Tragedy, Politics, and Human Connection: A Day in the News

The Wall Street Journal’s Alexander Osipovich explains the legal battle over whether Americans will be able to wager on election results.

Ukraine is asking for permission to use long-range U.S. missiles to strike deep inside Russia. The Washington Post reports.

Pamela Colloff writes in ProPublica about how a medical examiner has recanted testimony that a child died of shaken-baby syndrome, but the father is still in prison for murder. It’s an update of her earlier reporting on the story.

Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana, bringing flooding and powerful winds. CNN has details.

The Harris-Trump debate drew much stronger ratings than June’s Biden-Trump debate. The Hollywood Reporter looks at the numbers.

The father of an 11-year-old who was killed in a crash called on the Trump campaign to stop referencing his son’s death. NBC News has more.

The Tennessean has the story of how Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a woman off a bridge ledge.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.