Russia strikes Ukraine's Odesa port in 'hellish' attack - official (www.reuters.com)
What we know about Travis King, the U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea (www.npr.org)
Tupac Shakur: Police search house over 1996 killing (www.bbc.co.uk)
An 11-year-old boy caught a piranha-like fish in his backyard pond in Oklahoma (www.npr.org)
Guardsman Jack Teixeira Cites Trump’s Treatment in Seeking Release in Leak Case - Lawyers say former president’s freedom undermines arguments for their client’s detention (web.archive.org)
Kremlin accuses West of turning blind eye to Ukrainian 'terrorist attacks' against Russia (www.reuters.com)
Florida malaria outbreak still going with local cases now at 7 (arstechnica.com)
Local officials are still working to apply insecticide by air, trucks, and crews.
133 Degrees and No Ac: Kids at Angola Prison Kept in Potentially Deadly Heat (theappeal.org)
Phoenix Breaks Heat Record Set in 1974 (www.nytimes.com)
As much of the South bakes, Phoenix is poised to break a record set half a century ago of consecutive days with 110-degree or higher temperatures....
Chamoli: Fifteen electrocuted to death near India river (www.bbc.co.uk)
Alaska man inadvertently films his own drowning on a glacial lake with helmet GoPro, officials say (apnews.com)
A 12-year-old is facing charges for allegedly throwing acid on an 11-year-old girl at a Detroit playground, officials say (www.cnn.com)
A 12-year-old girl in Detroit is facing charges after allegedly throwing acid on an 11-year-old girl at a playground, officials said.
Russia's Prigozhin: no more fighting in Ukraine but prepare for Africa - video (www.reuters.com)
Trump says he received a letter saying he's a target of DOJ's Jan. 6 investigation (www.npr.org)
Edit: please pay attention to the first two words of this headline. We don’t actually know if Trump received a target letter, he could be lying out of his ass to mess with the investigation.
Illinois Supreme Court upholds end to cash bail; new system begins Sept. 18 (www.cbsnews.com)
In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday morning, the state’s highest court overturned a ruling by a Kankakee County judge that the law ending cash bail was unconstitutional. The end to cash bail will now go into effect across the entire state on Sept. 18, according to the Illinois Supreme Court ruling.
Police raid MEP’s house as Qatargate corruption probe widens (www.politico.eu)
Unhoused Coloradans turn to methamphetamine as a form of protection (coloradosun.com)
In Colorado Springs, meth accounts for the majority of drug overdose deaths. Many of the deceased were living outside, using the drug to stay awake.
Hugo Carvajal: Spain extradites Venezuela's ex-spy chief to US (www.bbc.co.uk)
Fast grocery firms doomed by French dark store ban (www.bbc.co.uk)
Does The Kentucky Attorney General Go To Work? An Investigation. (www.huffpost.com)
An open records request shows Daniel Cameron hasn’t used his key fob to get into the state Capitol for the last three years. His office won’t say why.
Colorado teen accused of trying to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group (apnews.com)
An 18-year-old from suburban Denver who allegedly planned to go to Iraq to fight for the Islamic State group was arrested last week as he tried to board a flight to Turkey.