France’s President Says Trump’s ‘Excesses’ Make People ‘Want To Retch’ – President François Hollande of France has said that the “excesses” of Donald J. Trump made people “want to retch,” adding a scathing international voice to the chorus of those criticizing the Republican presidential nominee. [nyt]
DA Takes Lead In Nelson Mandela Bay As Vote Count Trickles In – While only 9% of the votes have been counted in the highly contested Nelson Mandela Bay metro, the DA is currently in the lead with 55% of the vote. [n24]
Pence, Trump Diverge On Ryan Support – Indiana Gov. Mike Pence broke with his running mate Donald Trump on Wednesday in endorsing House Speaker Paul Ryan in his primary re-election fight. [cnn]
Why The World’s Third-Richest Man Is Attacking Donald Trump – Warren Buffett has spent decades as an investing giant. Now he’s using his clout to attack the GOP presidential candidate. [washpo]
Bill Cosby Doesn’t Want Jury To Hear Him Offer Money To Accuser – A secret phone recording with the accuser’s mother should be suppressed, Cosby’s lawyer wrote. [huff]
U.S. Sent Cash To Iran As Americans Were Freed – The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran. [wsj]
Erdogan Heir Under Investigation In Italy – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son is accused of trying to launder more than $1 billion in cash. [beast]
One Dead, Five Injured In Central London Knife Attack – A woman has died and five others were injured in a knife attack in Russell Square, central London. [bbc]
Washington Transit Officer Is Charged With Helping ISIS – A police officer with the Washington transit system has become the first American law enforcement officer to be charged with supporting the Islamic State, accused of trying to send financial help to the group after advising a friend on how to travel to Syria to join it. [nyt]
Pay $2.2 Million For A Pope’s Cabinet Of Secrets – It once held precious stones, coins, and shells—and auctioneers still haven’t discovered all its tricks. [bloom]
Rio Olympics 2016: Andy Murray To Be Team GB Flag Bearer – Olympic and Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at Friday’s Rio 2016 opening ceremony. [bbc]
Japanese Olympic Champion Racks Up $5,000 Bill Playing Pokémon Go In Brazil – A Japanese Olympics star has blamed Pokémon Go after being hit with a 500,000 yen (about $5,000) bill in roaming charges from his carrier. [verge]
Walmart May Spend $3 Billion To Take On Amazon – Brick and mortar retailer Wal-Mart in talks to buy Amazon challenger Jet.com, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The deal could be valued as much as $3 billion. [time]
Here’s Why Facebook Is So Desperate To Buy, Copy Or Kill Snapchat – The power of Snapchat rests on two of its core features, which Facebook keeps trying to duplicate. [fort]
App Store Developer Payout Hits $50 Billion, July Sets Record As Biggest Month Ever – Tim Cook today announced on Twitter that a new App Store record was set last month, with July seeing Apple’s highest ever monthly billings for the App Store and the largest amount of money paid out to developers. [mr]
Smartphone Use In Africa Has Doubled In Two Years – Lower smartphone prices are driving a digital revolution in Africa, allowing mobile phone users to access the internet at unprecedented levels. [qz]
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child Sells 2 Million Copies in 2 Days – The book sales for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child are in, and by Merlin’s Beard are they magical! [vult]
Tyson Fury Faces Independent Hearing Over Ban For ‘Prohibited Substance’ – Tyson Fury’s boxing career has veered in crazy patterns from the day he turned professional eight years ago, but on Wednesday the world heavyweight champion took heart over his latest setback when UK Anti-Doping lifted a provisional suspension for the alleged presence of a banned substance in his system. [guardian]
Instagram’s Anti-Abuse Comment Filter Is Rolling Out Now – Instagram is now letting some of its users ban certain words from appearing in comments on their posts. [verge]
Elite Prep School St. George’s Will Settle with 30 Former Students Who Allege Sexual Abuse – St. George’s School, an elite boarding school in Rhode Island, announced Wednesday that it would compensate the 30 of the former students who allege that they were sexually abused as students. [jez]
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Ashton Kutcher Is Every Parent Whose Kid Has Dropped The F-Bomb – Ashton Kutcher recently discovered his daughter has an interesting vocabulary. [huff]
Ozzy Osbourne: ‘I’ve Been A Sex Addict For Years But I’m Getting Therapy’ – The Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne saga took another strange turn Wednesday after Ozzy acknowledged he’s been a sex addict for years but he’s getting therapy for the problem. [usat]
Kris Jenner Treated By Paramedics – After Prius ‘ran red light and collided with $250,000 Rolls-Royce’ she bought one week ago. [dm]
We Need To Talk About The Ending To ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ – The identity of the villain in the eighth Harry Potter story is perhaps the most WTF plot twist J.K. Rowling’s ever devised. [Warning: Major Spoilers!] [db]
Bradley Cooper Was Surprised By Uproar Over Democratic Convention Appearance – Four-time Oscar nominee tells The Late Late Show he ‘was not expecting’ backlash from conservatives for attending the night Barack Obama spoke. [guardian]
Go Big Or Go Home! – Justin Bieber rents huge $10k a night mansion in Hawaii with rooftop helipad to ferry his pals. [dm]
Will Smith: US Politics ‘Quite Embarrassing’ – The Suicide Squad star says there are certain things “people shouldn’t say or do” when asked about Donald Trump by Sky News. [sky]
Kanye West Sent 3 Dozen Roses To James Corden – After Canceling His Carpool Karaoke Appearance – Twice! [people]
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