| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
Republican National Convention, Day 1: What we learned Melania Trump thinks her husband would make a good president because "he's kind and fair and caring." The Mexicans he's insulted and the Muslims he wants to ban could not be reached for comment. Quotes of the day "My parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise; that you treat people with respect." – Melania Trump, July 18, 2016 "And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect," – Michelle Obama, August 25, 2008 - A group of delegates tried to throw a road block in Donald Trump's coronation by calling for a state-by-state roll call for a vote to approve the rules. It was a procedural play, to be sure. The #NeverTrump contingent didn't have to votes to actually prevent Trump's nomination. But it was a highly charged hour or two during an otherwise scripted event. The rebellion was quashed and the feast of red meat continued.
- Speaking of highly charged, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivered a passionate speech that red-lined the decibel meter.
The dog from Ipanema 
A dog and its owner are seen on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Around the world - An Afghan refugee attacked four people with an ax on a German train overnight, before police killed him. A hand-drawn Islamic State flag was found in his bedroom. Two of those victims were in a critical condition, a German official said. You can expect the attack to be swiftly incorporated into the European immigration debate.
- Turkey said relations would be strained with the United States if Washington didn't hand over a cleric that President Tayyip Erdogan blames for the military's failed coup. The cleric, Fethullah Gulen has lived in Pennsylvania since he was accused of trumping up corruption charges against Erdogan. Gulen, who denies any involvement with the coup, faces a life sentence in prison if convicted. Turkey plans to file an extradition request this week. Washington says it is prepared to extradite him but only if Turkey provides evidence linking him to crime. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim rejected that demand. Erdogan headed off an immediate confrontation with the U.S. by allowing the resumption of flights at the Incirlik Air Base, which is important in the U.S. efforts against Islamic State. "What happens to our relationship with Turkey will largely depend on how Turkey itself works its way through the investigations and the decisions they make in the wake of this attempted coup," a senior U.S. official said. So far, Turkey has purged 20,000 police officers, judges and civil servants.
- North Korea fired three ballistic missiles roughly 300 miles into the sea off its eastern coast, South Korea's military said. The U.S. military believes two were two Scud missiles and one was a Rodong, a home-grown missile based on Soviet-era Scud technology. North Korea has fired both types numerous times in recent years, an indication that, unlike recent launches that were seen as efforts by the North to improve its missile capability, these were meant as a show of force.
Around the country - Tents, ladders, coolers, canned goods, tennis balls and bicycle locks are banned in the area surrounding the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. But guns are fine. Law enforcement leaders in several major cities say municipalities should have to the power to suspend open-carry laws when needed to protect public safety.
- Congress is expected to consider the Blue Lives Matter Act that would make killing a police officer a hate crime, a step first taken by Louisiana's state legislature in May. Baton Rouge was the site where a gunmen killed three police officers over the weekend. The Louisiana law pitted police unions, which supported tougher hate-crime sentences for police assailants, against civil rights groups, which felt police did not face the historic discrimination hate-crime laws were intended to address.
- The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to rehear a case on an immigration order that would protect up to 4 million immigrants from deportation. The eight-member court was split 4-4 on the decision last month, leaving in place a lower court ruling that blocked the plan. The Justice Department asked the high court to take a second look at the case once the Senate approved a ninth justice to replace Antonin Scalia who died in February. In the New Jersey sandlots, it's called a do-over and it doesn't happen very often at the Supreme Court. But the White House argues that said the immigration case is unique because the court could not take another case in the future to resolve the issue if the plan is blocked.
Around Wall Street - Netflix shares got walloped overnight, after the online video company posted disappointing subscriber growth and retention.
- "Cut costs!" That's the trope heard by big banks with fugue-like repetition. Unfortunately, it's not cheap to shuffle papers around, haul money in armored trucks and repair broken ATMs. And it shows just how hard it will be for banks to boost profits if interest rates don't rise.
- Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and dozens of other retired male and female wrestlers sued World Wrestling Entertainment for neurological injuries they claimed to suffer by participating in its bouts. They accused WWE and Chairman Vince McMahon of intentionally classifying wrestlers as "independent contractors" rather than employees, as a means to avoid liability under applicable worker protection laws.
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