Democratic Convention Day 3 Takeaways: America First and other top stories.

• Democratic Convention Day 3 Takeaways: America First

  

  America first — in the world.In seeking to capture his ideals, Mr. Trump has embraced the slogan “America First.” An echo of Charles Lindbergh and Pat Buchanan, the phrase evokes an old-fashioned American nationalism — tinged with nativism, a suspicion of outsiders and a retreat from foreign entanglements. The third night of Mrs. Clinton’s Democratic National Convention, heavy on national security themes, could have been titled “America First in the World.” Democrats celebrated the country’s di..

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• NYC events, concerts and more to hit this week

  

  There's always so much to do in NYC. But you already know that. Of your many, many options, here are our picks. 7/28: Brooklyn Screams for Ice Cream! Brooklyn ice cream makers and ice cream historians come together to talk about what's ahead and behind in the history and mechanics of ice cream cones, sundaes and sandwiches. Plus, there'll be free ice cream tastings! The event will feature ice cream historian Laura Weiss, Ample Hills and Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream, and will be modera..

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• Democratic Convention Night 3: Analysis

  

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• New York Today: Awaiting a Corpse Flower Bloom

  

  Photo You stink. Credit Marilynn K. Yee/The New York Times Updated, 7:48 a.m.Good morning on this totally toasty Wednesday.The smell of rotting flesh will soon be wrinkling noses in the Bronx.A corpse flower is on the verge of blooming at the New York Botanical Garden, possibly today or Thursday.The plant’s common name comes from the stench it produces to attract pollinators like carrion beetles and flies.(It also has a scientific name with a charm of its own: Amorphoph..

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• Media|Bill O'Reilly Defends Comments About 'Well Fed' Slaves

  

  Photo Bill O’Reilly, the Fox News host, at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last week. Credit Sam Hodgson for The New York Times Addressing Michelle Obama’s remarks about slaves having built the White House, Bill O’Reilly said Tuesday on his Fox News program that those slaves were “well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government.”His comments drew swift rebukes online. He fired back on his Wednesday program, saying that the nation’s first pres..

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• NYC Man Caught Tearing Down Blue Ribbons Apologizes

  

  A man filmed tearing down Blue Lives Matter ribbons on Staten Island is apologizing after getting threatening messages on social media.Stephen Varvaro tells the Staten Island Advance Wednesday he knows what he did was wrong and disrespectful.The video was circulated on Facebook and caused a backlash, including threats to Varvaro and his former employer. Varvaro says some people who have seen the video are "overreacting" by posting obscenities and threats to his personal safety.The Staten Island ..

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• Review: Radiohead Revels in the Key of Dread

  

  Photo Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Credit Ebru Yildiz for The New York Times Grim and guarded tidings, delivered with beauty, strangeness and drive: That was Radiohead at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, starting the North American leg of its first tour since 2012. (The band played there again on Wednesday.) The group’s latest album, “A Moon Shaped Pool,” supplied the first five songs in the two-hour set and four more later — songs that extend a two-decade catalog of..

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• President Obama and the Long March

  

  Photo Credit Illustration by Joan Wong; Photo by Zach Gibson/The New York Times President Obama’s speech before the Democratic convention in Philadelphia Wednesday night was, of course, an occasion to celebrate the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state and the first woman to receive the presidential nomination of a major political party.His presence on the podium was also a valedictory for an exceptional man and president who will be remembered for..

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• Look Inside Gigi Hadid's New $4 Million New York Noho Apartment

  

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• Obama, at Convention, Lays Out Stakes for a Divided Nation

  

  In his speech, Mr. Obama argued emphatically — rebuking Mr. Trump eight times by name — that the Republican nominee had played on Americans’ fears rather than offered them solutions to their problems.“America is already great,” he said. “America is already strong. And I promise you, our strength, our greatness, does not depend on Donald Trump.” Democratic Convention Night 3: Analysis Here’s our real-time analysis of the third night of the Democra..

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