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Also: Three Japanese utility officials are charged in the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster; scores of people die in an ISIS bombing in Baghdad; and a Navy SEAL will receive the Medal of Honor today.

Also: ISIS militants kill an antiquities scholar in Syria; Saudi Arabia reports dozens of new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome; and a Hawaiian flash flood sends some tourists up trees.

Also: The Senate will soon vote on a replacement to the No Child Left Behind law; Burundi is warned of the chance of civil war; and Malaysian officials try to find who owns 3 abandoned jets.

Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief adviser to the administration's effort to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, said having a vaccine by next month was "not impossible." But a longer timetable appears more likely.

Dr. Mandy Cohen said mass gatherings like the Republican convention will be a "very big challenge" if COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the state, as they are currently.

A new Brazilian hero isn't a soccer star, it's the prosecutor pressing the corruption case against the country's political elites. He's got a book that taps into the public's desire to clean house.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cook County, Ill., State's Attorney Kim Foxx about why prosecutors decided to drop all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was indicted on 16 felony counts.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nick Aldworth, former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, about how England is prepping security for Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week.

The 19-year-old also faces 27 charges at the federal level, one of which carries a possible death sentence. He will make an appearance in federal court this week.

Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

Habba's decision comes as the Justice Department has lost a string of court cases ruling that U.S. attorneys have not been appointed legally, including in Nevada, California and Virginia.

It's not an ideal time for another leadership shake-up at the Federal Railroad Administration, as last year was the deadliest year for the U.S. rail system in at least a decade.