Burger King ventures into Tex-Mex | Deadly clashes in Ethiopia | Pakistan hospital bombing | American kidnapped in Kabul | Trump delivers his economic proposal | Evan McMullin running as an independent | GOP foreign policy officials condemn Trump | GOP senator not on board with Trump | Lilly King bests Russian rival | Hijab-wearing fencer ousted | Brazil gets its first gold | ‘Cupping’ trend catching on | Leslie Jones joining NBC’s Rio coverage | Nightmare day for Delta | Ahmed Mohamed’s family suing school | Neck injury caused waterslide death | Three girls fall from ferris wheel | Walmart buys Jet.com | NBC buys ‘Harry Potter’ rights | Changes to the next iPhone | NBC Snapchat shows | ‘Pokémon Go’ banned in Iran | Hulu ending free service | Meth-for-sex mayor will resign | Pennsylvania attorney general faces criminal trial | Man arrested for giving out THC candies at music fest | ‘Game of Thrones’ concerts | Killam and Pharoah leaving SNL | Bow Wow done with music | Princess Beatrice splits with boyfriend | RG3 will start | Pogba to Man U | Crawford’s seven-hit night | Race car driver dies after accident | Kanye passes Michael Jackson in Top 40 hits | Inmate who attacked Dylann Roof freed
Monday, August 8: Kosovo wins its first ever Olympic gold
Gold for Kosovo | July jobs report pleases and delights | Japan’s emperor ready to abdicate | American gets Rio’s first gold, Ledecky world record, Phelps’ 19th gold | Brit sets swimming record, Chinese diver makes history | Underwhelming ratings for opening ceremony | First Olympic doubles loss for Williams sisters | Djokovic loses | Russia banned from Paralympics | Hillary says she ‘short-circuited’ with email answer | Trump pivots, endorses Ryan and McCain | GOP congressman endorses Gary Johnson | Vacation time for the Obamas | Iran executes nuclear scientist for treason | Rebels regain ground in Aleppo | Machete attack in Belgium | Thailand votes for military-backed constitution | Philippines president accuses public officials of drug trade involvement | Fallen birthday cake causes deadly fire in France | Storms batter Mexico | Mutant mosquitoes in Florida | Facebook trying a Snapchat-like home screen | Ichiro reaches 3,000 | A-Rod pushed into retirement | Teixeira will hang ’em up | Furyk sets PGA single-round record | Favre headlines HOF induction class | Redskins to Virginia? | New asthma pill | Virginia mayor caught in meth-for-sex sting | California mayor accused of starting strip poker game at camp | Chicago police release video of deadly shooting | Jazz great dies at 86 | Frank Ocean’s album nowhere to be found | Zellweger sounds off on tabloid journalism | ‘Suicide Squad’ sets August record
Friday, August 5: Sasha Obama has a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard
Sasha bussing tables at a Martha’s Vineyard restaurant | Biden’s birthday bracelet for Obama | Obama writes about feminism | USA Gymnastics ignored sex abuse accusations | Dylann Roof beat up in prison | George Zimmerman clocked | IOC clears 271 Russians for Olympics | Turkey issues warrant for Gulen’s arrest | American woman was the victim in London stabbing attack | Hillary with a 9-point lead in new poll | Paul Ryan still backing Trump | Questions over whether Melania immigrated legally | Obama says the election won’t be rigged, and calls for Zika funding | John Kerry says the US doesn’t pay ransoms | North Carolina man arrested for terror plotting | Phoenix police intensify campaign to find serial killer | Egypt killed ISIS Sinai leader | China won’t air South Korean programming on TV | North Korea eyes the moon | Report details Rousseff’s violations | Bank of England stimulus | Earl hits Belize, moves west | WHO lost a million yellow fever vaccine doses | Melting ice sheet will reveal waste in Greenland | Facebook cracking down on clickbait | Apple will pay hackers to find vulnerabilities | David Huddleston dead at 85 | Former Ohio congressman gone at 62 | Trump Taj Mahal closing | East Coast gangsters wrangled | NBA All-Star Game looks headed to New Orleans | Historic minor-league hitting streak | Mariah Carey’s reality show | ‘Frozen’ director leaves show | ‘Suicide Squad’ enthusiasts not pleased with Rotten Tomatoes
Thursday, August 4: Startup will send a robot to the moon
Moon Express will put a robotic lander on the moon | DC officer arrested for terrorism link | Czech man tried to join ISIS | ISIS names new Boko Haram leader | Knife attack in London | Pence supporting Paul Ryan | Account of Trump talking nukes | $400 million cash payment to Iran | Olympic competition underway | Phelps will carry US flag | IOC announces new sports for 2020 | North Korea missile launch triggers emergency meeting | Elections in South Africa | Nicaragua president picks wife as running mate | Emirates crash landing, firefighter dead | Hurricane Earl hits Belize | Thirty-three US service members with Zika | ‘Netflix tax’ in Pennsylvania | Can’t ask job applicants their salary in Massachusetts | More forms of ID acceptable for voting in Texas | Obama commutes record 214 sentences | Supreme Court blocks transgender bathroom choice order | Settlement in Rhode Island prep school sex abuse case | Daily fantasy legal again in New York | Southwest workers want execs out | Traffic-straddling bus in China | Time Warner buys stake in Hulu | Turner channels will be available on Hulu | Westbrook agrees to new Thunder deal | Derek Fisher might want to play again | No more Nike golf equipment | Elena Delle Donne comes out | New Britney Spears album | Jonah Hill emailed food intake to Drake
Wednesday, August 3: Evidence lacking for dental floss benefits
Benefits of flossing unproven | Trump not endorsing Ryan and McCain | Trump gives baby the heave-ho | Jill Stein chooses running mate | Hillary gets endorsement from GOP congressman | Obama lights into Trump | Trump U case will go to trial | Delaware Supreme Court strikes down death penalty | Another North Korea missile launch | Questions over use of bin Laden’s compound | Attack in Benghazi | Soccer referees among those canned in Turkey sweep | Italian PM and Turkish prez beefing | Australia accused of abusing refugees | Pope creates commission to consider women becoming deacons | DNC bigwigs out | Kansas GOP congressman defeated in primary | Biden officiates same-sex wedding | NYPD Commissioner stepping down | Yelchin’s parents suing Fiat Chrysler | South Korea not selling 80 VW models | Starbucks stainless steel straws recalled | Instagram stealing from Snapchat’s playbook with Stories | Samsung launches new phone | Prosecutors contest new trial ruling for Adnan Syed | Woman killed in standoff with Baltimore police | Five killed in charter bus crash | Nobel Prize winner dead at 70 | McClain’s ‘purple drank’ addiction | Story likely out for the year | Bolt has never run a mile | All-time AP Top 25 poll | Mayo Clinic is America’s top hospital | Good samaritans save man who drove into lake | Dutch man waits 10 days in Chinese airport for online ‘girlfriend’ | Shays Rebellion leader getting a new gravestone | Jimmy Fallon will host the Golden Globes