Congo says at least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by “warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa early Monday, the government said. Read more on NPR

What to watch for in the post-Labor Day campaign sprint From how to read the polls to big moments yet to come for Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump, here are five themes and questions to think about this fall. Read more on NPR

In Miami Beach, you can live on your boat, but getting to land is not so easy Miami Beach is tired of a community of live-aboard boaters anchored just offshore. It’s adopted policies limiting their access, including making it illegal to tie up dinghies at a city boat launch. Read more on NPR

The cost of senior care: Why aging farmers fear the nursing home Small family farmers are often “land rich, cash poor,” and nursing homes and other types of long-term care are expensive. Many worry about sacrificing their land to pay for care at the end of life. Read more on NPR

Should SCOTUS have binding ethics rules? Ketanji Brown Jackson doesn’t see why not In a new interview with NPR, Ketanji Brown Jackson talks about ethics in the Supreme Court, as well as stories about family, marriage and parenthood. Read more on NPR

4 people were killed on a train in the Chicago area on Labor Day, police say The suspect initially escaped from the scene, but was later found through Chicago Transit Authority surveillance video. Police now have the person in custody and seized a firearm in their possession. Read more on NPR

Pope opens Asia odyssey in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious tolerance The pope’s arrival in Indonesia launches an 11-day voyage zigzagging across time zones that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. Read more on NPR

Measles cases are up and childhood vaccinations are down For about three weeks in 2000, there were zero measles cases in the United States. It was declared eradicated. Fast forward to 2024, and measles cases are surging, especially in Oregon where the state is facing the worst outbreak since the early 1990s. This is happening…

An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader Hossein Shanbehzadeh has been sentenced after replying with a period in response to a post on the social platform X by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Read more on NPR

Deadly suicide blast kills at least six in Kabul The Afghan capital has been periodically hit by an ISIS affiliate, but no one immediately claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack, which killed at least six and injured 13. Read more on NPR