| Good morning! Another nice day -- sunny with highs in the upper 70s to upper 80s. Here's a tear-jerker to start your week: Jerika Bolen, 14, of Appleton, Wis., has spinal muscular atrophy, which destroys nerve cells in her brain and spinal cord. She's in constant pain and it's only going to get worse. So this month she decided she'll move in to hospice while she can still make her own decisions, unhook her ventilator and die. But first she wanted to have a big party -- a prom, she called it. Friends and strangers from around the country showed up on Friday night to throw it for her, USA Today reports. | Forecast |
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| As Democrats begin their national convention in Philadelphia, most Minnesota delegates are pledged to vote for Bernie Sanders, not Hillary Clinton, on the first ballot. Party leaders are stressing unity. | Rallies, marches and a 'fart-in': Philadelphia gets ready for the DNC | Debbie Wasserman Schultz to step down as Democratic chair after convention |
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| "I will feel horrible if Donald Trump is elected, I will feel horrible if Hillary Clinton is elected," says Green Party candidate Jill Stein. She says the two big parties lock out other voices. | Election 2016 |
| The attack apparently occurred at a teen party, billed as a "Swimsuit Glow Party," at Club Blu in Fort Myers, according to local media. |
| The 27-year-old set off explosives he was carrying in a backpack at a bar shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, having been refused entry to the festival in Ansbach because he didn't have a ticket. |
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| The sale marks the second time in two years that Verizon has snapped up the remains of a fallen internet star as it broadens its digital reach. | Business |
| A new group aims to give conservatives a voice in natural gas, wind and solar energy policies. | Environment |
| It often feels as if social media serves less as a bridge than an echo chamber, with algorithms that feed us information we already know and like. So, how do you break that loop? We ask some experts. |
