Top Items:
Business Wire:
An Important Message to Yahoo Users on Security — SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.
RELATED:
Bob Lord / Yahoo:
An Important Message About Yahoo User Security — We have confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what we believe is a state-sponsored actor. The account information may have included names, email addresses …
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users — A hacker named “Peace” is bringing chaos to the Internet giant just as its sale to Verizon is pending. — Kimberly White/Getty Images for Fortune — Yahoo is poised to confirm a massive data breach …
Discussion:
USA Today, The Hill, ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, CNNMoney, emptywheel, Business Insider, Infowars, Refinery29, Boing Boing, Fast Company, Mashable, LawNewz and Fox 59
Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Rioting May Tip Presidential Scales in Crucial North Carolina — Chaos after police killing culminate years of rising tension — 'You've got passions that are stirred up and running high' — Riots threaten to sway a deadlocked presidential race in race-riven North Carolina …
Discussion:
ABC News, New York Magazine, CNN and Politico
RELATED:
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
Discussion:
Politico, New York Magazine and The Daily Signal, more at Mediagazer »
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Clinton and Trump Tied in North Carolina Poll, With Sharp Educational Divides
Clinton and Trump Tied in North Carolina Poll, With Sharp Educational Divides
Discussion:
Washington Post, Business Insider, Roanoke College, CANNONFIRE, Guardian and Hit & Run
German Lopez / Vox:
Charlotte is the latest city to explode over a police shooting. It won't be the last.
Charlotte is the latest city to explode over a police shooting. It won't be the last.
Discussion:
Washington Post
Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
Discussion:
Associated Press, The Root, The Verge and Independent Journal Review
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS: — Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason. It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something. — UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
Discussion:
Politico, The Hugh Hewitt Show, twitchy.com, Samizdata, BizPac Review, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, Independent Journal Review, The Gateway Pundit, Mashable, Business Insider, Above the Law, The Other McCain, The Resurgent, Talking Points Memo, Patterico's Pontifications and Althouse, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Ed Mazza / The Huffington Post:
USA Today Columnist Urges Motorists To ‘Run Down’ Protesters On North Carolina Highway
USA Today Columnist Urges Motorists To ‘Run Down’ Protesters On North Carolina Highway
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, The Daily Caller, No More Mister Nice Blog, AOL, Mediaite and twitchy.com, more at Mediagazer »
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Statement from Glenn Reynolds
Statement from Glenn Reynolds
Discussion:
Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, WATE-TV, twitchy.com, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
Glenn Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
Discussion:
Tennessean.com, The Root, Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress, Fast Company and Hot Air
Guardian:
Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama — Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised' … Donald Trump's campaign chair …
Discussion:
The Atlantic, Raw Story, BuzzFeed, The Columbus Dispatch, RedState, Politicus USA, NBC News, Macleans.ca, Mediaite, USA Today, Business Insider, WDTN-TV, KXAN-TV, The New Civil Rights Movement, Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Resurgent, alan.com, Gothamist, theGrio, The Week and Vox
RELATED:
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Tulsa Police Officer Shares Her Side of the Story in Terence Crutcher's Shooting — Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby, identified as the officer who shot 40-year-old Terence Crutcher on Friday night, has offered her side of the story in the fatal encounter.
RELATED:
6:
Tulsa Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter In Terrence Crutcher Death — BY: NEWSON6.COM — The Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler announced he charged Officer Betty Shelby with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher.
Discussion:
BuzzFeed, ThinkProgress, Business Insider and theGrio
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
Discussion:
alan.com and The New Civil Rights Movement
TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse — EXCLUSIVE — Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
Discussion:
People.com, Page Six, The Daily Caller, Fox News, LawNewz, Slate, CNN, KTLA, New York Magazine, Independent Journal Review, WPMT FOX43, Guardian, PerezHilton, BuzzFeed, USA Today, New Urban Legends, KFOR-TV, alan.com, Refinery29, AOL, Mashable, Vox, LAist, The Week, Mediaite, New York's PIX11 and Truth Kings
RELATED:
David Lightman / Press Association:
Young voters to Clinton: We can't stand you — Students all over Penn State University agree on this much about Hillary Clinton: “She's slimy,” said Anay Pope. — And Pope, 25, is a Clinton supporter. For the moment. — Clinton's poll numbers are sagging, and the biggest reason is that she's plunging among young voters.
Discussion:
RedState, Washington Free Beacon and The Resurgent
RELATED:
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BEING WRITTEN IN THIS TINY OFFICE — Back in the comparatively innocent days of 2015, before Donald Trump completed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party, before the Bernie Sanders juggernaut really got going, Hillary Clinton's campaign thought it could get ahead through well-crafted policy proposals.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and New York Magazine
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dalai Lama does Trump impression — Add the Dalai Lama to the list of Donald Trump — impressionists. — The Buddhist spiritual leader laughed at the mention of Trump during an interview broadcast Thursday on ITV's “Good Morning Britain,” saying he hasn't met him.
RELATED:
Guardian:
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
Discussion:
Raw Story, Boing Boing and Mediaite
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A conservative intellectual explains why the GOP has fallen to Donald Trump — Samuel Goldman is one of America's most thoughtful conservatives. A professor of political theory at George Washington University and the executive director of its Loeb Institute for Religious Freedom …
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and bradford-delong.com
New York Post:
NYPD investigating Weiner's sexting relationship with teen — More On: — Prosecutors in US Attorney Preet Bharara's office have issued a subpoena for Anthony Weiner's cell phone and other records, according to CNN. — NYPD detectives and the Manhattan DA's office are also “looking into” …
Discussion:
New York Daily News, AOL and Business Insider
RELATED:
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Campaign's New Catholic Liaison Has Called Him ‘Manifestly Unfit’ To Be President — There's eating your words, and there's eating your words. Here are some words about Donald Trump that Joseph Cella, reportedly the new “chief liaison to the campaign for Catholic affairs,” has apparently decided he is willing to choke down:
Discussion:
Philly.com, Raw Story and National Catholic Reporter
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Why Hillary Clinton hasn't been able to leave Donald Trump in the Dust — If I had to bet on this election, I'd still put my money on Hillary Clinton. But there is a big question about why she is not doing better. When presidential candidates face opponents who can't even command the support …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax — Tax plan changed to increase top rate for wealthiest households — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would impose a 65% tax on the largest estates and make it harder for wealthy households to pass appreciated assets …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Occupy Democrats, CNBC and The Daily Caller
Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Spiritual Healing with Marla Maples, Trump's Ex-Wife — Marla Maples was taking Angelina Jolie's side. — Sitting outside Boulud Sud across from Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon, amid news of Brangelina's divorce, the woman who famously broke up Donald Trump's first marriage and went …
Discussion:
Mediaite, Independent Journal Review, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Week
Sean Gregory / TIME:
All Across the Country, Athletes Are Fueling a Debate About How America Defines Patriotism — Home - U.S. - Politics - World - Business - Tech - Health - Science - Entertainment - Newsfeed - Living - Ideas - Parents - Sports - History - The TIME Vault - Magazine - Subscribe - Give a Gift …
Discussion:
CBS San Francisco, Independent Journal Review, Fox News Insider, USA Today, CBS Sacramento, CBS Chicago and Mediaite
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Pence: There's too much talk of police department ‘racism’ — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Mike Pence said there is too much talk of “institutional racism and institutional bias” in the wake of unrest following police shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
Discussion:
LEX18.com, Talking Points Memo, The Week and Mediaite