1.  Emails Show Fox News’ ‘Striking Effort’ to Boost DeSantis

 LET’S GET IT RON 

The messages show DeSantis was invited on air almost every day for months on end.

2.  Taliban Seizes Second Biggest Afghan City as Thousands Flee

  LIKE DOMINOES 

Kandahar fell to the insurgent group as fears grow for the capital, Kabul.

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3.  The Outdoors Is Calling. Answer It With Gear from This Sale

 GET OUTSIDE 

Backcountry has everything you could need to be outside and enjoy it, and it's all up to 50% off.

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4.  Judge Allows Eviction Moratorium—but Suggests It’s Illegal

 WAIT AND SEE 

Dabney Friedrich said she upheld the moratorium solely because an appeals court upheld the last one.

5.  Snopes Co-Founder Suspended for Writing Plagiarized Articles

 OPPOSITE DAY 

The fact-checking site’s internal investigation found at least 54 articles written by David Mikkelson using plagiarized work, according to BuzzFeed.

6.  ‘The Better Mask’ Really Is Better Than Most I’ve Tried

 MASK IT UP 

The Better Mask blends the protection of something like an N95 (the masks medical professionals wear) with the comfort of a cotton mask.

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7.  New York State Assembly to Drop Cuomo Impeachment Inquiry

 BEAT US TO IT 

Speaker Carl Heastie said in a statement that the assembly doesn’t have the authority to remove an official once they’ve left office.

8.  Angry California Dad Attacks Teacher Over School Mask Policy

 CALM DOWN 

The argument left the teacher in the hospital and the parent banned from school property.

9.  Data Shows July Was Earth’s Hottest Month in Grim New Record

 ‘UNENVIABLE DISTINCTION’ 

NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad said last month’s record-breaking heat “adds to the disturbing and disruptive path that climate change has set for the globe.”

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10.  Zobrist Drops Suit Against Ex-Pastor Over Affair With Wife

 WITHDRAWN 

The lawsuit was voluntarily withdrawn on Thursday, as Zobrist and his estranged wife went to trial this week for their divorce after close to 16 years of marriage.

11.  New Jersey Man Now Faces Three Murder-for-Hire Charges

  PERSONAL BEST 

What Dominic Escalera didn’t know was that the “hitman” he hired was actually an undercover cop.

12.  Fraudster Jailed for Giving Woman, 92, Fake COVID Vaccine

 LOWLIFE 

A con man pretending to work for Britain’s National Health Service deliberately targeted the elderly lady in her home in London.

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13.  Nicki Minaj, Husband Face Lawsuit From Attempted Rape Victim

 ALLEGATIONS 

Jennifer Hough, whom Petty was convicted of assaulting in 1995, has sued the couple for allegedly trying to buy her silence—and trying to intimidate her when she refused the bribe.

14.  Simone Biles Reveals Nasty Dog Bite on Instagram

 OUCH! 

“I’ve grown up my whole life with german shepherds & never got bit,” the gymnastics legend posted.

15.  Dozens Test Positive After Cruise Disembarks From Texas

 SEA SICK 

The positive tests were returned just before a scheduled stop in Belize City.

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