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The Democratic National Convention kicks off tonightThe Democratic National Convention will open tonight in Chicago with a burst of energy and optimism, fueled by the replacement of President Biden at the top of the ticket with his vice president, Kamala Harris. Biden will headline the evening with a valedictory speech that will serve as an opportunity to pass the torch to Harris. Hillary Clinton, who lost out on becoming the first female president to Donald Trump, is also set to speak tonight. Three women with harrowing pregnancy stories will step into the spotlight, including Amanda Zurawski, the plaintiff in the first patient-led legal challenge to state abortion restrictions after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Polls show Harris gaining ground, and the next few days should signal how she intends to define her candidacy — and should help determine whether Democrats can remain unified despite deep divisions over the war in Gaza. Follow our live coverage. Here's what else to know:
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Israel agreed to a proposal on a cease-fireSecretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had accepted a "bridging proposal" put forward by mediators trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. A spokesman for Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had agreed to the proposal. Hamas officials did not immediately comment, but they have called the mediators' proposal fundamentally slanted toward Israel. In Tel Aviv, the Israeli police said that a "powerful explosive" had detonated on a road in the south of the city, injuring one passerby. Hamas's military wing and Islamic Jihad took responsibility for what they said was a suicide bombing, and they threatened further attacks.
Ukraine aimed to entrap Russian troopsRussian troops in the Kursk region near the border with Ukraine are at risk of becoming encircled, military analysts said. The assessment comes after Ukraine's bombing over the weekend of bridges that are the only routes for resupply or retreat. The potential entrapment of Russian forces in the area adds another challenge for Russia, after it was caught off guard by Ukraine's startling incursion earlier this month. The operation has injected a new sense of optimism to Ukrainian forces that had been backpedaling for months elsewhere along the front line.
George Santos pleaded guiltyGeorge Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman from New York, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in federal court today. The plea allows Santos to avoid a trial on nearly two dozen charges for which he was facing as many as 22 years in prison. He agreed to pay nearly $375,000 in restitution and will almost certainly face prison time. The plea offers a coda to one of the oddest sideshows in modern U.S. politics — the tale of a political underdog who catapulted to Congress in 2022 and whose career unraveled into a seemingly bottomless series of falsehoods. More top news
Remembering Phil DonahueFor years, Phil Donahue, who died on Sunday at 88, was known as the unchallenged king of daytime talk television. "The Phil Donahue Show," which began in the late 1960s, dispensed with familiar trappings like the opening monologue and band. Instead, Donahue turned the show into a participation event. He would stalk the aisles, microphone in hand, soliciting questions and comments from the audience. Few subjects, if any, were off limits — they were as high-minded as human rights and international relations, and as lowbrow as male strippers and safe-sex orgies. "I want all the topics hot," he is said to have told his staff. These three episodes explain his daytime dominance.
Scuba diving with grandmaSixty may or may not be the new 40, but it's clear that many older adults are enjoying longer "healthspans" — the time they are active, fit and healthy. With the shift, many are joining their grandchildren on travel adventures like wilderness hikes, bike tours and even bungee jumping. Dinner table topics
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Confessions of a hate-watcherOur critic Alissa Wilkinson loves to hate-watch: picking apart TV shows that are expensively made yet irritating to sit through. We start watching a show because it looks appealing, and then we keep watching because we want to complain about it at happy hour. "At the end of an exhausting day," Alissa writes, "when I need to distract myself from my anxieties, sniping at some new, terrible show about ice skaters or lifestyle journalists or advice podcasters feels like comfort food." Have an indulgent evening. Thanks for reading. Matthew Cullen will be back tomorrow. — Jonathan Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. Reach our team at evening@nytimes.com. And follow The New York Times on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and TikTok at @nytimes.
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