Minor League Baseball has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic and now a bipartisan group of lawmakers is stepping up to the plate to help. Kris Van Cleave has the story. Source

Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, breaking a pandemic record. Source

COVID-19 hospitalizations almost doubled in the last week, and the vast majority of those patients are unvaccinated. Virus hot spots, including Florida and Hawaii, face record-breaking infection levels, but how their governors are reacting is dramatically different. Lilia Luciano reports. Source

In his book, “The Premonition,” Michael Lewis profiles people who tried to sound the alarm about COVID-19 as officials failed to act. Source

On Sunday, Italy’s Lamont Jacobs became the first man to win the 100-meter gold ever for his country at the Olympic Games. Meanwhile, Team USA is leading the overall medal count with 59, and so far, 20 of them are gold. Jamie Yuccas has the latest. Source

Anderson Cooper reports on the nerve-wracking Mars landing of the rover Perseverance, the painstaking process of launching the tiny helicopter Ingenuity, and the extraordinary images the two have already sent back to Earth. Source

U.S. senators are expected to finalize and vote for a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill aimed at improving the nation’s roads, bridges and rails. Christina Ruffini reports. Source

The number of COVID-19 cases is surging internationally, but unlike the U.S. and other wealthier nations, vaccines are still in short supply. Elizabeth Palmer explains. Source

Millions of people left major cities in 2020 during the pandemic shutdown, but now many are returning. The real estate markets are skyrocketing, with Manhattan real estate brokers reporting the number of sales surging to the highest level in six years. Michael George reports. Source

The author of “The Big Short” and “Moneyball,” speaks with John Dickerson about the importance of luck, what he’s optimistic about, and the one thing he would do over in his life. Source