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| Democratic Party, ‘Brexit,’ N.B.A. Draft: Your Thursday Briefing | Democratic Party, ‘Brexit,’ N.B.A. Draft: Your Thursday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • House Democrats stage a sit-in. | • House Democrats stage a sit-in. |
| A protest over gun legislation, which began just after noon on Wednesday, is continuing at this hour on the House floor. | A protest over gun legislation, which began just after noon on Wednesday, is continuing at this hour on the House floor. |
| Democrats had tried to force a vote on gun-control measures before Congress began its weeklong recess for the Fourth of July, but Speaker Paul D. Ryan adjourned the House early this morning. | Democrats had tried to force a vote on gun-control measures before Congress began its weeklong recess for the Fourth of July, but Speaker Paul D. Ryan adjourned the House early this morning. |
| • Stay or go? | • Stay or go? |
| British voters face just one question on today’s ballot: Should Britain remain in the European Union or leave? Polls show a statistical dead heat. Follow our live coverage. | British voters face just one question on today’s ballot: Should Britain remain in the European Union or leave? Polls show a statistical dead heat. Follow our live coverage. |
| Most research organizations say that a vote for a so-called Brexit would sow uncertainty in the global economy and would almost certainly hurt Britain’s economy while it tried to negotiate a new trading arrangement with the Continent. Results are expected around midnight, Eastern time. | Most research organizations say that a vote for a so-called Brexit would sow uncertainty in the global economy and would almost certainly hurt Britain’s economy while it tried to negotiate a new trading arrangement with the Continent. Results are expected around midnight, Eastern time. |
| • Awaiting the justices’ decisions. | |
| One or more Supreme Court rulings are expected today. | |
| Among the biggest cases that remain undecided are ones about abortion, affirmative action and immigration. | |
| • Trump on the attack. | • Trump on the attack. |
| Donald J. Trump called Hillary Clinton a “world-class liar” in a speech on Wednesday night, taking a more scripted approach than usual. We fact-checked what he said. | Donald J. Trump called Hillary Clinton a “world-class liar” in a speech on Wednesday night, taking a more scripted approach than usual. We fact-checked what he said. |
| Mr. Trump leaves today for Scotland, to attend the reopening of one of his golf courses, Trump Turnberry. Mrs. Clinton, for her part, is highlighting what needs fixing in the economy rather than focusing on President Obama’s record. | Mr. Trump leaves today for Scotland, to attend the reopening of one of his golf courses, Trump Turnberry. Mrs. Clinton, for her part, is highlighting what needs fixing in the economy rather than focusing on President Obama’s record. |
| And Cleveland and Philadelphia are preparing for the possibility that voters’ anger may spill into the streets during the Republican and Democratic conventions. | And Cleveland and Philadelphia are preparing for the possibility that voters’ anger may spill into the streets during the Republican and Democratic conventions. |
| • Verdict in Baltimore officer’s trial. | • Verdict in Baltimore officer’s trial. |
| A judge is expected to deliver his decision today in the case of the police-van driver charged with second-degree murder in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. | A judge is expected to deliver his decision today in the case of the police-van driver charged with second-degree murder in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. |
| Caesar R. Goodson Jr. faces the most serious count of the six officers charged in connection with Mr. Gray’s arrest, transport and death. Two have stood trial, with one case ending in a hung jury and the other in an acquittal. | Caesar R. Goodson Jr. faces the most serious count of the six officers charged in connection with Mr. Gray’s arrest, transport and death. Two have stood trial, with one case ending in a hung jury and the other in an acquittal. |
| • Falluja’s apocalyptic streetscapes. | • Falluja’s apocalyptic streetscapes. |
| Iraqi forces liberating the city from Islamic State militants have found beheaded and decaying bodies, as well as a prison where detainees were held in small cages. | Iraqi forces liberating the city from Islamic State militants have found beheaded and decaying bodies, as well as a prison where detainees were held in small cages. |
| But the battle isn’t over. It has moved to western neighborhoods, where some ISIS fighters, many of them foreigners, remain. | But the battle isn’t over. It has moved to western neighborhoods, where some ISIS fighters, many of them foreigners, remain. |
| • The Federal Reserve chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, said in her second day of congressional testimony that the U.S. could be affected if Britain votes to leave the European Union, but that the exact effects remain unknown. | • The Federal Reserve chairwoman, Janet L. Yellen, said in her second day of congressional testimony that the U.S. could be affected if Britain votes to leave the European Union, but that the exact effects remain unknown. |
| • Goodbye, password. Banks are investing in biometric technology to scan faces and fingers, as thieves increasingly steal personal data. | • Goodbye, password. Banks are investing in biometric technology to scan faces and fingers, as thieves increasingly steal personal data. |
| • Fiat Chrysler is moving up gearshift repairs after Anton Yelchin’s death, which might be linked to a faulty gearshift in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The vehicle’s product placement has become awkward for Fox. | • Fiat Chrysler is moving up gearshift repairs after Anton Yelchin’s death, which might be linked to a faulty gearshift in the Jeep Grand Cherokee. The vehicle’s product placement has become awkward for Fox. |
| • U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday. | • U.S. stocks were lower on Wednesday. |
| • Tech tip. | • Tech tip. |
| The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, covers his laptop’s camera, and security experts agree, recommending covering photo, video and audio portals as a basic and cheap security safeguard. | The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, covers his laptop’s camera, and security experts agree, recommending covering photo, video and audio portals as a basic and cheap security safeguard. |
| President Obama will speak with Mr. Zuckerberg today while traveling to the Bay Area for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit meeting. | |
| • Standing up isn’t enough. | • Standing up isn’t enough. |
| Engaging frequently in one type of activity while at work may help many of us avoid weight gain. But that activity is not standing up. | Engaging frequently in one type of activity while at work may help many of us avoid weight gain. But that activity is not standing up. |
| • Sports roundup. | • Sports roundup. |
| The Philadelphia 76ers have the first pick in the N.B.A. Draft (7 p.m., ESPN). That slot has produced plenty of basketball legends but offers no guarantee of success. | The Philadelphia 76ers have the first pick in the N.B.A. Draft (7 p.m., ESPN). That slot has produced plenty of basketball legends but offers no guarantee of success. |
| With the country’s top leagues becoming less fearful of gambling, the N.H.L. is expected to put a team in Las Vegas, and the N.F.L. could follow. | With the country’s top leagues becoming less fearful of gambling, the N.H.L. is expected to put a team in Las Vegas, and the N.F.L. could follow. |
| • Airmail. | • Airmail. |
| In our global postcards: A cemetery in Canada with the most victims of the Titanic sinking; the deeper meaning of speed bumps in Mexico; and a new Spanish verb: trumpear (from “to punch”). | In our global postcards: A cemetery in Canada with the most victims of the Titanic sinking; the deeper meaning of speed bumps in Mexico; and a new Spanish verb: trumpear (from “to punch”). |
| Plus, how China’s single time zone means keeping odd hours, and how Australian scientists are using a venereal disease to combat a destructive fish species. | Plus, how China’s single time zone means keeping odd hours, and how Australian scientists are using a venereal disease to combat a destructive fish species. |
| • What’s new on TV. | • What’s new on TV. |
| In “Queen of the South,” Alice Braga stars as a young Mexican woman who becomes a drug lord. It’s based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s book “La Reina del Sur” and was adapted from a popular Mexican telenovela (10 p.m., USA). | In “Queen of the South,” Alice Braga stars as a young Mexican woman who becomes a drug lord. It’s based on Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s book “La Reina del Sur” and was adapted from a popular Mexican telenovela (10 p.m., USA). |
| “Thirteen” follows a kidnapped teenager out of captivity and into a scary new world (10 p.m., BBC America). | “Thirteen” follows a kidnapped teenager out of captivity and into a scary new world (10 p.m., BBC America). |
| • Recipe of the day. | • Recipe of the day. |
| A gorgeous salmon fillet needs little more than a sprinkling of salt and pepper and a few minutes of gentle sautéing in melted butter. | A gorgeous salmon fillet needs little more than a sprinkling of salt and pepper and a few minutes of gentle sautéing in melted butter. |
| The layout of the keyboard you use today has a lot to do with a machine that you very likely haven’t used — or maybe even seen — in years. | The layout of the keyboard you use today has a lot to do with a machine that you very likely haven’t used — or maybe even seen — in years. |
| That invention, the “Type-Writer, 1868,” was granted a patent on this day. With its ivory keys, it looked like a mini-piano and took up an entire table. | That invention, the “Type-Writer, 1868,” was granted a patent on this day. With its ivory keys, it looked like a mini-piano and took up an entire table. |
| It wasn’t very successful, partly because typists couldn’t go very fast. The keyboard was laid out alphabetically, and the keys would lock up if letters that were close together were struck too fast in succession. | It wasn’t very successful, partly because typists couldn’t go very fast. The keyboard was laid out alphabetically, and the keys would lock up if letters that were close together were struck too fast in succession. |
| The solution that the inventor, Christopher Latham Sholes, came up with in the 1870s was to spread out the most commonly used letters across the keyboard to prevent the jams. | The solution that the inventor, Christopher Latham Sholes, came up with in the 1870s was to spread out the most commonly used letters across the keyboard to prevent the jams. |
| It was called the Qwerty keyboard, after the first six letters of its top row, which also has all the letters needed to spell “typewriter.” This may have been done so salesmen could more easily type the new word. | It was called the Qwerty keyboard, after the first six letters of its top row, which also has all the letters needed to spell “typewriter.” This may have been done so salesmen could more easily type the new word. |
| The Qwerty keyboard has long been criticized as inefficient, but it has been the most popular form of English-language typing since Mark Twain typed out “Life on the Mississippi” (1883), by some accounts the first time an author handed in a typewritten manuscript to his publisher. | The Qwerty keyboard has long been criticized as inefficient, but it has been the most popular form of English-language typing since Mark Twain typed out “Life on the Mississippi” (1883), by some accounts the first time an author handed in a typewritten manuscript to his publisher. |
| Early on, typewritten messages were seen as impersonal. Anyone who has received a handwritten letter is likely to say that still holds true today. | Early on, typewritten messages were seen as impersonal. Anyone who has received a handwritten letter is likely to say that still holds true today. |
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