Monday's top 5 headlines: what you should know

  • 8 years ago
Bernie Sanders gave a speech before the Democratic National Convention Monday telling supporters, "we have got to defeat Donald Trump and we have got to elect Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine." With news of leaked documents showing that the DNC may have helped try to defeat Bernie Sanders, it is unclear how the Vermont senator’s supporters will respond to Hillary Clinton’s nomination at the party's convention. Verizon Communications on Monday announced plans to acquire Yahoo for $4.8 billion, ending months of uncertainty. The acquisition lends scale to Verizon's efforts to build a media company, Marni Walden, Verizon president of product innovation and new businesses said. A shooting at a Florida nightclub early Monday morning killed two people and wounded as many as 17, police said. The attack apparently occurred at a teen party at Club Blu in Fort Myers. Authorities said a 27-year-old Syrian man tried to enter an outdoor concert in southern Germany and then blew himself up, injuring 12 people, in what appeared to be this country’s first suicide bombing in years.