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1. Weakened public health powers raise outbreak risks

   Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions.

2. NTSB says United jet was too slow and too low in Newark landing accident

   Federal investigators say the captain flying the United 767 from Italy was too slow and too low before landing last month at Newark, N.J. The jet struck a light pole, damaging a truck on the turnpike.

3. New York City reshapes mass transit system to handle World Cup, NBA finals crowds

   New York transit officials are preparing to handle up to 100,000 extra travelers a day as fans arrive in New York and New Jersey for FIFA World Cup matches.

4. North Korea unveils a new plant to produce fuel for nuclear weapons

   State media photos on the place showed it is likely a plant to produce weapons-grade uranium.

5. Embedded: "We Keep Us Safe" from NPR, KUOW and The Seattle Times

   In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation. He arrived in Seattle during the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, known as CHOP. Less than a week later, he was shot and killed there. The case remains unsolved.

6. What will it take to get a vaccine for the Ebola strain driving the current outbreak?

   There is an effective vaccine for Ebola — but not for the variety spreading rapidly in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Trials are going on for several candidates. How long will it take?

7. Gun control group sues ATF over records release

   Brady, a nonprofit gun control advocacy group, is suing the ATF and the DOJ over their refusals to release documents and other information about who the largest sellers of crime guns in the U.S. are.

8. Hezbollah rejects ceasefire deal agreed on by Israel and Lebanon

   The U.N. peacekeeping mission for Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said one peacekeeper was killed and others were wounded when they came under mortar fire in southeastern Lebanon.

9. Senate to start debate on ICE funding. And, Israel and Lebanon agree to ceasefire

   Senate Republicans are moving forward on a bill to fund immigration enforcement through the end of Trump's term. And, Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a ceasefire that could aid in ending the war in Iran.

10. The $13 billion carrier with a plumbing problem is home. Now come the costly repairs

    With 4,600 sailors finally home, USS Gerald R. Ford will finally receive some much needed repairs and an upgrade to its beleaguered sewage system.