GOP support for Trump softens as the former president’s legal troubles mount Former President Donald Trump is likely facing a third indictment and maybe a fourth. Fewer Republicans are saying Trump did “nothing wrong,” the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. Read more on NPR

The CDC sees signs of a late summer COVID wave In July, COVID infections, hospitalizations and emergency room visits inched up. Recent summers have seen a bump in COVID. This year’s rise looks modest so far. Read more on NPR

Carlee Russell is charged with kidnapping hoax It remains unclear why the 25-year-old Alabama nursing student fabricated a story of a stranded child and why she went missing for two days. Read more on NPR

Trump still leads the pack in Iowa. But other Republicans are hoping for an opening Former President Donald Trump maintains a double-digit lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in local polls, but Iowa party leaders say Trump has left an opening for his rivals to gain some ground. Read more on NPR

She is trying to get the U.S. to take extreme heat more seriously. Here’s how Extreme heat killed more people in the U.S. last year than hurricanes, floods, lightning or tornadoes. One expert says it doesn’t have to be this way. Read more on NPR

A pediatric neurosurgeon reflects on his intense job, and the post-Roe landscape Jay Wellons has operated on kids’ brains and spinal cords. He writes about the anguish of losing a patient and the exhilaration of saving a life in All That Moves Us. Originally broadcast July 2022. Read more on NPR

Biden implements sweeping changes to how the military handles sexual assault cases The reforms place serious criminal cases under the authority of trained prosecutors. Previously, key decisions had been left up to victims’ own commanders. Read more on NPR