Millions along the Gulf Coast are bracing for Tropical Storm Betha, which could unleash flash flooding and a life-threatening storm surge; a 10th-straight night of U.S. airstrikes on Iran has not led to a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, while 19-year-old Pvt. Isabella Gonzales and 25-year-old 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan were killed over the weekend at a U.S. air base in Jordan after an Iranian attack, with the Pentagon revealing nearly 100 U.S. troops have been injured since the fighting resumed this month; a 43-year-old Army veteran has been arrested in New York for allegedly dousing a stairwell at a federal building with gasoline and igniting it with a firework; there are now 1,000 new cases of cyclosporiasis in Michigan alone, and the FDA says that while a false positive was reported, lettuce from Taylor Farms remains the focus of the investigation; a $100,000 reward is now being offered for answers in the death of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells; Lindsey Graham’s sister, Sen. Darline Graham, is planning to run for a full term in the Senate following his sudden death; a one-in-15-million birth was recorded in Australia as a 34-year-old woman gives birth to identical quadruplet girls; some of Hollywood’s most iconic movie props just fetched big bucks at auction, with Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and lightsaber from “The Empire Strikes Back” selling for a record $3.75 million; the viral image of Argentina’s Lionel Messi holding Spain’s Lamine Yamal as a baby is getting its own Topps trading card; and Marvel has released the trailer for the fifth Avengers film, “Avengers: Doomsday,” with Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU as Doctor Doom and both Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth reprising their iconic roles.
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