Footnotes News in Brief Synthesizing the News Jason Van Dyke Is Convicted on Murder and Aggravated Battery Charges On Friday, a jury convicted Jason Van Dyke, a white Chicago police officer, of the second-degree murder of black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. See More
News in Brief Trump’s Secret Electoral Weapon: The Bond He Formed With TV Viewers For many Americans, watching The Apprentice produced a faux feeling of closeness and trust with Donald Trump. See More
News in Brief The Best Sports Team in the World That’s No Longer a Country Bosnia and Herzegovina makes its maiden voyage to the World Cup this summer, and Croatia will be playing in its fourth tournament, but the memories of Yugoslavia—and the what-if questions—have yet to fade away. See More