Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Built on Verification,’ Obama Says  —  VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

Shock Video Catches Planned Parenthood's Top Doctor Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies  —  A shocking new expose' video has caught Planned Parenthood's top doctor describing how the abortion business sells the body parts of aborted babies.  —  New undercover footage shows Planned Parenthood Federation …

Will Trust Be a Deal-Breaker for Hillary Clinton?  —  Voters have previously elected at least one president they considered dishonest: Bill Clinton.  —  One topic that often comes up in serious conversations about 2016 presidential politics is whether questions about Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness will be her undoing.

The Economist: Ta-Nehisi Coates' “Between the World and Me” is “just good enough to get away with” justifying its existence  —  “He writes with the torrential outrage of a campaigning Victorian,” the brave anonymous reviewer argues  —  The reviews of Ta-Nehisi Coates' controversial new book …

COUNTY COMMISSION: Presiding commissioner says flag decision to be rescinded  —  The Dent County Commission voted unanimously Monday to observe one year of “mourning” over the Supreme Court's June 26 decision that gay couples have the constitutional right to marriage.

Walker calls minimum wage ‘lame’  —  Referring to the minimum wage as “lame,” Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker outlined the differences between his conservative labor agenda and those of his Democratic opponents.  —  Hours after announcing his candidacy for president, Walker took to the airwaves …

New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto  —  BBC Science Correspondent, Laurel, Maryland  —  This image of Pluto was taken on Tuesday and was downlinked just before the flyby  —  Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second.

Report: One-third of vets on pending medical care list already dead  —  An internal Veterans Affairs Department report states that about one-third of the veterans waiting to receive medical care from the agency have already died.  —  A review of veteran death records provided …

The Oklahoma Republican Party's Deeply Offensive Facebook Post  —  The Oklahoma Republican Party is making the case against food stamps by comparing poor people to animals, reviving a stereotype that's often deployed against Americans who rely on government benefits to feed their families.

Disneyland employee accused of trying to sell admission tickets in exchange for sex with underaged girl  —  ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE  —  Authorities on Monday were searching for other possible victims of a Disneyland employee charged with attempting to trade tickets to Disneyland for sex with a minor.

Twitter Attracts Suitors  —  (Bloomberg) — Twitter is working closely with bankers after receiving an offer to be bought out for $31 billion, people with knowledge of the situation said.  —  Shares of Twitter have declined 35% since last reporting earnings and the company has recently become …

An Update on the Gay Debate: evolving ideas, untidy stories, and hopes for the church  —  I was a senior in high school the first time I shared my story on a stage.  The ex-gay ministry I had been attending for 8 months asked if I would be willing to share about the Lord's work in my life, and I was honored.

I Was Attacked on the Train.  No One Helped Me.  —  And I'm not sure I would have helped me, either.  —  What happened to Kevin Joseph Sutherland was horrific beyond imagining.  On July 4, in front of about 10 witnesses on the Washington, D.C., Metro, an assailant punched him, stomped on him …

Can Anyone Draw Unbiased Districts in Florida?  —  Is it even possible to draw congressional districts in Florida that do not favor Republicans?  —  Last week, the Florida Supreme Court ruled by 5-2 that eight of Florida's 27 congressional districts were drawn with “partisan intent” favoring the Republican Party.

In Defense of Ayn Rand, Monster Under the Progressive Bed  —  Liberals are constantly begging for more female authors and female lead characters in literature, but one woman author and philosopher remains stubbornly absent from progressive reading lists.  Her name is Ayn Rand …