After snub by Taylor Swift, Filipino ‘Swifties’ find solace in another Taylor Taylor Sheesh, the Philippines’ top Taylor Swift impersonator, has set out on her own tour across the country in a bid to get the global superstar’s attention. Read more on NPR

Texas A&M president ‘retires immediately’ after fallout from hiring Black journalist The university announced in June it hired Kathleen McElroy, a former New York Times journalist, to lead its journalism program. The hire quickly drew backlash from conservatives across Texas. Read more on NPR

Biden nominates Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be chief of naval operations President Biden has nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. If confirmed she’d be the first woman who would serve in that role and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Read more on NPR

A stolen Christopher Columbus letter found in Delaware returns to Italy decades later A rare copy of a letter from Columbus to Spain’s royals detailing his voyage vanished from a Venice museum in the 1980s. U.S. authorities have repatriated it to Rome after a yearslong investigation. Read more on NPR