Amazon may have met its match in the grocery aisles Amazon laid off workers at its brick-and-mortar grocery stores last week — the latest sign of the e-commerce giant’s struggles to stand out in the competitive grocery landscape. Read more on NPR

Movie extras worry they’ll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans Five background actors told NPR they had to undergo face and body digital scans while on TV and movie sets. The use of digital replicas is a sticking point in the ongoing strikes in Hollywood. Read more on NPR

China floods have left at least 20 dead Beijing’s rainfall is the heaviest recorded in 140 years, reaching nearly 30 inches between Saturday and Wednesday. The downpours have triggered landslides and floods. Thousands have been evacuated. Read more on NPR

Up First briefing: Trump’s 3rd indictment; U.S. loses AAA rating; heat and the brain Donald Trump is indicted on felony charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Fitch Ratings downgrades the U.S. credit rating. This is your brain on heat. Read more on NPR