TOP STORIES
‘RUNAWAY TRUMP TRAIN’ Donald Trump’s campaign manager is reported to be “frustrated” with the candidate for his recent spiral after attacks on a fallen soldier’s family. After Paul Ryan and John McCain’s public chastising of Trump’s attacks on the Khan family, the GOP nominee is not endorsing the highest-ranking Republican and a former GOP nominee in their reelection campaigns. And Humayun Khan’s fellow service members and Sarah Palin’s Medal of Honor son-in-law also condemned the candidate’s attacks on the Khan family. [Howard Fineman, HuffPost]
PRESIDENT OBAMA: TRUMP ‘UNFIT TO SERVE’ Watch President Barack Obama publicly denounce the GOP nominee and ask why congressional leaders continue to support him. [Laura Barron-Lopez, HuffPost]
AN IMPRISONED GERMAN ISIS RECRUIT REVEALS HOW THE GROUP OPERATES “The masked man explained that, although the group was well set up in some European countries, it needed more attackers in Germany and Britain, in particular. ‘They said, “Would you mind to go back to Germany, because that’s what we need at the moment,”’ Mr. Sarfo recalled. ‘And they always said they wanted to have something that is occurring in the same time: They want to have loads of attacks at the same time in England and Germany and France.’” [NYT]
LONDON UPS SECURITY PRESENCE After a spate of terror attacks across Europe, the U.K. capital has added 600 armed police in high-profile locations. [CNN]
THE OIL BUST DEVASTATING ANGOLA’S CAPITAL “But as oil prices have crashed, the impact on one of Africa’s richest and most unequal countries has been devastating. The same officials who boasted of Luanda’s sparkling ascent are asking for billions of dollars in loans. Thousands of people are dying of preventable illnesses, and the nation’s hospitals are out of medicine.” [WaPo]
WOULD YOU DOWNLOAD A QR NUTRITION LABEL? New GMO legislation requires companies to disclose ingredients with plain language and a scannable QR code ― but will anyone scan? [WSJ | Paywall]
ANTHRAX BACK IN SIBERIA A heatwave is being blamed for the return of naturally occurring anthrax, which has killed a child and herds of reindeer. [Nick Visser, HuffPost]
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WHAT’S BREWING
POPE FRANCIS CREATES COMMISSION TO STUDY FEMALE DEACONS The pope commissioned a study on the “historical role of female deacons in the Catholic Church.” [CNN]
JIMMY FALLON SET TO LEAD THE 2017 GOLDEN GLOBES Please let there be a lip sync battle. Please. [Reuters]
PATTON OSWALD SPEAKS OUT ABOUT GRIEF “Thanks, grief. Thanks for making depression look like the buzzing little bully it always was.” [HuffPost]
THE MAN TAKING CNN TO THE TOP “Under [Jeff] Zucker’s reign, the news network has become the second most-watched cable news channel on TV, ahead of MSNBC and closing the gap with Fox News. And during the broadcast coverage block of both the Democratic and Republican conventions, CNN topped its cable rivals and the big-three broadcasters in overall viewers.” [Variety]
THIS GUY IS PAID $7,000 Per joint he rolls. [Vocativ]
SO INSTAGRAM IS TRYING TO BE SNAPCHAT NOW “Instagram Stories, like Snapchat Stories, allows users to share images and video that disappear after just 24 hours. Users can draw all over their pictures or videos, like with Snapchat, and can choose to make the content in Stories public or private.” [Vanity Fair]
WHAT’S WORKING
‘AMY WINEHOUSE FOUNDATION OPENS WOMEN-ONLY RECOVERY CENTER FOR ADDICTS’ “The center, called Amy’s Place, caters to those who have already completed a rehabilitation program for drug and alcohol abuse. Its goal is to help residents transition from treatment to living independently.” [HuffPost]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ Could America’s malls be changing instead of dying?
~ Trump asked for a crying baby to be removed from a rally, which would seem to be against politics 101.
~ Who doesn’t love Michelle Obama’s State Dinner dress?
~ How a murder brought a tribe that rarely interacts with the outside worldout of the rainforest.
~ Bad news, supervillian fans: the reviews for “Suicide Squad” are in, andthey’re brutal.
~ Justin Bieber just HAD to get into the Kimye-T-Swift fray.
~ This video of Leonardo DiCaprio pranking Jonah Hill makes their bromance even more lovable.
~ The case of the mysterious deleted Paul Ryan tweet.
~ We are obsessed with this cross-country national parks road trip map.
~ Ryan Lochte decided a new hair color was the key to a gold at this year’s Olympics.
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