By Lauren Weber
Thursday August 6th, 2015
TOP STORIES
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER: DEBRIS IS MISSING FLIGHT MH370 After 513 days of searching, the Malaysian prime minister confirmed fears that the debris washed up on Reunion Island was from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. More aircraft debris has been found on the island, and authorities are waiting to confirm that it is also from the missing flight. Here's a graphical representation of how MH370 debris could have floated to Reunion. Check out a timeline of the search for the elusive plane, and hear what family members of passengers aboard the doomed flight had to say about the news. [Nick Robins-Early and Eline Gordts, HuffPost]
OBAMA: REJECTING THE IRAN DEAL MEANS WAR "President Barack Obama has been getting pushback from opponents of the Iran nuclear deal for arguing that opposition to it is tantamount to support for war. Not true, they say. The opponents just want 'a better deal' … In a briefing with a handful of reporters in the White House on Wednesday, Obama said that he’s not trying to be provocative, but that there simply is no way to coax Russia, China, France, Great Britain, Germany and Iran to return to negotiations to ramp up sanctions -- certainly not if the U.S. Congress rejects the deal on the table. The only option left after diplomacy, then, is military action." For more news from Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim, get his newsletter here. [Ryan Grim, HuffPost]
TEXAS ID LAW RULED IN VIOLATION OF VOTING RIGHTS ACT "A federal appeals court on Wednesday found that Texas’ strict voter identification law violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, in a victory for civil rights groups who had challenged the law." [Ryan Reilly and Samantha Lachman, HuffPost]
SUICIDE ON THE RISE IN U.S. JAILS From 2012 to 2013, the number of people in local jails who died by suicide rose 9 percent. [Simon McCormack, HuffPost]
TENNESSEE MOVIE THEATER ATTACKER DEAD Police shot and killed 29-year-old Vincente David Montano, who reportedly went after moviegoers with an ax, pepper spray and airsoft gun in a Nashville-area theater. [Sebastian Murdock, Kim Bellware and Michael McLaughlin, HuffPost]
GOP DEBATE TONIGHT Will the Bill Clinton call to Donald Trump this spring come up on stage? Prepare yourself for the shenanigans to ensue tonight. Check out our site for live coverage and analysis all night long, and here's what to look for on social media. [HuffPost]
DISNEYLAND IS ABOUT TO GET A LOT BIGGER After three additional land buys around Anaheim, it looks like we're about to get a "Star Wars"-themed expansion to Disneyland. [Suzy Strutner]
SAY GOODBYE TO JON STEWART TONIGHT And here's how the master of political satire judged his own success. [Lisa Capretto, HuffPost]
WHAT’S BREWING
GOOGLE FIBER IS HEADED TO SAN ANTONIO Prepare yourself to be insanely jealous of their Internet speed. [HuffPost]
VANITY FAIR'S INTERNATIONAL BEST DRESSED LIST We totally beat out Kate Middleton to make the cut. HA. [Vanity Fair]
HOLLYWOOD INEQUALITY PERSISTS You don't want to know how many more speaking roles there are for men than women. [AP]
MINDY KALING'S BALLER GUIDE TO CONFIDENCE If this excerpt doesn't make you want to preorder her new book (guilty), we don't know what will. [Glamour]
THE SEQUEL TO THE MOVIE THAT GAVE US NIGHTMARES FOR YEARS HAS A RELEASE DATE Seriously, Jumanji was terrifying, and a new generation can be horrified by killer board games come 2016. [HuffPost]
WWII ALMOST INVOLVED A BAT BOMB "Imagine: a quiet, tense night in the middle of wartime. A plane rips through the air above your city, rupturing the stillness. The bay doors open, and out whistles a bomb. It drops and drops. Everyone braces. But when it explodes, the city is filled not with the flash of impact, but with hundreds and hundreds of tiny, whirling bats. This ridiculous vision -- in which Japanese cities were destroyed by a giant bomb full of bats that were themselves carrying tinier bombs -- was called Project X-Ray, and it was but a claw's breadth from becoming a reality." [Atlas Obscura]
THESE SUPERFOODS CAN SLOW BRAIN AGING BY OVER SEVEN YEARS Put blueberries on your grocery list. [HuffPost]
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WHAT'S WORKING
THE GOOGLE BALLOONS BRINGING INTERNET ACCESS TO REMOTE CORNERS OF THE WORLD "Google is on a mission to get everyone around the globe faster and cheaper Internet using an unlikely source of connectivity -- balloons. The balloons, which are attached to a solar panel, carry a transmitter that connects with stations on the ground. Each balloon goes about 12 miles high -- double the height at which airplanes travel or clouds form -- and provides connectivity to a ground area 25 miles in diameter." [HuffPost]
ON THE BLOG
A DYING DAD'S BUCKET LIST "So, you might wonder, what would a man who is staring at death in the prime of his life put on the top of his bucket list? The answer is incredibly simple and potentially very cheesy -- fill my life with love. Since love is nearly impossible to define, let me go ahead and explain three, easy-to-follow ways I've filled my life with love." [HuffPost]
BEFORE YOU GO
~ In honor of the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, here's what it would look like if an atomic bomb hit your city.
~ Macklemore made a song about being a dad featuring Ed Sheeran. Automatic swoon.
~ Gawker has some documents that appear to point out that Uber isn't turning the profit it should be.
~ The war brewing over Scrabble's dictionaries.
~ The creator of "The O.C." and "Gossip Girl" wrote a pilot about a supernatural, potentially deadly furniture store modeled after IKEA, striking fear into the hearts of broke millenials everywhere.
~ Kendall Jenner and Nick Jonas are rumored to be summer's latest item.
~ We're all about this "That So Raven" reunion photo.
~ The NFL has some feelings about sex.
~ Movie executives originally didn't want Heath Ledger for "Brokeback Mountain."
~ You could be sitting on an ’80s toy gold mine.
~ Michael Phelps promises he'll swear off alcohol in order to be in peak shape for Rio Olympics.
~ ICYMI, here are all the careers launched by "The Daily Show."
~ Looking inside a kangaroo pouch.
~ America's first hijacking.
~ The pope and Oprah are about to meet and solve all the world's problems.
~ How much it cost Discovery to cancel "19 Kids and Counting."
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