Monday, July 15

🚨NATION

📌 Melania Trump releases statement after Trump assassination attempt: "A monster ... attempted to ring out Donald's passion" (CBS NEWS)

📌 Donald Trump arrives in Milwaukee for RNC after assassination attempt heightens security fears (AP)

📌 Who will be speaking at the RNC (AXIOS)

📌 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott demands answers as customers remain without power for weeks after Hurricane Beryl (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 China, Russia start naval drills, days after NATO says Beijing enables Ukraine War (VOA)

📌 Israel says Hamas commander killed in southern Gaza strike but fate of military chief unclear (CNN)

📌 Venice nets $2.2 million after launching tourism tax. Opponents say it failed to deter visitors (AP)

📌 Olympic flame arrives in Paris, at the center of Bastille Day parade (FRANCE 24)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google reportedly in advanced talks to acquire cyber startup Wiz for $23 billion, its largest-ever deal (CNBC)

📌 3 Colorado poultry workers test presumptively positive for bird flu (CBS NEWS)

📌 2,400 Oregon hospital patients potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis after physician broke protocol (USA TODAY)

📌 Hacker says AT&T paid about $400,000 to erase sensitive data (VERGE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Carlos Alcaraz beats Novak Djokovic in second consecutive Wimbledon final (TIME) Princess Kate attends Wimbledon men’s final in rare appearance since cancer diagnosis (NBC NEWS)

📌 Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76 (ABC NEWS)

📌 Lawyer for Hannah Gutierrez-Reed will seek to have her case dismissed after Alec Baldwin trial falls apart (NBC NEWS)

📌 'Dr. Ruth' Westheimer dies at 96 after decades of frank advice about sex (USA TODAY)