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CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes a step back to explain several of the changes that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made that directly affect US vaccine policy.

Baseball umpire Jen Pawol made history Saturday in Atlanta as she became the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball regular season game. Pawol worked at first base in Game 1 of the Atlanta Braves’ doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Truist Park. Making her big league debut in front of tens of thousands of fans, Pawol was grinning ear to ear as she took the field. She was welcomed warmly by members of the Marlins and Braves during the exchange of lineup cards. Fans were also happy to witness history at the ballpark, with several holding signs with messages such as “Welcome to The Show, Jen” and “Thank you, Jen! From girls and women everywhere.” Once the game was underway, it was all business for the MLB rookie. She acquitted herself well at first base, accurately calling some close plays quickly and decisively. The game ended in a 7-1 Braves victory. Pawol was the seventh woman to umpire in the minor leagues and made her pro debut in the Gulf Coast League in June 2016, according to MLB. She is one of 17 Triple-A umpires who are eligible to be called up to MLB games if needed. https://cnn.it/3J8Kj8U

Videos and photos show dinosaur footprints uncovered in the Sandy Creek area in Travis County, Texas following the catastrophic July 4th floods. Experts say the creek where the prints were found is usually dry but rose to 20 feet during the floods, and that the prints are approximately 110 to 115 million years old.

"More than a strategic move, it represents yet another classical Netanyahu maneuver to prolong the war, while perpetuating harm and suffering for Gaza residents and Israeli hostages alike. All for his own political survival," Tal Shalev writes | Analysis

"The conditions around Friday’s summit so wildly favor Moscow, it is obvious why Putin leapt at the chance, after months of fake negotiation, and it is hard to see how a deal emerges from the bilateral that does not eviscerate Ukraine," writes Nick Paton Walsh | Analysis

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released its 2024 World Air Transport Statistics report, and it’s filled with fascinating nuggets. Here are a few to wow your avgeek friends.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the word “tariffs” is one of his favorites and one of the most beautiful. He’s made that abundantly clear over the past few months by enacting sweeping tariffs on all America’s trading partners, levying higher import taxes on specific products, and threatening yet more action. For those keeping score – or at least attempting to – you’ll quickly learn that no tariff is set in stone. At the flick of a switch, Trump has significantly dialed up and down tariffs – both ones in place and ones he’s threatened. But Trump’s ability to continue minting tariffs faces a crucial test after landmark rulings by the Court of International Trade, which the administration is appealing. Where do tariffs stand now and how did we get here? https://cnn.it/45pPVTD

Douglas Wilson believes in a patriarchal society where women are expected to submit to their husbands. Women are banned from leadership positions in his church. He supports repealing the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, (though he says it’s not a top priority) wants to outlaw abortion and says homosexuality should be a crime. While he’s been on the fringes of the religious right for decades, Wilson has found an increasingly mainstream Republican audience under Trump. During Covid, his church in Moscow defied lockdown rules and held an outdoor protest in September 2020, leading to arrests, national attention and support from Trump on Twitter. His church community in Idaho has roughly doubled in size since 2019, he says. https://cnn.it/4fzJKkS

The great ongoing American conversation escalated into a great American bar fight this summer, as a long and increasingly unhinged national back-and-forth about race, politics, sexuality, the nature of both the Trump administration and fame itself was triggered by … a jeans ad. What happened? American Eagle released a campaign starring the exceedingly charismatic actress Sydney Sweeney. In one ad, she is seen clad in a revealing version of the Canadian tuxedo, veritably busting out of a not really buttoned jean jacket. But though the mere facts of her physical existence have ignited multiple national debates previously, in this case, the reason people are talking (and talking!) is that the ad’s script had her making puns about genes and jeans. While American Eagle enjoyed a brief $2-a-share surge in its stock price during the controversy, all the rest of us got were a bunch of questions. Here are some answers.

The Internal Revenue Service began sharing sensitive taxpayer data this week with immigration authorities searching for undocumented migrants, according to two sources familiar with the matter.