10 things you need to know today: July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton accepts the Democratic presidential nomination, a gunman shoots two San Diego police officers, and more

Hillary Clinton accepts the Democratic nomination for president
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1. Clinton accepts Democratic presidential nomination on convention's final night

Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night, telling delegates at the party's convention the nation is facing "a moment of reckoning." Clinton — who was introduced by her daughter, Chelsea — called for uniting against Republican nominee Donald Trump, calling his policies divisive. "Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart, bonds of trust and respect are fraying," she said. "And just as with our founders there are no guarantees. It truly is up to us. We have to decide whether we're going to work together so we can all rise together."

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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.