David Crowley wins tight Wisconsin race and Iran plot led to Trump’s plane swap: Morning Rundown
David Crowley beats Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic primary for governor.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says a nighttime blitz damages Russia’s Black Sea naval stronghold
Anti-ship missiles, aerial and sea drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Four crew, two rescuers killed in Red Sea attack; U.S. strikes ship in Gulf of Oman
Four crew members were killed in an attack by Yemen’s Houthis on a ship. while the U.S. military said it struck a container ship to sail toward a port in Iran.
Western Canada fights growing wildfires as thousands more told to be ready to leave
A deadly wildfire in western Canada that has forced some 20,000 people to flee, grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it.
3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the U.S. since 2010
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates Thursday in what would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.
Trump says security threat spurred secret plane swap in Turkey
The president spoke for the first time about a previously undisclosed flight after the NATO summit in July.
Progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan wins Minnesota Democratic Senate primary
Flanagan defeated Rep. Angie Craig, NBC News projects, in yet another nominating contest that exposed Democratic ideological divides.
Minnesota GOP picks Lisa Demuth over Trump-backed Mike Lindell for governor against Democrat Amy Klobuchar
Demuth, the state House speaker, defeated Trump-endorsed Lindell for the Republican nomination, NBC News projects, while Klobuchar romped in her primary.
2.4 million Afghan girls shut out of secondary school 5 years after Taliban takeover, U.N. says
“Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally banned from secondary and higher education,” a UNESCO official said.
Kansas father kills 4 children and wife before turning gun on himself, authorities say
The children were identified as girls ages 9, 5 and 3 and a boy, 7. An official said the father had been reported for “aggressive behavior” in the past.