Morning Brief: July 15

It’s been nearly 38 years to the day since New York City began slowly recovering from a massive, 25-hour blackout. The incident, caused by lightning strikes to a Con-Edison substation, gave rise to a wave of looting, rioting, and arson while the city was in the dark. A new PBS segment of “American Experience,” which aired Tuesday night, takes a close look at that crime wave, as well as the period of unrest in poor neighborhoods that led up to it.

NEED TO KNOW

Iran Nuclear Deal Makes Middle East Allies Nervous [US News and World Report]

Pluto Flyby: New Horizons Probe Makes Contact with Earth [The Guardian]

Donald Trump Leads GOP Field in Latest Poll [Politico]

NY Stock Exchange System Failure Draws Attention to Staff Cuts [New York Times]

De Blasio: Garner's Death Could Bring Change {ABC News]

WEATHER
82 degrees with scattered thunderstorms [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
No games played.

Tonight
No games scheduled.

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Foo Fighters (with Royal Blood) @ Citi Field

Daryl Hall And John Oates @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

George Clinton And Parliament Funkadelic @ “SummerStage” at Queensbridge Park

The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger featuring Sean Lennon (with Workman Song And The Highway) @ Brooklyn Bowl

Sam Bush (with Danny Burns) @ City Winery

The Revivalists (with People’s Blues Of Richmond) @ the Bowery Ballroom

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (with Street Dogs and The Interrupters) @ Webster Hall The Grand Ballroom

Larry Coryell And The Eleventh House featuring Larry Coryell, Alphonse Mouzon, Randy Brecker, John Lee and Julian Coryell @ the Blue Note

Hayes Carll with Anders Parker @ Rough Trade NYC

Soja (with Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad) @ the Stone Pony

Amy Fairchild @ Rockwood Music Hall

WFUV PRESENTS: “Lowdown Hudson Music Fest” night two featuring The Word featuring Robert Randolph, John Medeski and North Mississippi Allstars and The Wood Brothers @ Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place

WFUV PRESENTS: The Family Crest and Arc Iris (featuring Jocie Adams formerly of The Low Anthem) @ “Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series” at Madison Square Park

TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 2006, Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.