10 things you need to know today: July 11, 2016

Obama calls for mutual respect after fatal shootings, police say Dallas sniper planned bigger attack, and more

President Obama heads back to Washington after a trip to Europe
(Image credit: Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)

1. Obama cuts Europe trip short to attend Dallas shooting memorial

President Obama on Sunday said America is "not as divided as some suggest," and called for all sides to "maintain a respectful, thoughtful tone" in the wake of the killings of black men by police in Baton Rouge and St. Paul, and of five police officers by a lone sniper in Dallas. Obama is cutting short a four-day trip to Europe to attend a Tuesday interfaith memorial service for the officers killed last week during an ambush at the end of a peaceful protest of the Louisiana and Minnesota shootings. Former president George W. Bush also will speak at the service.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Harold Maass, The Week US

Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.