Subscribe View in browser 1. Biden Won’t Travel to Milwaukee for DNC Over COVID Concerns STAYING HOME Instead, he’ll accept the Democratic nomination virtually. POLITICS 2. Defense Officials: Trump Talking Nonsense on Beirut Blast LOOSE CANNON Trump baselessly described the explosion as a “terrible attack” with a “bomb of some kind.” POLITICS Memberships fuel everything we do at The Daily Beast. Now more than ever, we need your support. Join Beast Inside 3. Don’t Freak Out: the Kate Spade Surprise Sale is 75% Off AD BY KATE SPADE Kate Spade’s Surprise Sale has discounts on new merch and bestsellers, but hurry before the massive sales sell out. SCOUTED Advertisement 4. Trump Will ‘Probably’ Do Convention Speech From White House NOT OFFICIAL BUSINESS Normally, presidents don’t mix presidential business with campaign events. POLITICS 5. Tel Aviv City Hall to Display Lebanese Flag Colors ‘HUMANITY BEFORE CONFLICT’ “Humanity comes before any conflict, and our heart is with the Lebanese people following the terrible disaster that befell them,” Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai wrote in a tweet. WORLD 6. Brooklinen Won My Heart Again With Their Waffle Knit Towels WILL IT WAFFLE? I didn’t think it was possible to love a towel as much as I loved Brooklinen towels. And then they launched a waffle knit line. SCOUTED Advertisement 7. Florida Reports Record Single-Day Hospitalization Increase SURGE The total number of coronavirus cases in the Sunshine State has topped 500,000. U.S. NEWS 8. Coronavirus Vaccine Likely Won’t Work in Obese Patients ALARMING Other vaccines including those for influenza and hepatitis B are less effective among obese people, and scientists predict that the pattern will continue in a coronavirus vaccine. SCIENCE 9. FBI Seizes Guns at YouTuber Jake Paul’s L.A. Home: Report RAID UNDERWAY The FBI arrived Wednesday morning to the home with a search warrant, but the agency declined to reveal the reason for the search. ENTERTAINMENT Advertisement 10. Pro Poker Player Susie Zhao Met Alleged Murderer at Motel TWIST “This is not the end of the investigation into Susie’s death but the beginning of the pursuit of justice for her and her family,” Detective Lt. Chris Hild said. U.S. NEWS 11. Sexual Assault Survivor Daisy Coleman Dies by Suicide at 23 ‘BABY GIRL IS GONE’ Coleman, whose story was featured in the documentary “Audrie & Daisy,” was discovered Tuesday night after her mother sent police to her home for a welfare check. U.S. NEWS 12. State Department Watchdog Resigns Amid Agency Turmoil NO ACCOUNTABILITY Stephen Akard, whose resignation is effective Friday, was appointed acting inspector general after Steve Linick’s abrupt firing in May. U.S. NEWS Advertisement 13. Woman Hurls Racial Slurs at Black Landscapers in Viral Video HORRIFIC During the Thursday incident, the unidentified woman called two landscapers the n-word as they were finishing a job at her neighbor’s house. U.S. NEWS 14. Gang Member Released Without Bail Suspected in 3 Shootings ‘VIOLENT SPREE’ Darrius Sutton is allegedly tied to numerous shootings over the last year and reportedly injured seven people. U.S. NEWS 15. 48% of Inmates in AZ Prison Test Positive for COVID in 1 Day CRUEL AND UNUSUAL Inmates staged a peaceful walkout last week over their concerns about the virus. U.S. NEWS Read More Advertisement © Copyright 2020 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe. |