| ABC News | Joe Biden, Kamala Harris jump in on 2021 races: The Note | | Police: Armed person stole ambulance with patient inside | | Russians suspected of doping stopped from going to Olympics | |
| Al Jazeera English | Tokyo Olympics officially begin under spectre of pandemic | | COVID-positive man boards Indonesia flight disguised as wife | | Israel granted official observer status at the African Union | |
| Associated Press | Olympic Games, Tokyo-style: The pandemic era, in miniature | | Study: Chinese COVID shot may offer elderly poor protection | | As Tokyo Games open, can Olympic flame burn away the funk? | |
| BBC News | Inside a US fire truck driving through a wildfire | | Indonesia: Covid-positive man boards flight disguised as wife | | Emily Ratajkowski sponsors Bantry Basketball Club in County Cork | |
| Bloomberg | Malaysia Apologizes for ‘Human Error’ Over Empty Covid Jab | | HSBC, Bank of China Rethink Evergrande Mortgage Halt After HKMA Queries | | Tokyo Olympics Cases Jump as Games Start, Athletes Infected | |
| CNN | Video: See Tokyo 2020 Olympics from above - CNN Video | | Tokyo Olympics: Magical Summer Games moments from the millennium - CNN Video | | Olympic greats call on IOC to allow podium protests | |
| Engadget | Sony's WH-1000XM3 ANC headphones fall to a new low of $170 | Engadget | | The Morning After: LG adds a mic and speaker to its high-tech air-purifying mask | Engadget | | Astronomers spot possible moon-forming region for the first time | Engadget | |
| Fox News | Universal masking calls reach Biden admin as delta fear, push for virus restrictions reach fever pitch | | Sue Bird hopes to 'let loose and enjoy' US flag-bearing opportunity | | DC shooting: Police release footage of suspects fleeing after brazen shooting | |
| Google News | ‘Deadly serious’: Pelosi goes to war with GOP over Jan. 6 | | Inside Trump's intense search for a Cheney challenger | | To reach a peace deal, Taliban say Afghan president must go | |
| Hacker News | Realless | | BirdNet – The Easiest Way to Identify Birds by Sound | | Hacker News in the Style of Teletext | |
| Medical News Today | Climate change and toxic pollution: Which countries are most at risk? | | COVID-19: ‘Large numbers of patients will develop complications’ | | Everyday chemicals, hormones, and breast cancer: What is the link? | |
| MSNBC | Capitol Police have new chief after Jan. 6 insurrection | | About 100 U.S. athletes in Tokyo unvaccinated as Covid-hit Olympics begin | | Armed person steals ambulance with a patient inside, Houston police say | |
| National Geographic | 3-ton parts of Stonehenge may have been carried from earlier monuments | | Families are leading a new wave in Black travel. Here’s why | | Bonus Episode: In Conversation: Reframing Black History and Culture | |
| New Scientist | Who counts as an astronaut? Not Jeff Bezos, say new US rules | | Cockatoos are figuring out how to open bins by copying each other | | Covid-19 news: Weekly cases in England hit highest level since January | |
| The Hill | Rep. Hank Johnson among demonstrators arrested at voting rights protest | TheHill | | The Hill's Morning Report - Pelosi considers adding GOP voices to Jan. 6 panel | TheHill | | Frustration builds as infrastructure talks drag | TheHill | |
| The Huffington Post | Democrats Raise New Concerns About FBI Background Check Of Brett Kavanaugh | | About 1 In 6 American Olympians In Tokyo Are Unvaccinated | | New York Jets Coach Greg Knapp Dies After He's Struck By Car While Cycling | |
| Wired | The Olympics Could Be a Covid-19 ‘Super-Evolutionary Event’ | | The Kaseya Ransomware Nightmare Is Almost Over | | Scientists Just ‘Looked’ Inside Mars. Here’s What They Found | |