| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
The only way that Ted Cruz could have made a more dramatic impression at the Republican National Convention is if his face melted away Raiders Of The Lost Ark-style on the rostrum before the assembled guests. Ted Cruz began by congratulating the nominee for his victory. And that was the last time he mentioned Trump's name. What he delivered was effectively a sermon of right wing conservatism that sounded like an opening salvo to a 2020 campaign. Cruz walked off the stage without endorsing the candidate as a torrent of boos rained down on him. 
How dramatic was it? Ted Cruz's wife Heidi had to be escorted off the convention floor for her own safety. He was turned away from fund raiser Sheldon Adelson's suite after the speech. One state Republican Party chairman had to be physically restrained he was so angry at Cruz. 
Newt Gingrich tried to put out the fire. And we're told that the vice presidential nominee Mike Pence gave a speech to close the evening.
Congratulations. Yup. That’s it. 
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Around the country - A video emerged showing the moments before an unarmed black behavioral therapist was shot by police as he lay in a street with his hands up next to an autistic patient whom he was trying to help.
- A Texas law requiring voters to show a government-issued form of photo identification before casting a ballot is discriminatory and violates the Voting Rights Act, a U.S. appeals court ruled. The New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit, which has a reputation as one of the most conservative federal appeals courts, asked the district court for a short-term fix to be used in Texas in the November general election.
Digits of the day: 18
Around Wall Street - Elon Musk's "master plan" for Tesla? It's an expansion into electric trucks, buses, car sharing and solar energy. You can read the whole thing here.
- The imminent departure of Roger Ailes, who faces sexual harassment accusations, may not come at an ideal time for Fox News Channel. But the momentum of record ratings amid the most sensational presidential election in decades may give the cable network some breathing room to recover.
- There's no schadenfreude for Yahoo alumni who "bleed purple."
Around the world - President Tayyip Erdogan declared a state of emergency in Turkey for three months, as he widened a crackdown against thousands of members of the security forces, judiciary, civil service and academia after a failed military coup. Emergency rule would allow the president and cabinet to bypass parliament in passing new laws and to limit or suspend rights and freedoms as they deem necessary.
- Compared to teen mothers, girls who had an abortion before age 18 have no negative effects that carry into early adulthood, a nationwide study in Finland suggests. Girls who had underage abortions tended to have higher educational attainment and were less likely to be dependent on welfare at age 25 compared to the girls who gave birth, the study found.
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