Federal judge says a measure making it a felony for a deported person to come back to the U.S. has “racist, nativist roots” and discriminates against Mexican and Latinx people. Source

Different groups adopt different interpretations of Sharia law, and the Taliban wants the world to believe theirs has changed. Source

On “The Takeout” podcast this week, Whitlock, who was part of the reporting team on the Afghanistan Papers, discusses the messy U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Source

Mohammad Zaki Anwari was headed for a bright future representing Afghanistan on the soccer field. He died trying to escape the Taliban. Source

It was discovered close to where the year’s first live Asian giant hornet was spotted earlier this month in a rural area near the Canadian border. Source

The family’s dog also perished on the trail in a remote area of the Sierra National Forest in Northern California. Source

Federal panel refuses Biden administration request to keep the program on hold while it tried to get courts to permit the policy to be ended for permanently. Source

A young boy has become a pint-sized prodigy. He already knows the capitals of every state and country in the world — and he hasn’t even reached kindergarten. Jamie Yuccas shares more. Source

Election professionals at state and local levels are taking on new responsibilities as they seek to restore confidence in the system. According to a Politico report, some say they’re facing violent threats over baseless claims of election fraud. Zach Montellaro, a state politics reporter for Politico, wrote that report and joins “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss how election officials are grappling with the fallout from 2020. Source

Two-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker captures the horror and heroism of the deadliest week of wildfires in California history and explores the causes of what she calls a “global fire crisis” in the CBSN documentary “Bring Your Own Brigade.” Source