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)