Johnny Manziel back in college
The former Browns quarterback re-enrolls at Texas A&M after off-field antics wrecked his promising pro football career.
Obama defends right to protest
The president acknowledges that for some people it is a “tough thing” to see Colin Kaepernick kneel instead of stand for the American flag and national anthem, but defends the San Francisco 49ers quarterback, saying he was “exercising his constitutional right to make a statement.”
Trump praises far-right icon
The Republican candidate says Phyllis Schlafly, the conservative activist who died Monday at 92, was “a patriot, a champion for women and a symbol of strength.” Schlafly helped lead efforts to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment.
Bombings in Afghanistan kill 24
More than 90 other people are wounded in the twin bombings near the Afghan Defense Ministry, attacks claimed by the Taliban.
New climate change revelations
Plant growth tends to decline with rising temperatures, and plants do not remove more carbon dioxide from the air, the 17-year experiment of more than a million plants finds.