Just in time — the U.S. economy is showing real signs of life.

The S.E.C. won’t prosecute Goldman Sachs.

The Feds are demanding information on Florida’s voter purge.

China had a tough July in trade.

Olympics: U.S. women win the gold in soccer; Usain Bolt does it again and again.

Tropical Update: Ernesto is now a tropical depression over inland Mexico; we now have TD Seven following Ernesto’s path, and Invest 93I is off the Cape Verde islands.

The Tigers dropped another one to the Yankees.