders in 29 of the nation’s largest cities rose during the first six months of the year, according to the results of a survey released by the Major Cities Chiefs Association on Monday.” [WSJ | Paywall]
14-YEAR-OLD KILLED IN INDIA IN DOUBLE RAPE ATTACK She’s the second woman of a lower caste to be brutally attacked by her former rapist this month. [CNN]
F1 BOSS’S MOTHER-IN-LAW KIDNAPPED FOR RANSOM “The mother-in-law of Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone has been kidnapped in Sao Paulo and criminals are demanding 120 million reais ($36.5 million) in ransom, according to reports in a leading Brazilian news magazine.” [Reuters]
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WHAT’S BREWING
MICHAEL JORDAN: ‘I CAN NO LONGER STAY SILENT’ “As a proud American, a father who lost his own dad in a senseless act of violence, and a black man, I have been deeply troubled by the deaths of African-Americans at the hands of law enforcement and angered by the cowardly and hateful targeting and killing of police officers.” [The Undefeated]
TWITTER MAKES A NEWSY MOVE How the social media network is trying to establish its live event, real-time dominance. [Vanity Fair]
THE NEW CRONUT Check out the frosting-stuffed croissant. [Mashable]
‘THE HANDMAID’S TALE’ HULU ADAPTION JUST GOT EVEN BETTER Samira Wiley of Poussey fame from “Orange is the New Black” just joined the cast. [Vulture]
IT’S TOO HOT OUTSIDE So here’s what’s new on Netflix in August. [HuffPost]
‘WHAT ARE YOUNG NON-WORKING MEN DOING?’ “The hours that they are not working have been replaced almost one for one with leisure time. Seventy-five percent of this new leisure time falls into one category: video games.” [The Atlantic]
WHAT’S WORKING
MEET THE YOUNGEST BLACK PILOT TO FLY AROUND THE U.S. “Isaiah Cooper, 16, made history when he landed in his hometown on Monday, July 18 after a 8,000-mile flight flying from California to Maine, Washington, Florida and back to Compton-Woodley Airport.” [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Google Maps just got cleaner.
~ Trouble in paradise? Rob Kardashian just wiped his Instagram of all pictures of his pregnant fiancee, Blac Chyna.
~ Edible insect lobbyists exist.
~ A mother’s journey to find out who received her son’s organ donations.
~ Don’t worry Taylor Swift fans ― according to polls, she’s still more likable than Kimye.
~ Check out the map of the percentage of families that can’t afford two-bedroom apartments.
~ Nintendo stocks are still slumping despite Pokemon Go success.
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