Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Evening Edition: At Dallas memorial service, Obama aims to comfort nation reeling from violent week

In major blow to Beijing, international panel rejects South China Sea claims ; Sanders endorses Clinton, but questions linger over their unity; I thought I had found proof that Donald Trump gives to charity. But it wasn’t that Donald Trump.; Dow Jones closes at a record high; Joe Paterno knew of Jerry Sandusky abuse in 1976, according to testimony in newly unsealed records; Attorney general declines to provide any details on Clinton email investigation ; Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here; Russia may have lied about losing a gunship to ISIS; Indicted Utah sect leader Lyle Jeffs slips away from FBI — most likely using olive oil; Jeb Bush has a major-league sad about the 2016 election; Evan Bayh bets big that support for Donald Trump will tank; Yale dishwasher resigns after smashing ‘racist, very degrading’ stained-glass window; Amazon’s Prime Day is here — and some customers are having problems grabbing the deals;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
At Dallas memorial service, Obama aims to comfort nation reeling from violent week
The president's remarks about the shooting that killed five police officers — what he called "an act not just of demented violence but of racial hatred" — also touched on the protests and unrest elsewhere, recognizing that his comments arrive during a moment of intense tension nationwide.
In major blow to Beijing, international panel rejects South China Sea claims
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that China does not have historic rights to justify its expansive claims. The verdict, which strongly favored the Philippines, will undermine China's claim to sovereignty under the nine-dash line it draws around most of the sea.
 
Sanders endorses Clinton, but questions linger over their unity
The senator from Vermont threw his support behind the presumptive Democratic nominee at a New Hampshire rally, effectively ending a contentious and drawn-out primary battle. But it was unclear whether the political marriage will actually work.
 
I thought I had found proof that Donald Trump gives to charity. But it wasn’t that Donald Trump.
Tracking down Trump's giving has been difficult. Then a professional search firm turned up a record that "Donald Trump" had given to a foundation that supports a cancer center in Buffalo. The tip was right, but the Trump was wrong.
 
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Dow Jones closes at a record high
The stock market hit another milestone as the Dow Jones industrial average closed at a record high, a day after the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index did.
Joe Paterno knew of Jerry Sandusky abuse in 1976, according to testimony in newly unsealed records
A man testified in court in 2014 that the Penn State football coach ignored his complaints that Sandusky sexually assaulted him in 1976 when the man was a 14-year-old boy, according to documents.
 
Attorney general declines to provide any details on Clinton email investigation
Her responses made for a bizarre congressional hearing in which she referred questions about the matter to a man lower than her on the organizational chart.
 
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here
The museum's plight highlights how apps that layer a digital world on top of the real one can create awkward situations.
 
Russia may have lied about losing a gunship to ISIS
It was a heroic and straightforward story, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. It also wasn't true, according to military analysts and news reports.
 
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Indicted Utah sect leader Lyle Jeffs slips away from FBI — most likely using olive oil
The FLDS leader was awaiting trial over a food-stamp-fraud case when he slipped out of the GPS tracking band on his ankle by coating it in cooking oil, officials said.
 
Jeb Bush has a major-league sad about the 2016 election
Former Bush Administration aide Nicole Wallace interviewed Jeb Bush about his failed presidential campaign and his struggles to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon.
 
Evan Bayh bets big that support for Donald Trump will tank
A reflection of growing Democratic confidence
 
Yale dishwasher resigns after smashing ‘racist, very degrading’ stained-glass window
The windowpane in a dining hall depicted slaves picking cotton and had been at the center of a campus debate about race.
 
Amazon’s Prime Day is here — and some customers are having problems grabbing the deals
The online shopping giant is betting that a one-day sale in the middle of summer can again top Black Friday, but frustrated shoppers took to social media to complain about failures at checkout.
 
 
     
 
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