Thursday, September 11th
⏳ THE SPEED READ
🚨NATION
- Colorado school shooting: one student in critical condition, shooter dead of self-inflicted gunshot (MO NEWS) 
- Bob Menendez’s wife says she was ex-senator’s ‘puppet’ as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery (AP) 
- Ryan Routh trial begins after jury seated in Trump assassination attempt case (FOX) 
- Senators seek last-minute deal to avert ‘nuclear option’ on GOP rules change (THE HILL) 
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
- Israel strikes key Houthi targets in Yemen after drone strike on airport (EURO-NEWS) 
- UK fires Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador over ties to Jeffrey Epstein (BBC) 
- Brazil’s supreme court finds former leader Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup (GUARDIAN) 
- Massive gas tanker explosion in Mexico City injures at least 57 people, some seriously (NBC) 
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
- Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution (NPR) 
- Mortgage rates tumble, marking largest weekly drop in a year (FOX) 
- Paramount Skydance is preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, sources say (CNBC) 
- FTC investigating AI ‘companion’ chatbots amid growing concern about harm to kids (CNN) 
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
- Comedy Central pulls planned reruns of ‘South Park’ mocking Charlie Kirk (FOX) 
- Israeli film on Oct. 7 premieres at Toronto film festival after initially being dropped (TIMES OF ISRAEL) 
- The newest Bachelorette is ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul (AP) 
- Anthony Rizzo retiring as member of the Cubs after 14 MLB seasons (ESPN) 
