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Congress has approved major funding to fix aging water infrastructure. But frustrated people in Jackson, Mississippi, are skeptical their dilapidated systems will finally get the investment they need. The Washington Post tells their stories. U.S. hospitals are running seriously short of nurses, just ahead of flu season and a potential COVID surge driven by cold weather. Vox explains why. The Wall Street Journal reports on how the ultrarich could drive $1.6 billion in art sales in the next two weeks. The retirement-community sport of pickleball is winning celebrity followers including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and the Kardashians. Vanity Fair looks at what’s happening.

The deadly crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival was just the latest fatal concert incident. Safety experts tell the Washington Post it won’t be the last. Without guaranteed paid federal bereavement leave, American workplaces aren’t prepared for the level of loss brought on by the pandemic, the Atlantic argues. Professional athletes are using new technology to compete for longer than ever before. Sports Illustrated looks at how their success may have lessons on aging for the rest of us. There’s a possible new clue in the case of sightings of people flying jetpacks, reported by pilots in California. The Miami Herald lays out a new theory: What the pilots saw wasn’t human.

Apple News Today: In Conversation is bringing you a special episode — the first installment of Hooked, a new podcast series from Apple TV+.   When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside of a KeyBank in Seattle, police and the FBI had been looking for him for months. Hathaway had robbed 30 banks in a single year. Before he became a notorious bank robber, Hathaway was a top design engineer at Boeing; he fit the profile of a loving family man, he made six figures, and flew around the world in business class. That all unraveled when he was prescribed OxyContin for a back injury and developed an addiction to opioids.   Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for Bloomberg Businessweek about Hathaway in 2019. His reporting is the basis of Hooked. Host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway’s story on Apple News Today: In Conversation.

When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside of a KeyBank in Seattle, police and the FBI had been looking for him for months. Hathaway had robbed 30 banks in a single year. Before he became a notorious bank robber, Hathaway was a top design engineer at Boeing; he fit the profile of a loving family man, he made six figures, and flew around the world in business class. That all unraveled when he was prescribed OxyContin for a back injury and developed an addiction to opioids.   Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for Bloomberg Businessweek about Hathaway in 2019. His reporting is the basis of a new podcast series from Apple TV+, called Hooked. Apple News Today host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway’s story.

The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe high levels of carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are, in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The trial of three white men accused of killing Black Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery will have a nearly all-white jury. The Washington Post breaks down how that happened. NPR looks at the citizen’s arrest law at the heart of the case. Snowbirds are getting younger during the pandemic, as Money Magazine explains. Now that many people are more able to work from home, a much younger demographic is buying second homes in more moderate climates. Turning back your clocks shouldn’t be too hard this weekend. But that’s not the case for the British royal family's staff. Travel + Leisure looks at the special challenge of setting hundreds of clocks manually.

Rising sea levels are an existential threat to island nations. CNBC looks at how their leaders are stepping up the fight to get big countries to do more about climate change. Axios reports on how New York taxi drivers scored a victory after a two-week hunger strike, earning relief from debt that has brought many of them close to financial ruin. An investigation from the Marshall Project found that police hurt thousands of teenagers every year, including a striking number of Black girls. The Wall Street Journal has the story of a marathoner aiming to finish her sixth marathon in six weeks. She’s running on two rebuilt knees.

Politicians across America are studying Tuesday’s races for clues on how to win in next year’s midterms. Politico has key takeaways. And the Washington Post looks at how Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race in part by apparently pulling off a balancing act with Donald Trump that turned out both Trump supporters and moderate voters. Today the Supreme Court reviews a major Second Amendment case. SCOTUSblog previews what could be the biggest gun ruling in years. World leaders are announcing “net-zero” climate targets. Vox explains how that might be misleading when it comes to understanding progress on reducing carbon emissions. The Atlanta Braves crushed the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the World Series, taking home the title for the first time since 1995. USA Today has a recap.

Police reform is on the ballot today in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s murder ignited a new debate over the role of law enforcement. FiveThirtyEight breaks down what voters are deciding. And the Washington Post looks at how many Democratic mayoral candidates have moved from talking about reducing or reallocating police budgets to focusing on “law and order.” With natural disasters becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, cleaning up after floods, wildfires, and hurricanes is a multibillion-dollar business. The New Yorker tells the stories of some of the often-exploited workers who do that dirty work. Heterosexual married couples in the U.S. still almost always give their kids the father’s surname. The Atlantic examines why. London cab drivers are famed for memorizing the city’s complicated streets. The Washington Post reports on new research that is scanning their brains for clues that may lead to better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.

Today the Supreme Court hears cases challenging the new Texas law that prohibits almost all abortions. SCOTUSblog explains what to watch. The CDC is expected to recommend Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. But it’s a different dose than adults get, so rolling it out will require new steps. NPR has details. Concierge medicine promises better access to doctors for patients who pay a fee. Critics say it makes primary care harder to get for those who can’t pay. Scientific American takes a look. Like to sneak in a quick snooze during your commute to work? The Washington Post looks at a new bus service that takes it to the next level: a five-hour route to nowhere, expressly designed for napping.

Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight speaks with Shumita Basu about her reporting for ProPublica on the juvenile-justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Knight reveals a disturbing pattern in which hundreds of kids — some as young as 7 years old — were being locked up every year. In many of these cases, the adults responsible acted illegally and faced no consequences.