TOP STORIES
'I ALONE CAN FIX IT' Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination in a speech focusing on the swirling chaos of America, and his plan to make it great again. George H.W. Bush's speechwriter called Trump's rhetoric "dark and frightening." Andrew Sullivan had a field daylive-blogging the whole thing. Check out the top 10 takeaways from the convention. And here's a 360-degree video of what it was like to be on the floor as 150,000 balloons dropped. [S.V. Date, HuffPost]
ROGER AILES HAS RESIGNED The Fox News chief's "stunning fall" marks the "rising power of women." Rupert Murdoch is stepping in as the channel's chairman and acting CEO. Here's what the network's starshave to say about the news. [Michael Calderone and Ryan Grim, HuffPost]
NICE ATTACKER 'PLOTTED FOR MONTHS, HAD ACCOMPLICES' Five suspects were charged with helping Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel over the span of several months as he planned the deadly terrorist attack that killed 84 people. [NYT]
POLICE UNION CHIEF TRIES TO EXPLAIN NORTH MIAMI SHOOTING "A North Miami police officer was trying to protect an unarmed mental health therapist when he 'accidentally' fired a shot and wounded the man, the head of the local police union saidThursday. Therapist Charles Kinsey, 47, still recovering from a gunshot wound, said the officer, who hasn’t been publicly named by his department, blurted he didn’t know why he fired during the encounter on Monday." [Kim Bellware, HuffPost]
BOSNIA ISSUES WARNING TO POKEMON GO PLAYERS Watch out for landmines. [CNN]
SECOND POSSIBLE LOCALLY TRANSMITTED ZIKA INFECTION UNDER INVESTIGATION The cases, both in patients near Miami, would be the only U.S. locally transmitted infections detected so far if confirmed. [Erin Schumaker and Anna Almendrala, HuffPost]
HILLARY'S VP PICK EXPECTED TODAY Sources say Sen. Tim Kaine has the spot, but Howard Fineman dissects why Clinton might pick Tom Vilsack instead. [Zach Carter, HuffPost]
TEN ARRESTED IN BRAZIL FOR TERRORISM PLOT "The Brazilian authorities arrested 10 members of an Islamist militant group that was organizing terrorist attacks, officials announced Thursday, raising tension around the country just two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games." [NYT]
THE NBA PULLED THE ALL-STAR GAME FROM CHARLOTTE Over the "bathroom bill." [Maxwell Strachan, HuffPost]
WHAT'S BREWING
BEN HIGGINS OF 'BACHELOR' FAME IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN COLORADO In a "Bachelor" first. [The Denver Post]
IMAGINING A PERSON WHO CAN WITHSTAND A CAR CRASH Warning -- he's a bit puffy. [HuffPost]
'FACEBOOK TAKES FLIGHT' "[Zuckerberg] was traveling to an aviation testing facility in Yuma, AZ, where a small Facebook team had been working on a secret project. Their mission: to design, build, and launch a high-altitude solar-powered plane, in the hopes that one day a fleet of the aircraft would deliver internet access around the world." [The Verge]
'ALWAYS BE MARKETING' In the age of the binge-watch, TV shows are never truly off the air for the summer. [Vulture]
IN UNNERVING NEWS Here's a map of all the countries in a state of emergency this year. [Quartz]
WHY ARE PLUS-SIZE WOMEN ON REALITY TV ALWAYS MODELS? "It appears that within the conventional reality-TV dating realm, one can be a little curvy as long as you’re white and so attractive that your actual profession is to be attractive." [HuffPost]
ANOTHER ONE DIRECTION-ER IS GOING IN ... A DIFFERENT DIRECTION Sorry, had to with that joke. [Mashable]
WHAT'S WORKING
~ Oklahoma State University basketball player Tyrek Coger collapsed and died after a team workout.
~ The search for the missing Malaysian flight may soon be over.
~ Thankfully Leslie Jones is back on Twitter, despite the trolls.
~ The first images of the "Hey Arnold!" movie are out, bringing back all the feels.
~ The medical dangers of being "skinny fat."
~ What it's like to apply to work at a brothel.
~ Remember that time Donald Trump got roasted on Comedy Central in 2011? Vulture has the best jokes from it.
~ Jon Stewart came out of retirement to roast the RNC.
~ Feel old: The last VCR will be made this month.
~ Prince George couldn't look any cuter in the photos released for his third birthday.
~ And The Morning Email strongly regrets missing this gem of an Atlantic article yesterday about the dangers of margarita burn. Read it, and protect yourselves from that dastardly lime juice so you can enjoy the beauty that is the margarita.
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