Hillary Fest: The Democratic National Convention gets under way today in Philadelphia amidst sweltering heat, some of it coming from Donald Trump, but most of it from the Democrats’ own kitchen. After the release of 20,000 internal emails to Wikileaks, …

Stars and Bars: The movement to cast out the Confederate flag is quickly growing. So far the big retailers Walmart, Sears, Amazon, eBay and Etsy all say they won’t sell the flag or merchandise that features it. In Charleston yesterday …

—From Franklin, Tenn.   Earthquake: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal today as it is still recovering from the devastating 7.8 quake that killed 8,000 people three weeks ago. It’s early, but there are reports of collapsed buildings and at …