Astrology is booming in popularity, especially among millennials. The generation that grew up online is now turning to the ancient practice. Websites and apps like Astrology Zone, AstroStyle and Co-Star are catering to a desire for self knowledge and guidance. Vladimir Duthiers reports. Source

Mo Rocca pulls out all the stops to honor the Revolutionary author whose pamphlets lit the fuse for American independence but who remains little-remembered today Source

Alexander Hamilton isn’t the only American Revolutionary figure to be feted by Broadway composers. As a special treat in his podcast “Mobituaries,” Mo Rocca enlisted Tony-nominees Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin to pen a drinking song, “Drink to Thomas Paine!,” which was performed at the New York City piano bar Marie’s Crisis, which stands on the very site of Paine’s death in 1809. To hear the episode on the life and death of Thomas Paine, go to art19.com. Source

The Trump administration has released a call summary of a call Trump and Ukraine’s president had before the July 25 call. This call took place April 21 and followed Zelensky’s election victory Source

The Southern California high school where a student shot five people and himself Thursday, has conducted lockdown drills in the past. But many of the students at Saugus High School said they never thought they would have to put their training to use. Jonathan Vigliotti reports. Source

Venice, Italy, is facing the second worst flooding in nearly 100 years, and high tide could hit nearly twice the normal level on Friday. At least two people have died, and the city’s mayor has closed the historic St. Mark’s Square. Holly Williams reports. Source

A death row inmate in Texas could learn Friday whether the U.S. Supreme Court will hear his case. Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed in five days for the rape and murder of 19-year-old Stacey Stiles back in 1996, but he has a wide range of supporters saying he’s innocent. Omar Villafranca reports from outside the Supreme Court. Source

“I got punched in the face,” said one emergency room nurse, while others worry for their safety Source

Day 2 of the public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry begin Friday with the testimony of former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. President Trump removed her in May and two months later, speaking to Ukraine’s president, he described her as “bad news” and warned she was “going to go through some things.” Nancy Cordes reports on what to expect at the hearing. Source

The singer said in a social media post that Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta, who purchased her former music label, won’t let her perform her old songs on television Source