- South Carolina's state House has voted to remove the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds, the measure has already passed the state Senate and heads to GOP Gov. Nikki Haley's desk.
- GOP 2016 contenders have all declined to speak at this year's National Council of La Raza meeting in Kansas City despite efforts to increase the party's share of the Latino vote.
- Pope Francis's tour of Latin America continues with a trip to Bolivia amid thawing relations with President Evo Morales, who in the past has denounced the Catholic Church.
- Australia's unemployment rate has risen slightly to six percent in June as commodity export prices are falling due to instability in China and Greece.
- A federal judge has thrown out a more than half a billion dollar patent verdict against Apple over jury instructions, the company suing the tech giant has no actual products, only patents.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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