New Zealander dies in social media challenge; glut of new books about Biden; how Trump’s inability to help federal disaster areas worsens economic issues; foreign tourism continues to drop sharply; Supreme Court deadlocks on Oklahoma religious charter school; Republicans try to defang the courts from regulating Trump administration; sports roundup; boa constrictor hit by car in Big Lake; Patrick Coolican’s weekly visit; best hiking trail is Devil’s Kettle; improving trends in local black homeownership; war on homelessness.