| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
Digits of the day: 84 The attacker was a 31-year-old Tunisian-born Frenchman. We don't know his name or why he did it. He wasn't on the watchlist of French intelligence services, but was known to the police in connection with common crimes such as theft and violence. No militant group has claimed responsibility. Quote of the day The attack prompted Germany and Italy to beef up their security along their respective borders with France. London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he would review the city's security measures. You can follow our live coverage here. 
A man reacts as he sits near a French flag along the Nice beachfront, July 15, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Around the country - Donald Trump postponed a planned press conference this morning where he was expected to name Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate. Viewed as a safe pair of hands, Pence has diverging views with Trump on his proposed Muslim ban and trade, and is more socially conservative, but he could help unify a divided party behind Trump's White House bid.
- A Reuters review of Republican-backed changes to North Carolina’s voting rules indicates that as many as 29,000 votes might not be counted in this year's Nov. 8 presidential election if a federal appeals court upholds the 2013 law. Besides banning voters from voting outside their assigned precinct on Election Day, the law also prevents them from registering the same day they vote during the early voting period.
- Cleveland police want to avoid mass arrests at the protests planned for next week's Republican National Convention, but preparations by the city's courts to process up to 1,000 people a day have some civil rights activists worried.
Around the world - As North Korea focuses on nuclear weapons and cyber warfare, the country has left its conventional military ill-prepared and ill-equipped, according to former soldiers and experts.
- The U.S. military expects to seek additional troops in Iraq, even beyond the hundreds announced this week, as the campaign against the Islamic State advances, the head of the U.S. military's Central Command told Reuters.
- China will prosecute Zhou Shifeng, a prominent human rights lawyer, on charges of subverting state power after months of secret detention, the latest move by authorities to crack down on dissent. Zhou is the director of Beijing law firm, Fengrui, which has been one of the crackdown targets. The firm has represented several high-profile clients, including the ethnic Uighur dissident, Ilham Tohti.
Around Wall Street - China's economy grew 6.7 percent in the second quarter as a government spending spree and housing boom boosted industrial activity. But a slump in private investment growth is pointing to a loss of momentum later in the year. Growth was steady from the first quarter but still the slowest pace since the global financial crisis.
- U.S. regulators paved the way for a lightning-fast next generation of wireless services in a move that made the United States the first country to set aside an ample amount of airwaves for so-called 5G wireless networks. The new networks are expected to provide speeds at least 10 times and maybe 100 times faster than today's 4G networks, the FCC said.
- The U.S. Federal Reserve is no hurry to raise interest rates in the wake of the UK decision to leave the European Union, despite signs that the U.S. economy is near full employment, according to three Fed policymakers.
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