| No Images? Click here  Monday, July 15GOP SILENT ON TRUMP’S RACIST RANT President Donald Trump’s urging of Democratic congresswomen to “go back” to the countries they came from has drawn widespread condemnation, with congressional Democrats declaring his rhetoric racist, xenophobic and bigoted. A rebuke from Republican counterparts has yet to materialize. [HuffPost]IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL WON’T PROMISE NO FAMILY SEPARATIONS Acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ken Cuccinelli refused to guarantee that Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids would not result in the separation of families. [HuffPost]WIMBLEDON: DJOKOVIC BEATS FEDERER Novak Djokovic became the first man in 71 years to win Wimbledon after facing match points in the final, coming back to beat Roger Federer in an unprecedented fifth-set tiebreaker Sunday. [AP]ELECTION SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE VULNERABLE TO HACKERS Last April, Pennsylvania's top election official told counties they had to update their systems. So far, nearly 60% have taken action. But many of these new systems still run on old software that will soon be outdated and is vulnerable to hackers. [AP]MAN DIES AFTER ATTACKING DETENTION CENTER A 69-year-old man armed with a rifle threw incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Washington state, then was found dead after four police officers arrived and opened fire, authorities said. [AP]FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES KILL DOZENS Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 45 people in Nepal in the past few days, with more deaths reported across the Himalayan border in India. [AP]
 Become one of our first official super fans. Call yourself a founding member of HuffPost Plus forever.  PROTESTERS FLOOD HONG KONG STREETS Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people rallied for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers, as deep-seated anger and frustration at the government’s handling of an extradition bill refuses to dissipate. [Reuters]2 AMERICANS AMONG 26 KILLED IN HOTEL SIEGE Somali forces ended an all-night siege on a hotel in the southern port city of Kismayo, in which the death toll has risen to 26 people including two Americans, officials say. [AP]WOMEN’S SOCCER ‘MADE PEOPLE PROUD AGAIN’ Megan Rapinoe, co-captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, said her squad’s dramatic and widely watched World Cup victory last week “managed to make people proud again.” [HuffPost]CONGO CONFIRMS FIRST EBOLA CASE IN MAJOR CITY The Congolese Health Ministry is confirming Congo’s first Ebola case in the city of Goma, home to more than 2 million people. The regional capital in eastern Congo borders neighboring Rwanda, which has been preparing for possible cases since an outbreak began nearly a year ago. [AP]RUSSIA LAUNCHES TELESCOPE TO MAP THE COSMOS Russia has successfully launched a new telescope into space, marking a major milestone for the country’s space science program — and potentially paving the way for the mapping of the cosmos at a level of detail never before achieved. [HuffPost]AT LAST, A FRESH LOOK FOR 007 If a report from U.K. tabloid Daily Mail is to be believed, the 007 producers are going for a radical twofer: casting a 31-year-old black female newcomer as Bond’s heir apparent. [The Daily Beast]
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