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Lazar Berman explains why Israel is up in arms after an alleged Iranian attack on an oil tanker; health reporter Nathan Jeffay lists pros and cons of Israel’s 3rd dose campaign

The negotiations have entered that most excruciating of phases: tantalizingly close to an agreement, but with none in hand. And patience is wearing thin.

Children need real help, not empty rhetoric.

Donald Trump’s political organization raised $82 million in first half of 2021  CNN Trump defends his comments about election after release of DOJ notes | TheHill  The Hill Trump tries to defend ‘just say the election was corrupt’ demand  The Guardian Opinion |

Corona movie theater shooting victim dies  Los Angeles Times TikTok star wounded in movie theater shooting has died from his injuries  CNN Vigils held for victims in deadly Corona movie theater shooting I ABC7  ABC7 California TikTok star, 19, dies after ‘Purge’ theater

Likeliest victims of eviction moratorium ending will be women, people of color  Business Insider The rent is now due, America  CNN ‘Down the drain’: Millions face eviction after Biden lets protections expire  POLITICO With federal moratorium expiring, states and localities must step up

Florida reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic  CBS News Florida reports single-day increase of 21,683 new COVID-19 cases, most since start of pandemic  WPLG Local 10 Florida Records Highest One-Day Total

Senate infrastructure talks spill over into rare Sunday session | TheHill  The Hill Regional leaders call for input in infrastructure bill  CBS News McConnell stirs GOP intrigue with support for Biden’s infrastructure bill  POLITICO Senate ends Saturday session — with infrastructure bill still

Fauci backs new masks guidance as Florida reports highest one-day Covid case total  The Guardian Florida sees 21,000-plus coronavirus cases Saturday, breaking one-day record  Fox News Florida breaks grim COVID-19 record with biggest one-day total in new cases  WFLA News Channel 8 Florida

For 18 months, a town in a remote, heavily forested part of eastern Borneo island had avoided the worst of Indonesia’s Covid-19 pandemic. Then, in early July, doctors in Tanah Grogot started seeing what they had long feared.