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News & Observer Washington correspondent Danielle Battaglia describes how North Carolina voters are thinking about presidential candidates after a recent scandal in the governor’s race shook things up.

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire after Lebanon suffered huge casualties. Reuters has more.

Benoît Morenne with the Wall Street Journal explains how an unusual lawsuit by an energy mogul could bankrupt Greenpeace USA.

Helene could hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. Axios has details.

EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don’t believe it. NPR reports.

A Wall Street Journal essay argues that pediatricians created the peanut-allergy epidemic. 

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Israel launched a widespread wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Reuters has more.

Congress struck a deal for a temporary funding agreement to avoid a government shutdown for now. USA Today has the story.

A Texas medical school was leasing out body parts of unclaimed corpses, an NBC News investigation found. NBC’s Mike Hixenbaugh describes what the reporting revealed.

CBS News has what to know about the deadly shooting in Birmingham, Alabama.

Several senior campaign officials for North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson stepped down after CNN reported on past comments he made on a pornographic website.

NPR reports on how multiple Tufts University lacrosse players were hospitalized with a dangerous condition after a workout.

Sports mascots were very dude-coded. Then came Ellie the Elephant. The Washington Post tells her story.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Across the U.S. in November, voters will weigh ballot measures including election policies, minimum-wage increases, and marijuana legalization. Politico’s Emily Schultheis takes a look.

Apple News In Conversation spoke to Madeleine Baran about how the U.S. military downplays possible war crimes.

U.S. overdose deaths plummeted, saving thousands of lives. NPR has the story.

Israel said it hit 100 Hezbollah rocket launchers in Lebanon. BBC News has more.

A Kentucky sheriff killed a judge in his chambers following an argument, police said. CNN has details.

Congress must ensure it can continue to govern in the aftermath of a “mass casualty” event, a bipartisan group of House members argued. The Washington Post examines the constitutional amendment they’re proposing.

ESPN looks at how Shohei Ohtani made MLB history with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

A second wave of exploding devices hit Lebanon. BBC News has more.

The Washington Post breaks down what the Fed’s big rate cut means for consumers, businesses, and investors.

ProPublica’s Kavitha Surana reports on how health experts in Georgia determined that two women, Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, died after they couldn’t access legal abortions in the state — which has a strict ban.

Republican divisions sunk a House bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown. The Wall Street Journal has details.

Iranian hackers sent stolen Trump campaign information to people associated with the Biden campaign. CNN is on the story.

NBC News on why it’s important that the Teamsters union declined to endorse a presidential candidate, breaking decades of precedent.

Now you can renew your passport online. Travel + Leisure shows how.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside pagers ordered by Hezbollah months before Tuesday’s detonations in Lebanon, sources told Reuters.

Rupert Murdoch faced his kids in court, with Fox News’s fate in the balance. NPR’s David Folkenflik unpacks the family’s drama.

Instagram made sweeping changes to how teens can use the app. The Verge looks at what you need to know.

CBS News explains how the Fed’s first rate cut in four years may impact your money.

Republicans blocked a Democratic bill on IVF protections. Politico has the details.

Moo Deng is an overnight sensation, but NBC News reports that the baby hippo’s online fame has caretakers worried.

Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Shumita Basu.

USA Today lays out new information in Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt of Trump.

The Washington Post’s Miriam Berger explains how new video and witnesses challenge Israel’s account of the killing of a U.S. activist in the West Bank.

NPR looks at how TikTok is battling a U.S. ban on the app in court.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested based on a sealed indictment, Reuters reports.

The court battle over Rupert Murdoch’s family fortune got underway. BBC News unpacks the high-stakes family drama.

The Wall Street Journal is on the story of Instagram’s new moves to restrict teen accounts.

ABC News details the investigation into the doomed Titan submersible that imploded on the way to the Titanic wreckage.

NBC News explains what’s special about the moon tonight — and how to view it.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Trump was safe on Sunday after the Secret Service foiled what the FBI called an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing in Florida. Reuters has details. And CNN explains why golf courses can be so difficult to secure.

Iran is turning to the Hells Angels and other criminal gangs to target its critics. The Washington Post investigates.

The Wall Street Journal examines how religious movies are sweeping Hollywood, with rich investors pouring in millions.

A Springfield, Ohio woman told NBC News that she never meant to spark false rumors about Haitians.

The Israeli military admitted there’s a “high probability” that it mistakenly killed hostages in Gaza. The Guardian has more.

Apple News has coverage of the best and worst moments from the Emmys.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

PBS reports on an Ohio city with a community of Haitian migrants that’s now in the political spotlight.

Ben Steverman with Bloomberg Businessweek explains how the pandemic caused a recession in Americans’ social lives, and what that means for the U.S. economy.

Families who’ve been torn apart by QAnon conspiracies told their stories to author Jesselyn Cook. She breaks down what she’s learned on Apple News In Conversation.

The judge in the Georgia election-interference case knocked out two charges against Trump. Politico has details.

NPR looks at new data on the impact of Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris.

We now know why Earth vibrated for nine days in 2023. The Wall Street Journal reveals how the mystery was solved.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

The Wall Street Journal’s Alexander Osipovich explains the legal battle over whether Americans will be able to wager on election results.

Ukraine is asking for permission to use long-range U.S. missiles to strike deep inside Russia. The Washington Post reports.

Pamela Colloff writes in ProPublica about how a medical examiner has recanted testimony that a child died of shaken-baby syndrome, but the father is still in prison for murder. It’s an update of her earlier reporting on the story.

Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana, bringing flooding and powerful winds. CNN has details.

The Harris-Trump debate drew much stronger ratings than June’s Biden-Trump debate. The Hollywood Reporter looks at the numbers.

The father of an 11-year-old who was killed in a crash called on the Trump campaign to stop referencing his son’s death. NBC News has more.

The Tennessean has the story of how Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a woman off a bridge ledge.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

Harris and Trump met in what is likely their only presidential debate. Gideon Resnick joins to discuss, and NBC News has six key takeaways.

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled to keep an abortion-rights measure on the November ballot. The Kansas City Star has more.

WABC reports on how more FDNY members have died from 9/11-related illness than were killed on the day of the attack.

CNN explains why the search for the Kentucky shooting suspect is so difficult.

Jury selection was completed in the trial of the former officers charged in the killing of Tyre Nichols. The Washington Post is on the story.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.