What to know now:
1. Hillary's night: It's the last night of the Democratic National Convention and all eyes will be on Hillary Clinton as she does something no other woman has ever done in America – accept the presidential nomination from one of the two major political parties in the country. On Wednesday, President Obama urged those in Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center and those watching from home to support his former rival. Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, will also speak tonight. Convention activities begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
2. Guns, gays, God: Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said in an interview Wednesday that Hillary Clinton was lagging in support from white men because of "guns, gays and God," and that by God she means a woman's right to an abortion. Pelosi, speaking to Judi Woodruff of PBS, said of white men – a demographic that has not supported Clinton -- "I think that, so many times, white — non-college-educated white males have voted Republican. They voted against their own economic interests because of guns, because of gays, and because of God, the three G's, God being the woman's right to choose." Pelosi went on to say she believes opposition to Clinton among white men was "softening."
3. Tump calls on Russia: Donald Trump called on Russia Wednesday to find the missing 30,000 emails from Hillary Clinton's private server. "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Trump said of the correspondence Clinton was said to have deleted from a private server kept at her home in New York. Several speakers at Wednesday's Democratic National Convention took Trump to task for encouraging a foreign power's cyberspying.
4. Freddie Gray case: Prosecutors have dropped all charges against the remaining three Baltimore police officers who were set to go to trial in the death of Freddie Gray. Six officers were charged in Gray's death after he was severely injured in the back of a police van while being transported to jail. The other three officers were tried and all were acquitted.
5. WikiLeaks leak again: Late Wednesday WikiLeaks released 29 voicemail messages it says were hacked from the Democratic National Committee. The voicemails, from donors to the DNC, contained complaints about the national organization showing too much support for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Late last week, WikiLeaks released nearly 20,000 emails hacked from DNC computers that showed a the Committee was biased towards Clinton's campaign over that of Sanders. The revelation lead to the resignation of the Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
And one more
No one won Wednesday's Powerball jackpot, pushing Saturday's jackpot to an estimated $478 million. It's been nearly three months since anyone has matched all six numbers to win the jackpot.
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