Ammon Bundy ordered to pay $50 million. But will the hospital ever see the money? A jury as ordered Ammon Bundy and an associate to pay more than $50 million in damages to Idaho’s largest hospital after armed protests last year led to a security lockdown. Read more on NPR

A political gap in excess deaths widened after COVID-19 vaccines arrived, study says After vaccines became widely available in 2021, “the excess death rate among Republican voters was 43% higher than the excess death rate among Democratic voters,” Yale researchers say. Read more on NPR

TikTok’s new text post format is similar to, but not the same as, Threads and Twitter The new publishing option, which was announced Monday, will allow content creators to combine written content with music, stickers and hashtags. Read more on NPR

Judge blocks Biden administration’s new rules for asylum-seekers at the border U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar blocked a similar policy during the Trump administration, and immigrant advocates had urged him to do the same in this case. Read more on NPR

UPS union calls off strike threat after securing pay raises for workers A tentative agreement between UPS and the Teamsters has averted a potential strike at the company. The deal will secure pay raises for part-time workers. Read more on NPR

Bronny James, LeBron’s oldest son, suffered cardiac arrest during practice The incoming freshman at the University of Southern California was at basketball practice Monday when he suffered a cardiac arrest, according to multiple media reports. Read more on NPR

A former pastor is charged with murdering an 8-year-old girl nearly 50 years ago David Zandstra, 83, has been charged with criminal homicide, first-degree murder and other crimes. Investigators say he admitted to killing Gretchen Harrington in 1975. Read more on NPR