Monday, July 25, 2016

Evening Edition: Outgoing DNC chair stays offstage as party’s convention opens

Live video: Democratic convention floor; Debbie Wasserman Schultz was the ultimate Washington survivor. Until she wasn't.; The most damaging things in the emails; The Fix: Sanders started a revolution. Now he can't stop it.; Two new polls have Trump leading or tied with Clinton; Donald Trump's long history of clashes with Native Americans; Wonkblog: People who took a gamble on Trump's nomination walked away rich; Trump is upending the free-trade debate in both parties; Marissa Mayer’s total pay as Yahoo CEO could end up reaching almost $219 million; Syrian bomber at German music festival was set to be deported, police say; Shooting that killed 2 outside Florida nightclub not ‘an act of terror,’ police say; They didn't know the cause of a toddler's painful legs, rash and bleeding gums. The diagnosis was stunningly simple. ; New Zealand vows to kill every weasel, rat and feral cat on its soil; Prince Harry: 'I really regret' not talking about my mother's death sooner; The downside of being happy;
 
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Outgoing DNC chair stays offstage as party's convention opens
Debbie Wasserman Schultz excused herself from gaveling in the convention, bowing to heavy pressure from party activists. It was one of many dramatic developments during a day of discord that threatened to distract from high-profile speeches meant to convey Democratic unity on the first day of the convention.
Live video: Democratic convention floor
Follow all the action from Day 1 in Philadelphia.
 
Debbie Wasserman Schultz was the ultimate Washington survivor. Until she wasn't.
The Florida congresswoman will depart as chair of the DNC after hanging on to the role longer than any other chair in 50 years, despite an aura of doom that has surrounded her through most of her five years in the job.
 
The most damaging things in the emails
Among the details in the nearly 20,000 emails was Debbie Wasserman Schultz calling one of Bernie Sanders's top aides a "damn liar" and officials appearing to conspire about how to target his religion.
 
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The Fix: Sanders started a revolution. Now he can't stop it.
The revolution was just televised.
 
Two new polls have Trump leading or tied with Clinton
Stranger things have happened. Maybe.
 
Donald Trump's long history of clashes with Native Americans
"I think I might have more Indian blood than a lot of the so-called Indians," Trump said in 1993 as he waged an aggressive war on the Native American casino industry, which posed a threat to his own gambling empire.
 
Wonkblog: People who took a gamble on Trump's nomination walked away rich
It would have just taken a little bit of foresight.
 
Trump is upending the free-trade debate in both parties
The GOP nominee is attacking Clinton from the left on her support of free-trade pacts.
 
Marissa Mayer’s total pay as Yahoo CEO could end up reaching almost $219 million
With the announcement of the $4.83 billion sale of the company to Verizon, Mayer said she had no plans to leave the aging Internet pioneer she has struggled for four years to turn around.
 
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Syrian bomber at German music festival was set to be deported, police say
Authorities probed the background of the attacker, who died in a blast that also wounded 15.
 
Shooting that killed 2 outside Florida nightclub not ‘an act of terror,’ police say
Three people have been detained in the early-morning shooting that injured at least 20. Police say they are still seeking a motive for the incident.
 
They didn't know the cause of a toddler's painful legs, rash and bleeding gums. The diagnosis was stunningly simple.
Doctors initially suspected Guillain-Barré syndrome, which can cause rapid paralysis, or a cancer that was pressing on the spinal cord.
 
New Zealand vows to kill every weasel, rat and feral cat on its soil
The prime minister called the plan, which is intended to help save endangered native birds and other species, the "most ambitious conservation project attempted anywhere in the world."
 
Prince Harry: 'I really regret' not talking about my mother's death sooner
The British prince was speaking at a barbecue he hosted in honor of a mental health charity. Guests included some of Britain's top athletes, who also spoke about their personal struggles. Harry was 12 when Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
 
The downside of being happy
A Danish economist examined the letters and compositions of three of the West's most influential composers and found a link between periods of negative emotions and artistic brilliance, and less output when they were happiest.
 
 
     
 
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