Monday, August 18th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

• Trump pledges to end to mail-in ballots after claiming Putin questioned their security (AXIOS)

• Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over false 2020 election claims (AP)

• Brooklyn nightclub victim count rises to 14, two of the dead were shooters: NYPD (NBC)

• Hurricane Erin strengthens as evacuations get underway in North Carolina (FOX WEATHER)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

• Hamas says it has agreed to new ceasefire proposal as mediators push to renew talks (CNN)

• A fire at a Russian industrial plant kills 11 and injures 130 (AP)

• More than 350 killed in monsoon flooding in Pakistan, emergency officials say (ABC)

• Thieves steal pink diamond worth $25 million in Dubai, then are caught hours later (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

• Texas declares measles outbreak over (AP)

• Swatch pulls "slanted eye" ad after Chinese social media uproar (CBS)

• Air Canada strike updates: CEO hopes to resume flights tomorrow (CTV)

• Meta investigated over AI having 'sensual' chats with children (BBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• ‘Ketamine Queen’ who sold drugs that killed Matthew Perry accepts guilty plea in connection to actor’s death (NEW YORK POST)

• Terence Stamp, actor known for 'Superman' and 'Billy Budd,' dead at 87 (FOX)

• Sydney Sweeney’s new movie ‘Americana’ bombs at box office (THE HILL)

• The Cleveland Browns name Joe Flacco their starting quarterback (ESPN)