WORLD
SYRIA: A massive bomb blast claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 44 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday in the Kurdish-majority Syrian city of Qamishli.
FRANCE: French President Francois Hollande sought Wednesday to head off religious tensions after the jihadist murder of a Catholic priest in his church.
GERMANY: A suitcase exploded outside a migrant reception center in southern Germany Wednesday, police said, adding there was "no indication" there was a bomb inside.
FRANCE: A French internal affairs probe has found the security contingent in Nice was "not undersized" on the night of Bastille Day truck attack that killed 84 people.
POLAND: Pope Francis said Wednesday the world was at war but argued that religion was not the cause, as he arrived in Poland a day after jihadists murdered a Catholic priest in France.
SPAIN: Spain's top criminal court said Wednesday it had sentenced 11 former executives of stamp firm Afinsa to up to 12 years in jail for their role in a vast scam that ruined thousands of savers.
Hillary Clinton secures nomination
Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday by becoming the first woman to win a major political party's White House nomination, earning the backing of convention Democrats and prime-time plaudits from a presidential superstar: her husband Bill. The 68-year-old former first lady, senator and secretary of state took a monumental step on her quest to become America's first female commander-in-chief, by besting party challenger Bernie Sanders. After a tumultuous convention opening which saw Sanders and Clinton supporters trade jeers and chants, loud cheers erupted as Clinton passed the 2,382-delegate threshold needed for the nomination, setting up a November showdown with Republican Donald Trump. Hours later, another historical moment greeted the Clintons, when a former president took the stage to intimately make the case that his wife was the compassionate and capable change catalyst America needed. "She always wants to move the ball forward.
That is just who she is," Bill Clinton said of his wife, keeping an audience of thousands of delegates rapt throughout his 45-minute speech, which marked the convention's halfway point. "For this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face, and she is still the best darn change-maker I have ever known." Although the roll call outcome was a foregone conclusion, the state-by-state vote saw rowdy displays on the convention floor. A handful of diehard Sanders delegates fumed over their candidate's defeat, but they were drowned out by ecstatic Clinton supporters.
Reagan's would-be assassin to be released
John Hinckley, who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan 35 years ago, is to be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live full-time with his mother, a federal judge ordered Wednesday. Hinckley, who was declared not guilty of the attempted assassination by reason of insanity, said after shooting the president outside a Washington hotel that he wanted to kill Reagan to impress the actor Jodie Foster, with whom he became obsessed after viewing the film "Taxi Driver." The court order places dozens of detailed conditions on Hinckley's "full-time convalescent leave" from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, including a ban on
contact with Foster, but said they can be phased out after a year to 18 months if he continues to make progress. District Judge Paul Friedman wrote that Hinckley, 61, no longer poses a threat to himself or others. He will be freed as soon as August 5 to live with his 90-year-old mother in her gated community in Williamsburg, Virginia. The attack badly wounded three other men.
Prosecutors drop all charges in Freddie Gray death
Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped all remaining charges against police in the death of Freddie Gray, an African American whose fatal injury in custody provoked riots in Baltimore and international condemnation. The case of 25-year-old Gray, which prosecutors have pursued for months, was one of the most inflammatory deaths of unarmed black men that have fueled nationwide protests over police brutality. Wednesday's decision drops all remaining charges against three officers after four trials ended without conviction in the racially charged case. The move suggests that no one may be punished for Gray's death, which police called an accident, and is expected to fan further debate about the extent to which officers are held accountable. Gray suffered a severed spine while being transported in the back of a police van, unsecured and with his hands and feet bound, after being arrested on April 12, 2015. He died a week later. Baltimore state's prosecutor Marilyn Mosby
had brought charges ranging from second degree murder to assault, manslaughter and reckless endangerment against the officers involved. Three officers were found not guilty and a fourth case ended in a hung jury.
United States in Brief
OBAMA: President Barack Obama warned Democrats Wednesday that anything was possible in the elections and to "stay worried until all the votes are counted." Obama was asked in an interview with NBC's Today Show whether Republican candidate Donald Trump could defeat the Democrat's Hillary Clinton. "Anything is possible," he said.
KREMLIN: The Kremlin on Wednesday denied Moscow was interfering in the US election campaign after President Obama refused to rule out that Russia could be trying to sway the vote in favor of Donald Trump.
EXTREMIST: A US national of Bangladesh origin was among nine suspected Islamist extremists killed in a massive gunfight in Dhaka, police said Wednesday.
AIR RAIDS: The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group has opened a "formal investigation" into whether civilians were killed in a coalition air strike in northern Syria last week, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
EMBLEM: A Georgia police officer fired for flying the Confederate battle flag at her suburban Atlanta home says she had no idea the emblem was controversial, and is appealing her termination. (AP)
BILLBOARDS: A New Jersey man who spent three weeks looking for survivors in the days after the 9/11 attacks is using billboards in a push to have his kidney disease added to the list of covered conditions by a fund to help Ground Zero workers with health problems. (AP)
FRAUD: The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a portion of the fraud convictions of a former lottery official accused of fixing a Hot Lotto game in Iowa in 2010 but upheld a second conviction.
BOEING: Boeing reported a second-quarter loss Wednesday due to elevated costs for an Air Force contract and for commercial air production as it confirmed its full-year plane deliveries targets. The aerospace giant lost $234 million for the quarter ending June 30 following $2.1 billion in unexpected charges announced last week.
BEYONCE: Beyonce led nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards as she basked in acclaim for her intertwined film-album "Lemonade". The pop diva was in the running for 11 awards at MTV's annual extravaganza, which will take place August 28 in New York's Madison Square Garden, a shift from the more common venue in Los Angeles.
SPORT
TUESDAY'S SCOREBOARD
MLB: INTERLEAGUE
Colorado 6, Baltimore 3
Seattle 7, Pittsburgh 4
Toronto 7, San Diego 6 (12 innings)
ChicagoWhite Sox 3, Chicago Cubs 0
Cleveland 7, Washington 6
Atlanta 2, Minnesota 0
L.A. Dodgers 3, Tampa Bay 2
MLB: AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 9, Boston 8
Oakland 6, Texas 3
N.Y. Yankees 6, Houston 3
L.A. Angels 13, Kansas City 0
MLB: NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 5, Philadelphia 0
N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 1
Milwaukee 9, Arizona 4
San Francisco 9, Cincinnati 7
NBA: Tyronn Lue have completed a five-year contract worth $35 million. The first four years of the deal are guaranteed, and the fifth year is a team option, allowing Lue to easily exceed the $21 million he earned during his playing career as a backup point guard.
OLYMPICS: The USA, hitting their stride ahead of their bid for a third straight Olympic men's basketball gold, put on another master class Tuesday in a 107-57 exhibition victory over China in Oakland, California.
BASEBALL: Ichiro Suzuki moved within three hits of his 3,000th Major League Baseball hit on Tuesday with a one-for-five performance at the plate in the Miami Marlins' 5-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
TENNIS: Gael Monfils followed up his first tournament title in more than two years by barreling into the second round of the Toronto Masters on Tuesday. The flamboyant Frenchman, seeded 10th and fresh off his triumph in Washington, defeated Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-3, 6-3.
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