The Roar keeps you updated with local news, recent events and interesting stories ― everything you need to know for this week.
- The presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump announced Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his running mate.
- A Missouri man ambushed and killed three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday.
- Delegates at the Republican National Convention were shut down by officials after a vote to instate a state-by-state roll call, which was an attempt to embarrass presumptive nominee Donald J. Trump.
- More than 6,000 soldiers and military officials were arrested in Turkey after an attempted military coup of President Tayyip Erdogan.
- A man killed 84 people and wounded hundreds more after driving a truck through a parade on Bastille Day in Nice, France.
- Theresa May, leader of the British Conservative Party, was sworn in as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after former prime minister David Cameron stepped down following Britain’s vote to exit the European Union.
- Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch was strangled Friday by her brother, who claimed that she was bringing dishonor their family.
- A top secret document known as the “28 Pages” was released to Congress on Friday. The document details suspected links between the 9/11 hijackers and the Saudi Arabian government.
- Secretary of State John Kerry reported that Russia and the U.S. have agreed to join forces in Syria in order to fight al Nusra, al Qaeda’s Syrian division.
- An elderly Utah man who contracted the Zika virus while traveling abroad may have spread the virus to a family member, raising concerns that the virus may not only be transmitted sexually.
