1. Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention. Trump addressed the assassination attempt “There was blood pouring everywhere, yet, in a certain way I felt very safe because I had God on my side,” Trump said. “I’m not supposed to be here tonight.” (PH)

2. Gov. Mills spoke at the Maine launch for Women for Biden-Harris campaign in Brunswick on Thursday morning and warned a Trump Presidency would hurt women’s rights. “I’ve never felt more strongly about the importance of an election, not just for our lifetimes, my lifetime, but for our children’s and grandchildren’s lifetimes, because the consequences of this decision in front of us are so monumental to our very basic rights and freedoms,” Gov. Mills said. (WGME)

3. A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday. The issue affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, and escalating disruptions continued hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing it. (WMTW)

4 Five years ago, rabid fox attacks plagued the city of Bath. History may be repeating itself after two foxes, in the last three weeks, tested positive for rabies. Police want people to avoid approaching foxes and other wild animals, no matter how cute they may look. (WGME)

5. Eliott Kullman aka Big Redd is competing in the 2024 USA Mullet Championship. Eliott, who’s from Windham, started growing his luscious locks back in 2021. Although his mom wasn’t a big fan at first, he said she came around eventually. (NCM)

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