ABCNEWS - WATCH: Shelter rescues kitten who appeared inflated like a balloon
ABC News' Danny New speaks to a veterinarian who believes the condition was caused by damage to the cat's windpipe.
NPR (Ari Daniel) - To stop Africa from hemorrhaging local talent, scientist creates drug discovery lab
A Zambian scientist is on a quest to prevent brain drain from Africa so he's established a state-of-the-art drug discovery lab in South Africa.
JUSTTHENEWS (Eric J. Lyman) - Iran strikes four ships in Hormuz strait, warns oil could surge to $200 per barrel
Attacks on ships is the Hormuz waterway have all but shut down traffic there, upsetting energy supply systems and sending oil prices higher
NEWSNATIONNOW (HANNAH FINGERHUT, Associated Press) - State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies
The Treasury Department has said it will continue circulating the roughly 114 billion pennies that exist for “as long as possible.”
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.