State

Attorney General Merrick Garland visits amid violence in Chicago

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announces the launch of the Justice Department's five cross-jurisdictional gun trafficking strike forces at the ATF in Washington, DC, U.S., July 22, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS

• Illinois pensions among worst-funded in nation, report confirms

• Analysis rates Illinois poorly for bond debt

• Study ranks Illinois 29th in best states to start a business

• Pritzker talks plans for Unemployment Trust Fund, pandemic response

• Pritzker plans to attend Lollapalooza with wife, friends

• Officials warn about pills containing fentanyl ahead of concert season

• New Illinois law allows women to get birth control from pharmacists without doctor visit

Nation

Florida pastor facing U.S. Capitol riot charges has court hearing

Police clear the U.S. Capitol Building with tear gas as protestors gather outside, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo

• New U.S. Capitol Police chief named after Jan. 6 riot

• As Americans navigate conflicting COVID-19 mask advice, 'everyone is confused'

• The American pandemic day: More kids. More TV. More Z's. More time alone

Government, Politics, Campaigns  & Elections

White House sees YouTube, Facebook as 'Judge, Jury & Executioner' on vaccine misinformation

Facebook logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

• U.S. senators aim to stop vaccine misinformation by going after tech's legal immunity

• U.S. Senate panel hears from Chubb, others on insuring pandemic risk

• Biden pick to lead public lands bureau poised for full Senate vote

• FBI ignored tips on Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Democrats charge

• Mississippi asks U.S. Supreme Court to overturn abortion rights landmark

• Democrat Amy Finkenauer sets sights on Senator Grassley's Iowa seat

• Threats rattle Pennsylvania county targeted in election audit

International

At least 67 dead in India as rains trigger floods, landslides

People use their mobile phones to take pictures of a collapsed building following rains in Mumbai, India, July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

• Digger trucks drafted in to rescue people stranded in China floods

• China's Xi visits Tibet for first time as president

• Azerbaijan jails 13 Armenian military personnel for six years -court

• Haiti president's hometown prepares for funeral as tension simmers

Iran's Khamenei says water crisis protesters cannot be blamed

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during Friday prayers in Tehran September 14, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl

• Explainer-Indonesia, Asia's COVID-19 epicentre, considers relaxing curbs

• Croatia tightens controls on Adriatic coast to safeguard tourist season

• Frenchman seeks Macron's help over 'abduction' of his children in Japan

• Pope to skip Sunday Mass but will make regular noon address - Vatican

ODD & Extraordinary

• Samoan seasonal workers sing during Australian hotel quarantine

Science, Medicine, Technology & Environment

Moon-forming region seen around planet in another solar system

An undated image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory is a partner, shows wide (left) and close-up (right) views of the moon-forming disc surrounding PDS 70c, a young Jupiter-like planet nearly 400 light-years away. The close-up view shows PDS 70c and its circumplanetary disc center-front, with the larger circumstellar ring-like disc taking up most of the right-hand side of the image. The star PDS 70 is at the center of the wide-view image on the left. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al/Handout via REUTERS