Friday, July 1, 2016
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By Lauren Weber
THE VICTIMS OF THE ISTANBUL BOMBING The 44 dead include those from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, China, Iraq, Ukraine and Jordan. And the organizer behind the attack has been identified. [Jesselyn Cook, HuffPost]
AUSTRIA MUST REHOLD PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "Austria’s presidential run-off election must be held again, the country’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday, handing the Freedom Party’s narrowly defeated candidate another chance to become the first far-right head of state in the European Union." [Reuters]
DOCUMENTING THE INCIDENTS IN BIOTERROR LABS ACROSS THE COUNTRY "Laboratories reported more than 230 safety incidents with bioterror viruses and bacteria last year, hundreds of workers were monitored for potential exposures and a handful of labs had their permits suspended because of violations that raised 'significant concerns for imminent danger,' according to a report released Thursday by federal lab regulators in response to a White House call for greater public transparency." [USA Today]
NEWT GINGRICH, CHRIS CHRISTIE TOP VP CANDIDATES FOR DONALD TRUMP The GOP convention is a just over two weeks away. [WaPo]
ADNAN SYED OF 'SERIAL' GRANTED NEW TRIAL "A Baltimore circuit court judge on Thursday vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, the man whose trial for the murder of high-school student Hae Min Lee in 1999 was documented in Sarah Koenig’s popular 'Serial' podcast." [Ryan Grenoble and Kim Bellware, HuffPost]
AUTHORITIES: STOP DRIVING THESE HONDAS AND ACURAS As the Takata airbag recall fallout continues. [CNN]
APPLE COULD BUY TIDAL Because Jay Z needs more money. [WSJ]
For more video news from The Huffington Post, check out this morning's newsbrief.
THE RISE OF THE CELEBRITY AIRPORT OUTFIT And why they're not allowed to just wear leggings and a sweatshirt like the rest of us. [Racked]
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HUMANITIES The Morning Email is not biased by its author's double major in English and Government. [The Atlantic]
SCARLETT JOHANSSON IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING ACTRESS OF ALL TIME All those superhero movies help. [HuffPost]
WHY YOU WILL PROBABLY WATCH 'BEN AND LAUREN: HAPPILY EVER AFTER' Hint: It's not for the happy. [HuffPost]
THE WARNING OF THE TUNGUSKA EVENT 100 YEARS AGO "The air blast flattened trees for hundreds of square kilometers. The ground shook, witnesses felt the hellish heat from kilometers away, and the shock wave circled the world. It happened over the remote Podkammenaya Tungus river, a swampy region in Russia; had it happened over Moscow a million people might have died within minutes." [Slate]
SAMANTHA BEE IS HERE TO STAY FOR LATE NIGHT Rolling Stone takes a look at how she successfully crashed the "Late Night Boys Club." [Rolling Stone]
SAN FRANCISCO'S STYROFOAM BAN "The city’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed an ordinance to ban the sale of polystyrene -- more commonly known by its brand-name 'styrofoam' -- on Tuesday. It’s the broadest ban on the product in the country." [HuffPost]
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~ Attorney General Loretta Lynch is expected to announce she will accept FBI recommendations regarding the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, following a controversial meeting with Bill Clinton.
~ A driver was killed while using Tesla's autopilot feature.
~ A 13-year-old Israeli girl was stabbed to death in her bed by a Palestinian teen in the West Bank.
~ Lindsey Lohan is writing a book about life, and we just might buy it.
~ Due to a link mix-up, this moving piece about the drought in India wasn't included yesterday. Here it is today.
~ Jupiter's auroras are magical.
~ You'll love what Judi Dench's first tattoo at 81 says.
~ Lionsgate just snapped up Starz for $4.4 billion.
~ Apple wants to patent technology that will keep your phone from recording video in restricted areas.
~ Fighting drunk driving -- with virtual reality.
The Morning Email will return Tuesday, July 5! Enjoy the holiday weekend.
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