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Taylor Swift Vaults Into Billionaire Ranks With Blockbuster Eras Tour (www.bloomberg.com)

Parents of 9-year-old who went missing on New York camping trip received ransom note before daughter was found, governor says (www.cnn.com)

How police found 9-year-old Charlotte Sena, according to NY governor

A Trap Door Hid a Cache of Narcotics at the Day Care Where a Child Died (www.nytimes.com)

Days after a 1-year-old died and three children exposed to drugs at a Bronx day care site were hospitalized, investigators uncovered a trap door under a play area that was concealing fentanyl, other narcotics and drug paraphernalia....

Conservatives aim to restructure U.S. government and replace it with Trump's vision (www.pbs.org)

The goal is to avoid the pitfalls of Trump’s first years in office, when the Republican president’s team was ill-prepared, his Cabinet nominees had trouble winning Senate confirmation and policies were met with resistance.

Seven killed, 90 wounded in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian city of Chernihiv (www.reuters.com)

Fulton County district attorney is likely to present her case against Trump to grand jury next week (www.cnn.com)

The Atlanta-area district attorney investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies has been lining up witnesses to appear before a grand jury in order to craft a narrative around how Trump and his supporters tried to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State, according to people familiar...

Trump documents trial: The schedule is set. Here’s what to know (www.politico.com)

Pay Raises Are Finally Beating Inflation After Two Years of Falling Behind (www.wsj.com)

Wages rise more than 4% while consumer prices increase 3%...

Justice Says Mississippi Court Rule to Give Poor Defendants Lawyers Isn’t Working (www.djournal.com)

At the first court hearing after someone is arrested for a felony, a judge is supposed to decide whether the defendant can be released from jail and should appoint a lawyer if they can’t afford one....

Georgia deputy kills Black man freed from prison after wrongful conviction (www.reuters.com)

Despite rocky rollout, more than 7 million Americans have received updated Covid-19 vaccines, HHS says (www.cnn.com)

This year’s uptake of the updated Covid-19 vaccine appears to be somewhat slower than last year’s, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....

Americans reported $2.7 billion in losses from scams on social media, FTC says (www.cbsnews.com)

Online fraudsters have taken billions of dollars from Americans in recent years and they are using social media to do it....

Abercrombie and Fitch ex-CEO accused of exploiting men for sex (www.bbc.com)

A Phillies fan tried — and failed — to bring an emotional support alligator to a game (sports.yahoo.com)

Danny Masterson’s Wife Bijou Phillips Files for Divorce After Rape Sentencing (www.eonline.com)

Federal Report Finds Tribal Burial, Cultural Sites “Blasted” for Border Wall (truthout.org)

“The construction harmed some cultural and natural resources… by blasting at tribal burial sites,” the report says....

Chinese gatecrashers at US bases raise espionage concerns (www.reuters.com)

Chinese nationals, sometimes posing as tourists, have accessed military bases and sensitive sites in the U.S. as many as 100 times in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing U.S. officials who described the incidents as potential espionage threats....

Arizona GOP rejects single-day vote proposal, angering election deniers (www.washingtonpost.com)

A proposal by Republican election deniers in Arizona who want to opt out of the state’s government-run presidential primary election in 2024 and instead hold the party’s own one-day, in-person election, with paper ballots that would be counted by hand, has caused anxiety among top Republicans in Washington, who fear being...

Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers (apnews.com)

Giuliani surrenders in Trump election subversion case, $150,000 bond set (www.reuters.com)

Record Labels File $412 Million Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Internet Archive (www.rollingstone.com)

Complaint claims organization’s “Great 78 Project,” which includes music from Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and more serves as an “illegal record store”

In Marion County newspaper raid, a grim threat to Kansans' First Amendment rights - Kansas Reflector (kansasreflector.com)

The outrageous law enforcement assault on the Marion County Record newspaper raises a veritable forest of red flags.

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