NBC News, by Rob Wile, Brian Hamacher, David K. Li, Phil Helsel and Patrick Smith: Torrential rains pounded South Florida on Wednesday as officials warned residents to avoid “life threatening flooding” in some of the state’s most populous regions. The…

The Blaze, by Paul Sacca: The Texas Democratic Convention was held in El Paso and ended on Saturday. The convention featured speakers such as transgender activist Charlotte Clymer, gun control activist David Hogg, and “full-time” drag queen Brigitte Bandit. Bandit…

AXIOS, by Barak Ravid: The Biden administration has cautioned Israel in recent weeks against the notion of “a limited war” in Lebanon and warned it could push Iran to intervene, two U.S. officials and one Israeli official told Axios. Why…

USA Today, by Christopher Cann and Jorge L. Ortiz: If only it were true that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, at least when it comes to the weather. Sin City reached a high of 111 degrees Thursday, making…

USA Today, by Elizabeth Weise, Dinah Voyles Pulver, and Doyle Rice: If you think there have been a lot of tornadoes this year, you’re right: With at least 850 confirmed tornadoes so far and several major tornado outbreaks, it ranks…

KCRA3, by Ashley Zavala: California lawmakers in a key committee on Wednesday approved a measure to prohibit public school districts across the state from setting policies requiring parents to be notified if their child identifies as transgender. The Senate Education…

The Christian Post, by Mark Tooley: United Methodism’s largest overseas jurisdiction has voted to quit the denomination in response to the church’s divorcing sex from marriage at its governing General Conference earlier this month. The United Methodist Church in the…

USA Today, by Jorge L. Ortiz, Claire Thornton, and Phaedra Trethan: The toll of homelessness and decades of substance abuse is evident in Bruce and Lisa, two clients of San Francisco’s controversial Managed Alcohol Program, from her missing teeth and…

Aljazeera: A cyclone has flooded coastal villages, blown away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power in southern Bangladesh and eastern India, with at least nine deaths reported. Dozens of villages in Bangladesh were flooded after…

AP News, by Rob McGuirk: A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday’s landslide and has formally asked for international help. The…

AP News, Sean Murphy and Julio Cortez: Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought…

USA Today, by Natalie Neysa Alund and Jonathan Limehouse: A Missouri State representative early Friday morning reported his daughter and son-in-law, both missionaries in Haiti, were reportedly killed in gang violence in the country. “My heart is broken in a…