Monday, September 9

🚨NATION

📌 Miami-Dade police officer placed on administrative duty after Dolphins star Tyreek Hill hand cuffed before game (AP)

📌 “Sitting on a keg of dynamite” - Landslides are destroying multi-million dollar homes across California (CNN)

📌 Teen who came face-to-face with alleged Georgia school shooter speaks out (CNN)

📌 Former VP Dick Cheney says he will vote for Harris (NPR)

📌 Former President George W. Bush has no plans to endorse in the election (NBC)

📌 More than 5,000 public schools closed across the U.S. between 2017 and 2022 (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 US believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, AP sources say (AP)

📌 White House requests investigation after Israeli troops shoot, kill American activist at protest (NBC)

📌 Deal coming soon? CIA director says more detailed Gaza ceasefire proposal due in days (JERUSALEM POST)

📌 Brazil probes ice buildup in plane crash that killed 62 (REUTERS)

📌 Repeated takes, coaching on lines: Inside Hamas’s hostage video machine (WSJ)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Toxic debris from Maui wildfires could fill 5 football fields 5 stories deep. Where will it end up? (AP)

📌 PwC tells employees it will start tracking their location to enforce back to office attendance (INC)

📌 Boeing Starliner returns to Earth empty, months later than planned (CNBC)

📌 Tennis Channel ousts CEO, citing time spent advising Dr. Phil (WSJ)

📌 What you can expect when Apple unveils the new iPhone tomorrow (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Italian Jannik Sinner keeps American Taylor Fritz from taking home U.S. Open title (ESPN)

📌 Taylor Swift returns to U.S. Open after singing God Bless America in 2002 (US OPEN)

📌 Selena Gomez reaches billionaire status thanks to her beauty brand (BLOOMBERG)

📌 The risk of fake influencers: Brands and creators are harnessing AI to mint synthetic influencers (AXIOS)

Friday, September 6

🚨NATION

📌 New details emerge about the 14-year-old suspect and victims in the deadliest school shooting this year (CNN)

📌 Trump says universities could lose accreditation over antisemitism (REUTERS)

📌 FBI raids homes of top NYC York City officials close to Mayor Eric Adams, sources say (NBC NEWS)

📌 Safety Concerns: Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA inspections after COVID delays (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Olympic marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei killed after she is set on fire by boyfriend (PEOPLE)

📌 US secures the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners (AP)

📌 Telegram founder breaks silence, calls his arrest “misguided”(NPR)

📌 Gunman at Israeli consulate killed by German police on anniversary of Munich Olympics massacre (FOX NEWS)

📌 Netanyahu is unequivocal about ceasefire and hostage agreement with Hamas: ‘There’s not a deal in the making’ (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Snapchat’s ‘disappearing’ messages make it easy for predators to target kids, state lawsuit alleges (VERGE)

📌 Parkinson’s may begin in the gut, study says, adding to growing evidence (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Verizon is buying Frontier in $20B deal to strengthen its fiber network (AP)

📌 Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers (CNN)

📌 Youth e-cig use drops to lowest level in a decade (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Taylor Swift is back for NFL Kickoff at Chiefs-Ravens game (VARIETY)

📌 Alex Morgan, American soccer star and Olympic gold medalist, announces retirement and second pregnancy (FOX NEWS)

📌 A musician siphoned $10 million in royalties after using AI to create hundreds of thousands of songs, streaming them billions of times (FORTUNE)

📌 Rembrandt painting found in Maine attic fetches $1.4 million at auction (NBC NEWS)

Thursday, September 5

🚨NATION

📌 Trump, Harris agree to rules for Tuesday debate (NBC)

📌 Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states (POLITICO)

📌 Some Walz family members endorse Trump (AP)

📌 Barron Trump arrives at NYU for first day at college (NY POST)

📌 Indictment: Right-Wing Influencers Allegedly Spread Russian Disinformation (WIRED)

📌 Liz Cheney endorses Kamala Harris (FOX NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Zelensky orders war's biggest reshuffle to give Ukraine 'new energy' (REUTERS)

📌 Israeli leader demands the country maintains control over Gaza-Egypt border (AP)

📌 Biden close to blocking Nippon Steel takeover of US Steel (REUTERS)

📌 "Tourist taxes" help hotspots in Europe cope with surges of visitors (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Meta’s Oversight Board rules ‘from the River to the Sea’ is not hate speech (CNN)

📌 Molson Coors pumps the brakes on DEI practices (CNBC)

📌 Biden set to block US Steel's sale to Japan's Nippon Steel (AXIOS)

📌 Southwest brings back buy-one, get-one-free Companion Pass promotion (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ridley Scott rebuilds Rome for ‘Gladiator II’ (AP)

📌 Travis Kelce's team shuts down 'entirely false' Taylor Swift breakup 'plan' (NEWSWEEK)

📌 ‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle (AP)

📌 Kim Kardashian makes son Saint, 8, sign ‘extensive contract’ before starting YouTube channel (PAGE SIX)

📌 American Ezra Frech completes incredible Paralympic gold double (CNN)

Tuesday, September 4

🚨NATION

📌 US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel (AP)

📌 Former top aide to NY Gov charged with acting as foreign agent for Chinese government and communist party (CNBC)

📌 Amazon’s Alexa accused of anti-Trump bias; Company says they will correct issue (VARIETY)

📌 John McCain’s son decries Trump appearance at Arlington as a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop (CNN)

📌 House Democrats ask Trump for proof he did not take $10 million 'cash bribe' from Egypt (CNBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Venezuelan dictator Maduro moving Christmas up to October as he seeks to distract country from fraudulent election(GUARDIAN)

📌 Mongolia ignores an international warrant for Putin’s arrest, giving him a red-carpet welcome (AP)

📌 Members of Turkish national youth organization in custody after assault on US Marines (CNN)

📌 Chinese-linked online network is stoking US political division (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 DirecTV offers customers $20 Refund for lost Disney channels (CBS NEWS)

📌 Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ for Oasis tickets set to be investigated by UK government (VERGE)

📌 Model Elle Macpherson says she was diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago and refused chemotherapy (NBC NEWS)

📌 Hewlett Packard to pursue $4 billion damages to Mike Lynch estate after yacht death (YAHOO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Bachelorette Jenn cries during finale after revealing how engagement ended (US WEEKLY)

📌 Elton John left with 'limited vision' in one eye after infection (BBC)

📌 Hundreds of ‘Game of Thrones’ props are up for auction, from Jon Snow’s sword to dragon skulls (TIME)

📌 Trump campaign must stop using 'Hold On, I'm Coming' after Hayes’ family's suit (ABC NEWS)

📌 Top hotdog eater Joey Chestnut beats his arch-rival and his own hot dog-eating world record (NPR)

Monday, September 3

🚨NATION

📌 Trump looks at plan that could give Elon Musk role in auditing US agencies (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 2024 turning into boys vs. girls election with record gender gap: Men prefer Trump, Women prefer Harris (AXIOS)

📌 Hunter Biden second federal criminal trial set to begin this week (THE HILL)

📌 Thousands of hotel workers continue nationwide strike on Labor Day, demanding higher pay (NBC NEWS)

📌 49ers player released from hospital after being shot in attempted robbery in San Francisco (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 15 ISIS terrorists killed, 7 US troops injured during Iraq raid (MILITARY TIMES)

📌 US seizes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's plane (BBC)

📌 AfD becomes first far-right party to win German state election since 1945 (CNN)

📌 Musk’s Starlink defies order to block X in Brazil (NY TIMES)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Railings on Titanic's iconic bow— immortalized by Jack and Rose in the famous movie scene— have broken off (NBC NEWS)

📌 NASA provides explanation for 'strange noises' coming from Boeing Starliner spacecraft (FOX NEWS)

📌 ‘A very serious situation’: Volkswagen could close plants in Germany for the first time in history (CNN)

📌 Computer tablet use linked to angry outbursts among toddlers, research shows (CBS NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 ESPN and Disney go dark for millions of DirecTV customers amid contract dispute (CBS NEWS)

📌 Paris mayor plans to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower (GUARDIAN)

📌 Norwegian princess marries American self-styled shaman in front of star-studded audience (CNN)

📌 Venice Film Festival welcomes Pitt and Clooney, and their new film ‘Wolfs’ (AP)

Friday, August 30

🚨NATION

📌 Trump proposes making government or insurance companies pay for IVF treatment (CNN)

📌 Trump’s plan to make U.S. 'crypto capital of the planet' (CNBC)

📌 Boar’s Head plant linked to deadly outbreak broke food safety rules dozens of times, records show (CBS NEWS)

📌 Justice Dept. watchdog blasts FBI over handling of child sexual abuse cases (NBC NEWS)

📌 Biden administration to restart immigration program that was paused over fraud concerns (AP)

📌 ABC News debate rules include muted mics, despite Harris campaign's pushback (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel kills a top terrorist in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began (AP)

📌 Millions told to evacuate as Japan hit by one of strongest typhoons in decades (BBC)

📌 Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, UN says (REUTERS)

📌 Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Catching up on sleep at weekends may lower heart disease risk by a fifth (GUARDIAN)

📌 OpenAI says ChatGPT usage has doubled since last year (AXIOS)

📌 Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches 6 passengers on sub-orbital trip to space and back (CBS NEWS)

📌 Mortgage rates drop again, but housing market remains stalled (FOX BUSINESS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 US intelligence helped stop terror plot targeting Taylor Swift concert, CIA deputy director confirms (CNN)

📌 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Pro Artem Chigvintsev arrested on suspicion of domestic violence (VARIETY)

📌 John Stamos claims Church of Scientology 'kicked me out' for being 'too annoying' (FOX NEWS)

📌 Matt Lauer’s daughter crashed into Hamptons fence and fled — but left license plate behind for cops to find (PAGE SIX)

Thursday, August 29

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court leaves Biden’s new student loan repayment plan blocked (CNN)

📌 Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI official says (AP NEWS)

📌 RFK Jr. wants off the ballot in 10 states. Some battlegrounds are saying no (CBS NEWS)

📌 Teen arrested in first violation of New York county's controversial mask ban (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israeli forces launch a major anti-terror operation in the West Bank (AP)

📌 French prosecutors charged Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, allege platform enabled organized crime and refused to cooperate with authorities, set bail at $5.56 million (NBC NEWS)

📌 Namibia plans to kill more than 700 animals including elephants and hippos — and distribute the meat (CNN)

📌 “Curious” 4-year-old accidentally breaks a 3,500-year-old jar at a Israeli museum (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Google updates Gemini's AI image creator that failed to depict White people and resumes generating people (VERGE)

📌 There are 21 people with sloth fever. What to know about the deadly virus as US, Europe warn of imported cases (CBS NEWS)

📌 Unusually mild Atlantic hurricane season likely to ramp up (AXIOS)

📌 SpaceX postpones the launch of private Polaris mission once again (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 As Paralympics get bigger, some athletes say cheating is more prevalent (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Iga Swiatek and other tennis players say their mental and physical health are ignored (AP)

📌 ‘Beetlejuice 2’ gets 3-minute Venice standing ovation for Michael Keaton and Jenna Ortega’s performances (VARIETY)

📌 Country star Scotty McCreery boots fan from concert after seeing him hit a woman (NY POST)

Wednesday, August 28

🚨NATION

📌 Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. added to Trump transition team (CNN)

📌 More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney Republican staffers endorse Kamala Harris (AXIOS)

📌 Kamala Harris to sit down for first major interview since becoming nominee (CNN)

📌 Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to immigrant spouses of US citizens (CBS NEWS)

📌 Trump staff had altercation during controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery (NPR)

📌 Two workers killed and a third injured in an explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Top US, China officials to meet on military, Taiwan, fentanyl (REUTERS)

📌 New protests over rape and murder of Indian doctor see police use water cannon, tear gas on demonstrators (CBS NEWS)

📌 Ukraine’s F-16 jets get first aerial kills (DEFENSE NEWS)

📌 Ukraine to present 'victory plan' to US (BBC)

📌 Germany's grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Americans are taking a lot more sick days — and Gen Z is leading the charge (BI)

📌 Vaccine hesitancy eats into back-to-school shots (AXIOS)

📌 US awards $521 million in grants to boost EV charging network (REUTERS)

📌 Ikea trials resale website to rival eBay and Gumtree (BBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 British rock band Oasis announces reunion tour 15 years after break up (CNN)

📌 The Paralympic Games open today, some 4,400 athletes will compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days in Paris (ABC NEWS)

📌 Kelce brothers sign deal with Amazon for ‘New Heights’ podcast worth more than $100 million (VARIETY)

📌 Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day (NPR)

Tuesday, August 27

🚨NATION

📌 Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump (AP)

📌 Trump & Harris now debating about their first debate (POLITICO)

📌 Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages (KING TV)

📌 Texas AG raids homes of Latino civil rights group members, setting up a voting rights showdown (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Germany's leader promises more deportations after visiting mass stabbing scene (REUTERS)

📌 As Russia unleashed a massive air attack, Ukrainian civilians' resilience kicked in (NBC NEWS)

📌 Prosecutors probe captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily, lawyer says (AP)

📌 Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Americans set to spend a total of $39 billion on back-to-school shopping this year (CNN)

📌 Apple announces iPhone event for Sept. 9 (NBC NEWS)

📌 Heat-related deaths climbed 117% over 25 years (CBS NEWS)

📌 Judge orders ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli to surrender all copies of rare Wu-Tang Clan album (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 NFL changes kickoff rules and bans hip-drop tackles (AXIOS)

📌 The biggest star of the US Open: A cocktail that brought in $10 million (BI)

📌 Trump campaign disputes Foo Fighters over unauthorized use of music at rally (VARIETY)

📌 Bradley Whitford slams Cheryl Hines for not speaking out against husband RFK Jr (VARIETY)

📌 Environmental group calls for investigation into RFK Jr. incident with a chainsaw and a whale (THE WRAP)

Monday, August 26

🚨NATION

📌 Harris campaign says it's raised $540 million and saw a surge of donations during the convention (AP)

📌 Hurricane Hone brings heavy rain, winds to Hawaii’s Big Island (NBC NEWS)

📌 Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe (MO NEWS)

📌 Small grocers feel squeezed by suppliers, and shoppers bear the pain (WASHINGTON POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel and Hezbollah both claim victory after night of heavy fighting (AXIOS)

📌 Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary (AP)

📌 Man arrested over suspected terror attack explosion at French synagogue (TIMES OF ISREAL)

📌 Telegram app founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Free at-home COVID testing program restarting as officials prepare for fall, winter season (ABC NEWS)

📌 Alice Walton (heiress to Walmart) is the world's richest woman — and may soon be worth $100 billion (BI)

📌 How SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn private spacewalk will work, launch today (SPACE)

📌 NBA says Warner Bros Discovery lacks reach & cash to challenge Amazon TV rights deal (DEADLINE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Justin and Hailey Bieber have their first child (USA TODAY)

📌 ‘Ted Lasso’ eyes Season 4 with main cast members returning (VARIETY)

📌 Ben Affleck, 52, is 'hanging out' with RFK Jr.'s daughter Kick Kennedy, 36, amid Jennifer Lopez divorce (DAILY MAIL)

📌 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce host Blake Lively birthday bash at Rhode Island beach house (TMZ)

📌 Jenna Ortega says she deleted Twitter after seeing explicit AI images of herself as a minor (NBC NEWS)

Friday, August 23

🚨NATION

📌 Gus Walz broke the internet after showing his emotional love for his father. Then the bullying began (USA TODAY)

📌 RFK Jr likely endorsing Trump today; How will it impact race? (NATE SILVER)

📌 Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure (CNN)

📌 California hospital told woman's family she had checked out when she was actually dead, new lawsuit says (NBC NEWS)

📌 FBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago (USA TODAY)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Taliban passes laws banning women’s voices and faces in public (AP)

📌 Mexico to bring charges against cartel leader — for turning over another drug lord to US (CBS NEWS)

📌 Israeli demands for troops in Gaza blocking truce deal, sources say (REUTERS)

📌 Zelenskyy visits border area as Ukraine continues invasion of Russia (AP)

📌 Russia opens criminal investigation into CNN correspondent for reporting in Ukrainian-occupied Russia (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Canadian freight railroads shut down, dealing a potential blow to North America’s economy (CNN)

📌 Google agrees to America’s first newsroom funding deal. It’s already unpopular. (POLITICO)

📌 SpaceX is set to launch an ambitious mission featuring the first civilian spacewalk (CNBC)

📌 Home sales rise for the first time in five months as the number of listings grows (MARKET WATCH)

📌 Nearly 60% of baby foods in the U.S. don't meet nutritional guidelines, study says (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 TMZ roasted for inaccurately reporting Beyonce appearance at DNC (THE WRAP)

📌 Steph Curry endorses Kamala Harris at convention (YAHOO)

📌 Trump's campaign removes video featuring Beyoncé song after artist sent cease and desist (USA TODAY)

📌 Taylor Swift breaks silence on Vienna terrorism plot (USA TODAY)

Thursday, August 22

🚨NATION

📌 At least 55 arrested after clashes with police outside Israeli Consulate in Chicago during DNC (AP)

📌 MIT’s Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling (NBC NEWS)

📌 Trump holds first outdoor rally since assassination attempt (AP)

📌 Woman jumps fence at NJ zoo and tries to touch 500 lb. Bengal tiger (PEOPLE)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital (REUTERS)

📌 Key mediator Egypt expresses skepticism about the Gaza cease-fire proposal as more details emerge (PBS)

📌 Pair of missing scissors leads to delays and cancellations at Japan airport (NBC NEWS)

📌 Police raid Andrew Tate’s home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Canada's looming rail strike poses threat to US supply chains (BBC)

📌 Federal judge throws out US ban on noncompetes (NPR)

📌 Ford adjusts EV lineup, adds hybrids, to protect profits (AXIOS)

📌 As strength training gets more popular, Peloton and Planet Fitness shift focus (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 The DNC roll call featured a musical salute to each state. Here's what your state chose (NPR)

📌 Richard Simmons’ Death Was “Accidental” and “Due to Complications From Recent Falls and Heart Diseases” (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Adam Sandler says ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ starts filming in ‘a couple weeks,’ teases Travis Kelce cameo and a ‘juicy part’ for Benny Safdie (VARIETY)

📌 Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost (DEADLINE)

Wednesday, August 21

🚨NATION

📌 Long recovery underway after deadly and destructive floods ravage Connecticut, New York (USA TODAY)

📌 Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools (ABC NEWS)

📌 Democratic delegates approve platform with mistake mentioning Biden's second term (FOX NEWS)

📌 New fencing goes up outside DNC a day after pro-Palestinian protesters breach outer barrier (CNN)

📌 Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says (AP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Biden approved secret nuclear strategy refocusing on Chinese threat (NY TIMES)

📌 British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, among six missing after yacht sinks off Italy (REUTERS)

📌 Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody (NBC NEWS)

📌 Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, world's oldest living person, dies at 117, her family says (CBS NEWS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Food industry pushes back against Kamala Harris’s ‘price gouging’ plan (WSJ)

📌 Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug slashes the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in long-term trial (CNBC)

📌 Mpox "not the new COVID," World Health Organization says after declaring health emergency over Africa cases (CBS NEWS)

📌 Elon Musk’s Twitter deal may be the worst leveraged buyout deal for banks since Lehman, raising risks to Tesla (FORTUNE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Alicia Silverstone alarms fans by appearing to eat poisonous fruit in TikTok video (NBC NEWS)

📌 World No. 1 Jannik Sinner won’t be suspended after twice testing positive for banned substance (CNN)

📌 ‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper inks multiyear deal with SiriusXM worth up to $125 million for exclusive content (VARIETY)

📌 James Taylor addresses scrapped performance at DNC 2024: 'Sorry to disappoint' (USA TODAY)

Tuesday, August 20

🚨NATION

📌 Manhattan’s DA’s office does not explicitly oppose delaying Trump’s sentencing until after the election (ABC)

📌 Trump posts fake AI images of Taylor Swift and Swifties, falsely suggesting he has the singer’s support (CNN)

📌 Floods from thunderstorms lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut (AP)

📌 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who plan to “shut down” the DNC this week are taking from cues college campus protests, which were orchestrated with the help of an encrypted messaging network that also shares pro-Hamas content. (POLITICO)

📌 Rare “doomsday fish’ found off the coast of Southern California (PEOPLE)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. confirms Israel has accepted a ceasefire/hostage deal proposal and urges Hamas to do the same (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups claim responsibility for suicide bombing in Tel Aviv (REUTERS)

📌 Ukraine strikes bridges in Russia, aiming to entrap troops (NEW YORK TIMES)

📌 Multiple people including British tech tycoon missing after yacht sinks off the coast of Sicily (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 New rules for realtors will make buying a home more complicated, but could save buyers and sellers money (BUSINESS INSIDER)

📌 “Steepest” rollercoaster in the world coming to Six Flags next year (FOX BUSINESS)

📌 Lamborghini’s first EV is nearly ready (THE VERGE)

📌 SpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Danielle Fishel, Boy Meets World star, reveals she has breast cancer (CNN)

📌 Michael Oher, inspiration behind The Blind Side, speaks out for first time since suing the Tuohy family (PEOPLE)

📌 How to strengthen your happiness muscle (NEW YORK TIMES)

Friday, August 9

🚨NATION

📌 New bodycam video shows moment police saw shooter just before Trump assassination attempt (CNN)

📌 RFK Jr. and his gradually disappearing campaign (NBC)

📌 Georgia State Election Board passes new rule allowing county boards to demand more information before certifying an election (CNN)

📌 Tropical Storm Debby makes second U.S. landfall in South Carolina (NBC NEWS)

📌 Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hindus in Bangladesh facing mob violence, some trying to flee to India (MO NEWS)

📌 Russia seeks 15-year sentence for US-Russian ballerina (BBC)

📌 Strong earthquake with 7.1 magnitude hits off southern Japan, sparking new concern over major quakes (CBS NEWS)

📌 Why Ukraine is now invading Russian territory (MO NEWS)

🎧 A breakdown of the latest global threats, the war in Ukraine and how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would take place on the latest edition of the Mo News Interview podcast. (MO NEWS INTERVIEW | Apple | Spotify)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 A look at Boeing’s new outsider CEO (CNBC)

📌 Nasdaq, S&P 500 end 2% higher in rally after US jobless data (REUTERS)

📌 Covid fell to 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, down from 4th (NBC NEWS)

📌 Paramount cuts 15% of US staff, writes down $6 billion in latest sign of TV troubles (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Pregnant Cardi B details "freak accident" that nearly left her paralyzed (E!)

📌 A 16-year-old is set to become the youngest male U.S. track Olympian in history (NBC NEWS)

📌 Noah Lyles reveals covid diagnosis after winning bronze in 200 meters (ESPN)

📌 Steph Curry, LeBron James dominate as Team USA pulls off miraculous comeback to advance to gold medal game (FOX NEWS)

Thursday, August 8

🚨NATION

📌 Tropical Storm Debby churns up the East Coast, and affects weather as far away as the Great Lakes (AP)

📌 Senate investigation into Coast Guard finds that sexual misconduct is a ‘pervasive problem’ throughout the service (CNN)

📌 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock (AXIOS)

📌 President Biden says he is not confident there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses (CBS NEWS)

📌 Bob Woodward's new book tells story of Biden's "three wars" (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russia says Ukrainian troops crossed into its territory and launched ‘massive attack’ (CNN)

📌 UK, Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks of military conflict rise (REUTERS)

📌 Polish man sentenced to four months, deported from Denmark for June assault on Danish prime minister (AP)

📌 After violent riots, thousands of counterprotesters gather in UK (NY TIMES)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 NASA: Americans should leave cities this weekend to check out Perseid Meteor Shower (DAILY MAIL)

📌'Bluey' coins worth $400,000 stolen by Australian warehouse worker, police say (REUTERS)

📌 Deadlier strain of mpox spreads to more countries, raising officials’ alarm (CNN)

📌 Warmest ocean temperatures in 400 years threaten Great Barrier Reef (AXIOS)

📌 Beyonce, PlayStation games help Sony post a 10% jump in profits (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Rapper Nelly arrested for ecstasy possession at Missouri casino (NY POST)

📌 Australian field hockey Olympian breaks silence after arrest for allegedly buying cocaine in Paris (FOX NEWS)

📌 Lauryn Hill and the Fugees cancel tour days before it was set to begin (EW)

📌 BTS member Suga apologizes for 'negligence' riding electric scooter drunk after being fined (PEOPLE)

Wednesday, August 7

🚨NATION

📌 Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby brings several feet of rain, heavy flooding to Georgia, South Carolina (CBS)

Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled Iranian assassination plot potentially targeting Trump (CNN)

📌 Dems outspending GOP nearly 2x on presidential race (AXIOS)

📌 Fast-moving San Bernardino wildfire torches hillside community, forcing evacuations (ABC NEWS)

📌 Red Cross faces emergency blood shortage caused in part by extreme heat (NBC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Venezuela’s Maduro launching investigation into opposition (BBC)

📌 Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader (ABC NEWS)

📌 A Nobel laureate will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest (AP)

📌 UK expands jail capacity to house rioters (REUTERS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 US stock indexes move higher the day after global market rout (CNN)

📌 Boeing to make design changes to prevent future 737 MAX 9 door panel blowout (REUTERS)

📌 In historic move, EPA bans pesticide; cites alarming setbacks for fetuses (USA TODAY)

📌 Bloomberg donates $600M to four historically Black medical schools (AXIOS)

📌 World’s five leading chipmakers have now promised US investment (NY TIMES)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Simone Biles talks potential retirement following amazing Paris games (NBC)

📌 American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind (ABC NEWS)

📌 Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif advances to Olympic gold medal round amid gender controversy (NBC)

📌 Country singer Carly Pearce lashes out during concert: 'Get the f--- out of my show' (FOX NEWS)

📌 Serena Williams says she was denied table at restaurant in Paris, restaurant responds (PEOPLE)

Tuesday, August 6

🚨NATION

📌 Harris to announce her VP pick today ahead of their Philadelphia rally (NBC NEWS)

📌 Several US service members wounded during attack on base in Iraq; Iran-connected groups may be involved (FOX NEWS)

📌 Justice Thomas accepted previously undisclosed private jet flight to New Zealand, Senate Democrat says (CNN)

📌 Usha Vance defends husband’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment as a ‘quip’ in first solo interview (AXIOS)

📌 Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona 'fake elector' case (ABC NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees country as deadly anti-government rallies grip nation and loot PM residence (CNN)

📌 Two possible scenarios for an Iran attack against Israel (POLITICO)

📌 UK riots plunge country into worst unrest in years, prime minister vows to apply 'full force of law' (MO NEWS)

📌 Evan Gershkovich, freed Americans now face IRS fines, fees for time they were Russia’s hostages (FOX BUSINESS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Bloomberg reporter fired over breaking embargo on Evan Gershkovich's release (HUFF POST)

📌 Tropical Storm Debby threatens Southeast with potentially catastrophic flooding, record-setting rain (AP)

📌 CrowdStrike is sued by fliers after massive outage disrupts air travel (REUTERS)

📌 Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Dolce & Gabbana launches perfume for dogs (DAILY BEAST) 

📌 Belgium drops out race, and Switzerland shuffles line-up after athletes fall ill following race in Seine River (CNN)

📌 Simone Biles, Suni Lee on silent Olympic beam final: 'It was really weird and awkward' (USA TODAY)

📌 Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's home burglarized, police say (ABC NEWS)

📌 Kehlani's ex claims singer is in a 'cult,' files for full custody of 5-year-old daughter (PEOPLE)

Monday, August 5

🚨NATION

📌 Hurricane Debby barrels toward Florida, with potential record-setting rains farther north (AP)

📌 Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has stern words for Biden’s plan to overhaul high court: “Be careful.” (FOX NEWS)

📌 San Francisco takes harder line against homeless camps, defying its reputation (NY TIMES)

📌 More US schools are taking breaks for meditation (ABC)

📌 Robert F Kennedy Jr. admits to dumping dead bear in Central Park (THE WRAP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Dozens killed in protests against Bangladesh’s Prime Minister (WSJ)

📌 Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela’s opposition show (WASHINGTON POST)

📌 Rioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years (CNN)

📌 Chinese migrants rush to find way to U.S. border before doors close (WSJ)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 How Elon Musk wants to wire the human brain (YAHOO! FINANCE)

📌 Why pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS are shuttering locations (CNBC)

📌 S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq end sharply lower as weak jobs report triggers recession fears. (USA TODAY)

📌 ‘The summer job is back’: Teens enter the labor force as employers dish out higher wages, perks (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Julia Louis Dreyfus says Kamala Harris is too smart to take advice from ‘Veep’ character Selina Meyer (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ scores $97 million in massive second weekend (VARIETY)

📌 South Korea just held its tenth annual ‘Do Nothing’ competition (CNN)

Friday, August 2

🚨NATION

📌 Senate GOP blocks bill aimed at expanding child tax credit (ABC NEWS)

📌 Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rolls out 'No Kings Act' to eliminate presidential immunity (NBC NEWS)

📌 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro becomes odds-on betting favorite to become Kamala Harris' vice president (USA TODAY) The Harris vetting team has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end (NBC NEWS)

📌 Sonya Massey’s mom called 911 to report her daughter was having a mental breakdown the day before she was killed (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade Maduro to release Venezuela election vote tallies (AP)

📌 Hamas military leader Mohammad Deif, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attack, confirmed killed by Israel (NBC NEWS)

📌 'Enough is enough' : Nigerians take to street in protest over a cost-of-living crisis (NPR)

📌 British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violence after fatal stabbing of girls (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 California wildfire activity is nearly 3,000% higher this year as "increasingly critical" conditions fan the Park Fire (CBS NEWS)

📌 Dow closes nearly 500 points lower Thursday as investors recession fears awaken (NBC NEWS)

📌 US proposes ban on airline fees for seating parents next to kids (NPR)

📌 Soaring coffee prices foretell a financial grind (REUTERS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 How Snoop Dogg became a fixture at the Paris Olympics (NBC)

📌 Cardi B reveals she's pregnant, expecting her third baby after filing for divorce from Offset (PEOPLE)

📌 Carrie Underwood joining ‘American Idol’ as judge, replacing Katy Perry (TODAY)

📌 Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen (GUARDIAN)

📌 Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s son Miles diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (CNN)