Evening Edition: Cruz digs in on refusal to back Trump

Cruz's convention gambit is backfiring badly — and now he's on the defensive; Trump: U.S. won't rush to defend NATO countries if they don't spend more on military; The convention’s most interesting thing to watch: The Trump VIP box; Making America afraid again; Ailes resigns as Fox News CEO amid sexual harassment allegations; Murdoch will be acting CEO; Report: NBA will move 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte to New Orleans over bathroom law; Fla. police shoot unarmed black caretaker with his hands up; These Black Lives Matters protesters planned a march. The police threw them a cookout instead.; Nice attacker plotted for months and had accomplices, French prosecutor says; Sen. Cory Booker remains under VP consideration for Clinton; Police in Brazil arrest 10 suspected of planning terror attack during Olympics; Bipolar rape victim jailed after having a mental breakdown while testifying against rapist; Yes, it's summer. But you still can't wear those shorts in these restaurants.;   The day's most important stories   Cruz digs in on refusal to back Trump The capstone last night was supposed to be a speech by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, the newly named vice-presidential nominee. But the more riveting moment came earlier, when Sen. Ted Cruz urged Republicans to "vote your conscience," and was roundly booed off the stage. By Jose A. DelReal and Katie Zezima  •  Read more » Cruz's convention gambit is backfiring badly — and now he's on the defensive Ted Cruz's non-endorsement of Trump stole the show, but the senator from Texas is already paying a steep price. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Trump: U.S. won't rush to defend NATO countries if they don't spend more on military The presidential candidate set off alarm bells in a recent interview with a suggestion that his administration would not automatically defend fellow members of NATO from a Russian attack if they haven't lived up to their financial obligations. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   The convention’s most interesting thing to watch: The Trump VIP box When Ted Cruz took the stage, Ivanka Trump took a phone call. And when the crowd started chanting her father's name, she cast a curled-lip smirk. That was the scene from the three rows of plush velvet chairs for the Trumps and their rotating cast of spouses, friends and family. By Ben Terris  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Making America afraid again There's been more talk about who and what they wanted to undo, destroy or obliterate, than create and build and empower. By David Maraniss  •  Read more »   Ailes resigns as Fox News CEO amid sexual harassment allegations; Murdoch will be acting CEO Fox News' parent company, 21st Century Fox, announced that network founder and chief executive Roger Ailes has resigned from his position but will remain as a consultant until 2018. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   Report: NBA will move 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte to New Orleans over bathroom law The league had previously threatened to relocate the game after the state overturned prior legislation pertaining to protections for gay and transgender people. By Washington Post  •  Read more »   Fla. police shoot unarmed black caretaker with his hands up "All he has is a toy truck in his hand," Charles Kinsey told police as he tried to help an autistic patient. "There is no need for guns." Seconds later, the caretaker was shot. By Michael E. Miller and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   These Black Lives Matters protesters planned a march. The police threw them a cookout instead. The officers played basketball with kids. They took group selfies. One officer joined a crowd of dancing girls. By Colby Itkowitz  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Nice attacker plotted for months and had accomplices, French prosecutor says Five suspects reportedly have been taken into custody, and an analysis of the attacker's cellphone revealed photographs and search histories suggesting that he had contemplated an attack as early as 2015. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   Sen. Cory Booker remains under VP consideration for Clinton Sen. Timothy Kaine of Virginia and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are leading contenders, but the senator from New Jersey and former mayor of Newark is still in the running. By John Wagner and Anne Gearan  •  Read more »   Police in Brazil arrest 10 suspected of planning terror attack during Olympics The group of Brazilians declared loyalty to the Islamic State and were communicating via messaging apps to plan attacks during the Summer Games, prosecutors said. By Dom Phillips  •  Read more »   Bipolar rape victim jailed after having a mental breakdown while testifying against rapist The victim, known as Jane Doe, was considered a flight risk and placed in jail to ensure her testimony. Doe is now suing Harris County. By Travis M. Andrews  •  Read more »   Yes, it's summer. But you still can't wear those shorts in these restaurants. As fine dining grows more casual, restaurants with jackets-required policies are going the way of the dodo — a fact that's never more obvious than in flip-flop season. By Maura Judkis  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. 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