• Two jail guards for Jeffrey Epstein charged with cover-up in his suicide
• California's PG&E customers may face new round of mass outages
• U.S. House approves bill to avert government shutdown this week
• An officer and an impeachment witness, he draws ire of Trump allies
• Seller of bullets to Las Vegas gunman pleads guilty to ammo licensing offense
• Influential U.S. doctors group calls for ban on vaping products
• Indiana teachers use 'outside voices' to demand higher wages
• Democrat Warren vows to use 'every tool' to combat white nationalist violence

World

• Sweden drops Assange rape investigation after nearly 10 years
• U.S. support for Israeli settlements renews focus on core issue in Mideast conflict
• Trump shift on Israeli settlements fulfills wish list of evangelical base
• Israel says attacks military targets in Syria in retaliation for Tuesday rockets
• Dead-end: Rohingya in Malaysia warn against fleeing from Bangladesh
• More than 100 protestors killed in Iran during unrest: Amnesty International
• A hospital and clean water: China on the charm offensive in Sri Lanka
• U.S. Senate passes HK rights bill backing protesters, angers Beijing

• Uber, distracted backup driver cited by NTSB in fatal self-driving crash
• Without a China trade deal, the U.S. will hike tariffs: Trump
• Asia shares trapped in a trade maze, oil nurses losses
• GM not liable for punitive damages in ignition switch cases: U.S. appeals court
• After meeting AFL-CIO, Pelosi says USMCA must be enforceable for workers to win passage
• OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to pay states' lawyers, urged to help victims
• Microsoft Teams surpasses 20 million daily active users; rival Slack shares slip
• Sales of grounded Boeing 737 MAX gather pace at Dubai Airshow

• 'The Crown' peddles subversive republican message, says royal historian
• The Who are first honored as London unveils Music Walk of Fame
• Ukrainian artist strikes a chord with matchsticks
• Love Mud Do: McCartney to headline 50th Glastonbury Festival
• Miniature Bronte manuscript returns to author's childhood home
• Qantas urges rapper will.i.am to withdraw racism accusation against staffer
• Box Office: 'Ford v Ferrari' Races to First Place, 'Charlie's Angels' Collapses
• 'Joker' expected to cross $1 billion global box office milestone

• Browns place S Burnett on IR, ending his season
• Nadal sparks Spanish comeback, Canada into last eight
• Paris mayor sounds alarm over Airbnb Olympics tie-up
• MLB’s Manfred addresses ‘thorough’ investigation of Astros
• Blazers' Anthony to start; Lillard (back) sidelined
• Canada finally beat US to reach Davis Cup last eight
• Pirates P Vazquez facing 21 new charges
• Kyrgios confident Australia can win Davis Cup