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| Baton Rouge, Turkey, Cleveland: Your Monday Briefing | Baton Rouge, Turkey, Cleveland: Your Monday Briefing |
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| Good morning. | Good morning. |
| Here’s what you need to know: | Here’s what you need to know: |
| • Attack on Louisiana police. | • Attack on Louisiana police. |
| Officials are expected to release a full report today on the shooting of six law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning. Three officers were killed, as was the gunman, identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo., a Marine who served in Iraq. | Officials are expected to release a full report today on the shooting of six law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning. Three officers were killed, as was the gunman, identified as Gavin Long of Kansas City, Mo., a Marine who served in Iraq. |
| The attack occurred 10 days after the killing of five officers in Dallas. “We’ve seen nothing like this,” one law enforcement official said. President Obama called for unity, saying that the attacks were “an attack on all of us.” | The attack occurred 10 days after the killing of five officers in Dallas. “We’ve seen nothing like this,” one law enforcement official said. President Obama called for unity, saying that the attacks were “an attack on all of us.” |
| Here’s what we know so far, and footage from the shooting. | Here’s what we know so far, and footage from the shooting. |
| • Turkey’s next steps? | • Turkey’s next steps? |
| European Union foreign ministers appealed today to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to use restraint after he successfully put down a coup attempt against his leadership over the weekend. Turkey hopes to join the European bloc. | European Union foreign ministers appealed today to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey to use restraint after he successfully put down a coup attempt against his leadership over the weekend. Turkey hopes to join the European bloc. |
| Turkey has arrested thousands on suspicion of involvement in the uprising, which injected new instability in a crucial ally in the U.S. fight against Islamic State extremists. Numerous pro-government rallies and funerals for the more than 260 people killed have taken place. | Turkey has arrested thousands on suspicion of involvement in the uprising, which injected new instability in a crucial ally in the U.S. fight against Islamic State extremists. Numerous pro-government rallies and funerals for the more than 260 people killed have taken place. |
| • Republicans, and protesters, gather. | • Republicans, and protesters, gather. |
| Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence enter this week’s convention in Cleveland as one of the most dissimilar presidential tickets in modern political history. At the same time, differences with Mr. Trump are keeping some senators away. Several in tough re-election fights are trying to avoid guilt by association with the presumptive nominee. | Donald J. Trump and Mike Pence enter this week’s convention in Cleveland as one of the most dissimilar presidential tickets in modern political history. At the same time, differences with Mr. Trump are keeping some senators away. Several in tough re-election fights are trying to avoid guilt by association with the presumptive nominee. |
| Republicans are likely to amplify Mr. Trump’s “law-and-order” campaign theme. Here’s tonight’s lineup. Outside the convention, half of Cleveland’s downtown will be under restrictions as the city prepares for protesters of all stripes. | |
| • France investigates massacre. | • France investigates massacre. |
| As France continues to mourn the attack on Thursday in Nice that killed 84 people and wounded hundreds, the violence has turned a spotlight on the city’s religious divisions. | As France continues to mourn the attack on Thursday in Nice that killed 84 people and wounded hundreds, the violence has turned a spotlight on the city’s religious divisions. |
| The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the assault, calling the driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, its “soldier.” But no evidence has emerged to support that claim, leading us to ask: Who is a terrorist, and who isn’t? | The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the assault, calling the driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, its “soldier.” But no evidence has emerged to support that claim, leading us to ask: Who is a terrorist, and who isn’t? |
| • Dark clouds in sports. | • Dark clouds in sports. |
| Prominent antidoping groups and athletes’ associations from around the world are prepared to ask that the entire Russian delegation be barred from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. | Prominent antidoping groups and athletes’ associations from around the world are prepared to ask that the entire Russian delegation be barred from the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. |
| That could happen as early as today, if, as expected, an inquiry concludes that Russia conducted a state-sponsored doping operation in Sochi, where it hosted the Winter Games in 2014. | That could happen as early as today, if, as expected, an inquiry concludes that Russia conducted a state-sponsored doping operation in Sochi, where it hosted the Winter Games in 2014. |
| • James and Lachlan Murdoch, the executive co-chairmen of 21st Century Fox, have largely left Fox News alone. But the investigation into a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network’s chairman has forced them to step in. | • James and Lachlan Murdoch, the executive co-chairmen of 21st Century Fox, have largely left Fox News alone. But the investigation into a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network’s chairman has forced them to step in. |
| • Silicon Valley’s new era centers on artificial intelligence and robots, a transformation that many observers say will have a payoff on the scale of personal computers or the internet. | • Silicon Valley’s new era centers on artificial intelligence and robots, a transformation that many observers say will have a payoff on the scale of personal computers or the internet. |
| • Apple has proposed simplifying how songwriting royalties are paid, in an apparent jab at Spotify. | • Apple has proposed simplifying how songwriting royalties are paid, in an apparent jab at Spotify. |
| • U.S. stocks ended the week up for a third week in a row. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. | • U.S. stocks ended the week up for a third week in a row. Here’s a snapshot of global markets. |
| • Forces loyal to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, have seized the only road leading into the rebel-held part of the country’s largest city, Aleppo. About 300,000 people depend on the road for food and medicine. | • Forces loyal to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, have seized the only road leading into the rebel-held part of the country’s largest city, Aleppo. About 300,000 people depend on the road for food and medicine. |
| • Congress released 28 classified pages of its 9/11 inquiry that catalog meetings between Saudi officials and the hijackers and suspicious coincidences. | • Congress released 28 classified pages of its 9/11 inquiry that catalog meetings between Saudi officials and the hijackers and suspicious coincidences. |
| • Public health officials in New York identified a case in which a woman passed the Zika virus to a man through unprotected sex. | • Public health officials in New York identified a case in which a woman passed the Zika virus to a man through unprotected sex. |
| • Henrik Stenson outdueled Phil Mickelson to win the British Open, becoming the first Swedish man to win a golf major. The final round was among the best ever. | • Henrik Stenson outdueled Phil Mickelson to win the British Open, becoming the first Swedish man to win a golf major. The final round was among the best ever. |
| • “The Secret Life of Pets” held off the new “Ghostbusters” to remain No. 1 at the North American box office. | • “The Secret Life of Pets” held off the new “Ghostbusters” to remain No. 1 at the North American box office. |
| • Catching up on TV: We’ve got episode recaps for “The Night Of” and “Mr. Robot.” | • Catching up on TV: We’ve got episode recaps for “The Night Of” and “Mr. Robot.” |
| • Aiming to be unconventional. | • Aiming to be unconventional. |
| Art installations and performances — civic forums, partisan provocations and everything in between — will crop up around the convention centers in Cleveland and Philadelphia. | Art installations and performances — civic forums, partisan provocations and everything in between — will crop up around the convention centers in Cleveland and Philadelphia. |
| Late-night TV satirists are also setting up shop. “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” at 10:30 on TBS, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” at 11:35 on CBS, will also offer dispatches. | Late-night TV satirists are also setting up shop. “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” at 10:30 on TBS, and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” at 11:35 on CBS, will also offer dispatches. |
| • Want to be smarter? | • Want to be smarter? |
| You may first want to exert your leg muscles, according to a sophisticated new experiment involving people, mice and monkeys. | You may first want to exert your leg muscles, according to a sophisticated new experiment involving people, mice and monkeys. |
| • Recipe of the day. | • Recipe of the day. |
| Try this wonderfully summery pasta dish, with a sauce made from puréed corn and sautéed scallions. | Try this wonderfully summery pasta dish, with a sauce made from puréed corn and sautéed scallions. |
| The valor of black soldiers in the U.S. was doubted by some until the sun set on Charleston Harbor in South Carolina on this day in 1863. | The valor of black soldiers in the U.S. was doubted by some until the sun set on Charleston Harbor in South Carolina on this day in 1863. |
| Freed black men made up the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment that stormed the fortress at Fort Wagner, S.C. | Freed black men made up the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment that stormed the fortress at Fort Wagner, S.C. |
| It was just six months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that slaves “are, and henceforward shall be free,” and that black men could serve in the U.S. Army and Navy. It made the war for the Union also a war for freedom. | It was just six months after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that slaves “are, and henceforward shall be free,” and that black men could serve in the U.S. Army and Navy. It made the war for the Union also a war for freedom. |
| The North’s first African-American brigade penetrated the Confederate stronghold, but it sustained heavy losses — more than 40 percent of its ranks — and Union soldiers were unable to seize the fort. (Fort Wagner finally fell less than two months later.) | The North’s first African-American brigade penetrated the Confederate stronghold, but it sustained heavy losses — more than 40 percent of its ranks — and Union soldiers were unable to seize the fort. (Fort Wagner finally fell less than two months later.) |
| “The Fifty-fourth did well and nobly,” a correspondent for The New York Tribune wrote days later in a letter to the governor of Massachusetts. “They moved up as gallantly as any troops could, and with their enthusiasm they deserved a better fate.” | “The Fifty-fourth did well and nobly,” a correspondent for The New York Tribune wrote days later in a letter to the governor of Massachusetts. “They moved up as gallantly as any troops could, and with their enthusiasm they deserved a better fate.” |
| Defying expectations, the soldiers became war heroes, as did their commander, a white Bostonian, Col. Robert Gould Shaw. A 25-year-old son of abolitionists, he died in the charge and was buried with his soldiers in a common grave. | Defying expectations, the soldiers became war heroes, as did their commander, a white Bostonian, Col. Robert Gould Shaw. A 25-year-old son of abolitionists, he died in the charge and was buried with his soldiers in a common grave. |
| Almost 10 percent of the two million people who fought for the Union side were black, and they proved essential to the preservation of the union. | Almost 10 percent of the two million people who fought for the Union side were black, and they proved essential to the preservation of the union. |
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