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| Catastrophic flooding in Kentucky has killed eight people and caused hundreds to lose their homes. Nearly 800,000 monkeypox vaccines will be made available to Americans. The Mega Millions jackpot has grown even bigger. Beyoncé's new album is out. |
| It's Jane, with Friday's news. |
| 🔴 Extended triple-digit heat in Oregon is investigated as the cause of four deaths. |
| ⚖️ A Texas jury has ordered Charter Communications to pay $7 billion to the family of an 83-year-old grandmother robbed and murdered by a cable repairman. |
| ⚾ Andrew Benintendi, the newest New York Yankee, played it coy about getting a COVID vaccine in his introductory press conference, writes USA TODAY Sports columnist Bob Nightengale. |
 | | New York Yankees' Andrew Benintendi takes the field for the team's baseball game against his former team, the Kansas City Royals, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) | | The Associated Press | |
| 🔵 "Dangerously misguided" but maybe necessary: The U.S. government made public that it was negotiating a deal with Russia to free WNBA star Brittney Griner. |
| 📰 Did you follow the news this week? Test your memory with our quiz. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, Congressional reporter Ledge King has the latest on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
Flooding in Kentucky leaves at least 8 people dead |
| More rain is expected in Kentucky after heavy downpours caused massive flooding across the eastern part of the state , leaving at least eight people dead Thursday. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked for prayers. "In a word, this event is devastating," Beshear said. "And I do believe it will end up being one of the most significant, deadly floods that we have had in Kentucky in at least a very long time." He said property damage has been massive, with hundreds losing their homes. The National Weather Service said additional flooding was possible into Friday in much of West Virginia, eastern Kentucky and southwest Virginia. |
 | | Members of a rescue team assist a family out of a boat on July 28, 2022 in Quicksand, Kentucky. | | Michael Swensen, Getty Images | |
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| 🏪 Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin asked the CEO of Walgreens to revise its policy regarding pharmacists' religious objections when fulfilling prescriptions. |
| 📞 Tensions over Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine and clashes over the economy dominated a call between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. |
| 🍽️ Rethinking obesity: What we eat matters. Researchers are still searching for the "best" diet. |
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More than 780K doses of monkeypox vaccines to be made available |
| The Biden administration announced that more than 780,000 doses of monkeypox vaccines will be available Friday, as the rapidly spreading outbreak continues to raise concern. These doses will add to the 300,000 doses distributed this month, bringing the total to 1.1 million. The mayor of San Francisco announced a state of emergency Thursday over the growing number of monkeypox cases, allowing officials to cut through red tape. The city has 281 cases, out of about 800 in California and 4,600 nationwide, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. As of Wednesday, over 20,000 cases of monkeypox had been detected globally in 77 countries, the CDC's Jennifer McQuiston said. |
| 🔵 Addressing myths about monkeypox: A look at symptoms, treatment and other common questions. |
 | | A sign urges the release of the monkeypox vaccine during a protest in San Francisco, July 18, 2022. | | Haven Daley, AP | |
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| 🗳️ For Mike Pence, problems with a White House run start with his old boss, Donald Trump. |
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Drawing for $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the nation's 3rd largest |
| One of the nation's biggest lottery prizes got a little bigger Thursday as the Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.1 billion. The rise makes the jackpot the third largest, behind $1.5 billion prizes won in 2018 and 2016. The already-giant $810 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night. Lottery numbers will be drawn again Friday at 11pm E.T. You can play in 45 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you happen to live in a state where you can't purchase a ticket, you can still play if you have a ticket purchased in another state. You do have to return to that state to collect your winnings, though. |
| 💰 If you win the Mega Millions jackpot, here's what you need to know. |
| 💰 Column: Recession? Inflation Reduction Act? Just let me win the Mega Millions, OK? |
Beyoncé's 'Renaissance' is here |
| Beyoncé's new album "Renaissance" is out Friday . Ahead of its official release, what appears to be the full album was leaked on social media Wednesday morning. The Grammy-winning artist first teased the "Renaissance" title in an August interview with Harper's Bazaar, saying she'd been in the studio for a year and a half working on something new. Following the release of "Break My Soul," her first single from the album, Beyoncé' became the first woman ever to earn at least 10 top 10 hits as a soloist and 10 or more top 10s as a member of a group, according to Billboard. |
| 🎵 Kelis reacts to song sample on "Renaissance": "It's theft." |
 | | Beyoncé envisions "Renaissance" as a three-act project she wrote and recorded during the pandemic. | | Carlijn Jacobs | |
ICYMI: Some our top stories yesterday |
| 💻 Congress passes a computer chips bill, giving lawmakers and President Biden a bipartisan win. |
| 🔵 As Ukraine offensive gains momentum, Russia's 49th Army described as "highly vulnerable": Thursday's updates. |
| ⚖️ 20 Republicans, including Rep. Matt Gaetz, vote against anti-human trafficking bill. |
| ⚾️ Yankees drop two to Mets in Subway Series, but send message with first big deadline trade | Opinion. |
LIV Golf tees off at Trump National Golf Club |
| The LIV Golf Bedminster will tee off on Friday, with 48 golfers traveling to New Jersey for the controversial tour's third event on the 2022 LIV Golf schedule. The Old Course at Trump National Golf Club will host the event, and Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Patrick Reed and Louis Oosthuizen are among the golfers who will participate in the three-day tournament. The series, funded by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, has long been criticized as a way for the kingdom to sportswash its human rights record. Saudi Arabia has been accused of wide-ranging human rights abuses, including politically motivated killings, torture, forced disappearances and inhumane treatment of prisoners. |
📸 Photo of the day: Donald Trump plays in LIV Golf pro-am at Bedminster 📸 |
 | | Yasir Al-Rumayyan, left, a governor of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, which is financing the LIV Golf series, Donald Trump, center, and his son Eric Trump, watch play. | | Seth Wenig, AP | |
| Before teeing off with Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and his son, Eric, in the LIV Golf Invitational Series pro-am on Thursday, former President Donald Trump spoke to ESPN about hosting the controversial circuit at his club in New Jersey. |
| "I've known these people for a long time in Saudi Arabia, they've been friends of mine for a long time,"Trump said. "They've invested in many American companies, they own big percentages of many, many American companies, and frankly what they're doing for golf is so great." |
| Trump's comments came days after families of 9/11 victims and survivors sent a letter to condemn the former president for hosting the Saudi-funded series. Read more. |
| See photos of Trump playing in the controversial event. |
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