Remarks prepared for delivery at press briefing.  —  Good morning.  I'm here to give you an update on the FBI's investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail system during her time as Secretary of State.  —  After a tremendous amount of work over the last year …

Trump Campaign Blames Anti-Semitic Tweet on “Microsoft's Shapes”  —  Just when you think the saga of Donald Trump's not-so-subtle, likely accidental white supremacist dog whistle can't get any more exciting, Trump's Director of Social Media Dan Scavino proves us wrong.  Dan—take it away.

An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees  —  My name is Dana Schwartz and I'm an entertainment writer at the Observer, the paper owned by your publishing company.  On July 2, as I'm sure you're aware (and have probably been wringing your hands about for the last three days) …

Nate Silver is happy to be wrong  —  Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should.  —  No, it's not because he failed to predict Trump's albino-swan victory in the Republican primaries …

Trump supporter: ‘Mexican restaurant refused to serve me’  —  An Orange County woman claims she was tossed from a Mexican restaurant Sunday, not for too much tequila — but for too much Trump.  —  Esther Levy, 61, of Warwick, said an employee at the popular Cancun Inn eatery in Sugar Loaf chucked …

Flag burning leads to Urbana man's arrest  —  What's your opinion?  Submit a Letter to the Editor here  —  URBANA — Within hours of a Fourth of July Facebook post showing him burning an American flag, a 22-year-old Urbana man found himself under arrest and under fire — from all corners of the Internet.

Clinton's charter school comments prompt boos at teachers union event  —  Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said traditional public schools and charter schools should share ideas — a remark met with boos by delegates from the National Education Association's representative assembly.

The Theology of Donald Trump  —  SINCE Donald Trump assures us that the Bible is his favorite book, it's worth asking: Just what is his theology?  —  After Mr. Trump met with hundreds of evangelical Christians a couple of weeks ago, James Dobson, who is among the most influential leaders …

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Trump's Foreign Policy, A Conversation With Top Trump Adviser Dr. Walid Phares  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “will not ask Japan or South Korea to invest in building nuclear weapons but he will speak with their leaders about how to create a safer …

Rio police tell tourists they won't be able to protect them  —  Rio de Janeiro (CNN)The Olympic Games are just 31 days away — and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis.  —  Violence is on the rise and police officers are at loggerheads with the government after claiming they've not been paid for months.

Comcast will let customers get Netflix on its set-top box (which is a very big deal)  —  The move means the once contentious pair are now pals.  —  Cable giant Comcast will allow popular web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform, the companies confirmed after being asked by Recode about talks to do so.

Gov. Scott Walker will speak at Republican National Convention  —  PLATTEVILLE (WKOW) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has accepted a highly-coveted invitation to speak at the upcoming Republican National Convention later this month.  —  Walker confirmed news of the speaking engagement …

A home that looks perfect, until bigotry rears its ugly head  —  Over a long weekend of fireworks, face paint and flags, Fernando Herboso couldn't stop thinking about the new America he encountered last week.  —  Herboso, 58, and his brother Carlos have their own real estate agency …

Bad Debt Piled in Italian Banks Looms as Next Crisis  —  Brexit vote compounded strains in banking system burdened by sour loans; ‘Italy is the patient that is sickest’  —  MILAN—Britain's vote to leave the EU has produced dire predictions for the U.K. economy.

Washington's Hollow Men  —  The government/media power elite are spectacularly ignorant of the American people. … — T. S. Eliot  —  In Merced or Dayton, if an insurance agent, eager to help his wife facing indictment, barged into a restaurant where the local DA is known to lunch …