NEWSNATIONNOW (The Hill) - Pentagon estimates first 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B
The first 100 hours of “Operation Epic Fury” cost about $3.7 billion, or $891.4 million each day.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Ellen Mitchell) - US faulted in Iran school strike in initial Pentagon review: Report
Trump previously blamed Iran for the deadly incident, telling reporters Saturday that Tehran struck the school, even as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declined to say the same.
NPR (Kara Frame) - 'Songs from the Hole': The story behind JJ'88's documentary and visual album
The visual album and documentary Songs from the Hole tells the story of James Jacobs, the hip-hop artist JJ'88, as he reflects on his coming-of-age within California's state prison system.
Songs from the Hole. Before the song starts, protagonist and producer James "JJ'88" Jacobs describes meditating on his and others' redemption while incarcerated and in solitary confinement.'/Open
NYTIMES (Graham Bowley) - Bill Cosby, Out of Prison and the Public Eye, Faces Civil Trial
The entertainer whose conviction was overturned in 2021 still faces sex assault lawsuits from multiple women, including one playing out now in a California court.
NYTIMES (Emma G. Fitzsimmons) - Could Free Child Care Last the Full Day? Some Working Parents Hope So.
New York City will start offering free child care for 2-year-olds this fall. A question for the Mamdani administration is whether it will be available past 2:30 p.m.
NYTIMES (Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Ian Stewart and Julian E. Barnes) - The $11 Billion Cost for One Week of War, and a New ‘Millionaires’ Tax’
Plus, Planned Parenthood’s new offering: Botox.
ABCNEWS - Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly 2024 Moscow concert hall attack
A Moscow court has convicted 19 people over the 2024 Crocus City Hall shooting that killed 149 and injured more than 600 people
NPR (NPR Staff) - Oil price surges as Iran steps up attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf
Markets seesawed on Day 13 of the war in the Middle East, as two oil tankers were struck by projectiles near Iraq's southern ports and attacks between Israel and Hezbollah intensified.
HUFFPOST - Foreign Hacker Compromised Epstein Files Held By FBI: Reuters
The hack occurred after a server at the Child Exploitation Forensic Lab in the FBI’s New York Field Office was inadvertently left vulnerable by an agent.
HUFFPOST - TRIPLE GOLD! U.S. Superstar Oksana Masters Extends Historic Medal Haul At Winter Paralympics
Oksana Masters now has eight Winter Paralympic gold medals to go along with her four victories at the Summer Paralympics.