A.M. Links: Incumbents Win on Primary Tuesday, John Kerry Calls For “Bigger” Approach During Temporary Gaza Ceasefire, San Antonio Spurs Hire Becky Hammon

Incumbent
Sen. Pat Roberts defeated a Tea Party challenger in the Republican
primary in Kansas. Reps. Tim Huelskamp and Mike Pompeo, who won as
Tea Party candidates in 2010, survived “anti-Washington”
challenges. So did Rep. Justin Amash in Michigan, handily, while an
anti-surveillance amendment in
Missouri passed overwhelmingly.
Secretary of State
John Kerry is using a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and
Hamas in
Gaza to call for a “bigger, broader approach” to
negotiations—Operation
Protective Edge enters day 29.
British Airways is suspending flights to Liberia and Sierra
Leone through August over
Ebola fears. More than 1,600 cases have been reported in West
Africa so far.
At least 589 people are dead and more than 2,400 injured after
a magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit the
Yunnan province in southern China.
Rupert Murdoch has withdrawn a bid by
21st Century Fox to take over Time Warner.
Apple and Samsung have agreed to end their patents fight in
overseas courts, though they will continue to litigate in the
United
States.
The San Antonio Spurs hired WNBA player
Becky Hammon as an assistant coach for next season. Meanwhile,

Major League Baseball is expected to hire a new commissioner
next week.