COVID cases are surging in Louisiana, where just 36% of residents are fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, health experts continue to raise red flags over the Delta variant. David Begnaud has the latest. Source

The policies are meant to be safeguards to protect the department from “partisan or other inappropriate influences, whether real or perceived.” Source

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has blocked two of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s picks from serving on the committee investigating the deadly U.S. Capitol riot. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss what this means for the future of the committee’s investigation and more. Source

CDC sounds alarm on surging Delta variant cases; Study finds over 100,000 U.S. children lost a parent during pandemic Source

Procedural vote for infrastructure framework fails; Conservatives confront climate change Source

A young woman says she accidentally shot her boyfriend. Police say she confessed to murder – but there’s no audio to prove it. What will the jury decide? CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports. Watch “48 Hours” Saturday, July 24 at 10/9c on CBS. Source

A group of state attorneys general said it has reached a $26 billion settlement with Johnson & Johnson and three other U.S. companies that made and distributed opioid painkillers as addiction and overdose deaths skyrocketed. Source

As the Tokyo Olympics begin, COVID infections among athletes and staff are increasing. Jamie Yuccas has the latest. Source

The president held a town hall in Cincinnati as he marks six months in office. Source

More than 100,000 children in the U.S. have lost at least one parent from the COVID-19 pandemic. The news comes as the U.S. saw its largest drop in life expectancy since World War II. Mireya Villarreal shares more. Source