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| Turkey, Nice, Presidential Race: Your Friday Evening Briefing | Turkey, Nice, Presidential Race: Your Friday Evening Briefing |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) | (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) |
| Good evening. Here’s the latest. | Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
| 1. Turkey declared martial law as military factions attempted a coup. | 1. Turkey declared martial law as military factions attempted a coup. |
| President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used an iPhone to broadcast messages from an undisclosed location, urging Turks to resist a takeover. | |
| “There is no power higher than the power of the people,” he said in one message, amid confusion and contradictory accounts of who was in control. | |
| Our live coverage is here. | Our live coverage is here. |
| _____ | _____ |
| 2. World leaders expressed solidarity and outrage as France reeled from its third major terrorist attack in 19 months. | 2. World leaders expressed solidarity and outrage as France reeled from its third major terrorist attack in 19 months. |
| “The times have changed,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, “and France is going to have to live with terrorism.” | “The times have changed,” Prime Minister Manuel Valls said, “and France is going to have to live with terrorism.” |
| The weapon was chillingly mundane: a 19-ton refrigerator truck, driven into a crowd of people watching holiday fireworks in the Mediterranean city of Nice. | The weapon was chillingly mundane: a 19-ton refrigerator truck, driven into a crowd of people watching holiday fireworks in the Mediterranean city of Nice. |
| At least 84 people were killed — including children — and more than 200 injured in a mile-long trail of carnage. | At least 84 people were killed — including children — and more than 200 injured in a mile-long trail of carnage. |
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| 3. The police shot and killed the gun-wielding driver. | 3. The police shot and killed the gun-wielding driver. |
| He was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who moved to France about 10 years ago. | He was identified as Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian who moved to France about 10 years ago. |
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| 4. In the U.S., the attack prompted Donald Trump to pledge to seek a declaration of war from Congress against Islamic terrorists. | 4. In the U.S., the attack prompted Donald Trump to pledge to seek a declaration of war from Congress against Islamic terrorists. |
| He also delayed an appearance with his newly named running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, above. | He also delayed an appearance with his newly named running mate, Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana, above. |
| Newt Gingrich, whom Mr. Trump passed over for vice president, stirred controversy by saying that American Muslims who believed in Shariah law should be deported. | Newt Gingrich, whom Mr. Trump passed over for vice president, stirred controversy by saying that American Muslims who believed in Shariah law should be deported. |
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| 5. Plans for the Republican National Convention, which starts Monday, were still taking shape. | 5. Plans for the Republican National Convention, which starts Monday, were still taking shape. |
| The football player Tim Tebow denied reports that he would be speaking, and the rabbi of Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka backed out of delivering the invocation. | The football player Tim Tebow denied reports that he would be speaking, and the rabbi of Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka backed out of delivering the invocation. |
| More than a dozen senators also say they have better things to do next week. (Jeff Flake of Arizona said he would be “mowing my lawn.”) | More than a dozen senators also say they have better things to do next week. (Jeff Flake of Arizona said he would be “mowing my lawn.”) |
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| 6. Congress released 28 long-classified pages of its 2002 inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, which list possible links between Saudi officials and Qaeda operatives. | 6. Congress released 28 long-classified pages of its 2002 inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, which list possible links between Saudi officials and Qaeda operatives. |
| Lawmakers and families of victims fought for years to declassify the pages, which were kept secret to protect U.S.-Saudi relations. | Lawmakers and families of victims fought for years to declassify the pages, which were kept secret to protect U.S.-Saudi relations. |
| Repeated investigations failed to confirm any official Saudi role, and Saudi officials welcomed the release as a way to “clear up, once and for all, any lingering questions or suspicions.” | Repeated investigations failed to confirm any official Saudi role, and Saudi officials welcomed the release as a way to “clear up, once and for all, any lingering questions or suspicions.” |
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| 7. In theaters this weekend: “Ghostbusters.” | 7. In theaters this weekend: “Ghostbusters.” |
| Our reviewer calls it cheerfully silly — and a lot like the 1984 comedy hit, “except that it stars four funny women instead of, you know, four funny men.” | Our reviewer calls it cheerfully silly — and a lot like the 1984 comedy hit, “except that it stars four funny women instead of, you know, four funny men.” |
| The writer-director Paul Feig, she writes, is “one of the best things to happen to American big-screen comedy.” | The writer-director Paul Feig, she writes, is “one of the best things to happen to American big-screen comedy.” |
| And here are more recommendations from our entertainment experts on TV and streaming options. | And here are more recommendations from our entertainment experts on TV and streaming options. |
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| 8. Herbalife, the supplements company, avoided being classified as a pyramid scheme by the Federal Trade Commission but agreed to pay $200 million to resolve accusations of deception. | 8. Herbalife, the supplements company, avoided being classified as a pyramid scheme by the Federal Trade Commission but agreed to pay $200 million to resolve accusations of deception. |
| Herbalife’s stock rose 11.7 percent, to $66.15. | Herbalife’s stock rose 11.7 percent, to $66.15. |
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| 9. Researchers made inroads on understanding just how much harsher the misery of jet lag is going east than west. | 9. Researchers made inroads on understanding just how much harsher the misery of jet lag is going east than west. |
| The team’s mathematical model of the body’s time-keeping cells shows that a westward trip across nine time zones can take eight days of recovery, because lengthening a day is easier to handle. | The team’s mathematical model of the body’s time-keeping cells shows that a westward trip across nine time zones can take eight days of recovery, because lengthening a day is easier to handle. |
| The eastward parallel may take a person 13 days to bounce back from. | The eastward parallel may take a person 13 days to bounce back from. |
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| 10. Finally, China’s farmers think they can offer customers something even better than organic. | 10. Finally, China’s farmers think they can offer customers something even better than organic. |
| They are adapting the herbal elixirs in traditional Chinese medicine for their cows, pigs and ducks. | They are adapting the herbal elixirs in traditional Chinese medicine for their cows, pigs and ducks. |
| One farmer said that what’s good for the goose is good for those dining on the goose. | One farmer said that what’s good for the goose is good for those dining on the goose. |
| “In the old days, we used traditional methods to feed the animals,” one farmer said. “People’s longevity was very long.” | “In the old days, we used traditional methods to feed the animals,” one farmer said. “People’s longevity was very long.” |
| Have a good weekend. | Have a good weekend. |
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| Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. | Your Evening Briefing is posted at 6 p.m. Eastern. |
| And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. | And don’t miss Your Morning Briefing, posted weekdays at 6 a.m. Eastern, and Your Weekend Briefing, posted at 6 a.m. Sundays. |
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