The two-time Pulitzer-winner opens up to John Dickerson about his writing process, his wide variety of interests, getting rejected and “the space of very little hope” he found himself working in when he wrote “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys.” Source

Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Police Chief Paul Pazen held a briefing about the arrests of 4 people on drug and weapons charges at a hotel near the site of MLB All-Star Game festivities. “We want to reassure everyone, reassure our public, that there is no ongoing threat,” Hancock said. Watch their remarks. Source

The broadcast has been covering Japan’s nuclear accident since it occurred in 2011. The latest report: robots aiding in the cleanup of nuclear fuel Source

A look back at how 60 Minutes has reported on the ongoing civil war in Syria. Source

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby tells “Face the Nation” that he thinks “business demand is really going to pick up in September as most of these schools are back in.” Source

CBS News senior correspondent Mark Strassmann reports from Las Cruces, New Mexico, on record-breaking triple-digit temperatures. Source

Haiti’s interim prime minister and its Senate president are struggling for control after President Jovenel Moise was assassinated last week. New York Times foreign correspondent Catherine Porter joins CBSN to talk more about the investigation and what comes next. Source

More manatees have died so far this year than in any other year in Florida’s recorded history. Source

Health experts are concerned that America is becoming sharply divided on vaccinations against COVID-19. Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina, joins CBSN with more on that and the spread of the highly infections Delta variant. Source

Virgin Galactic owner Richard Branson rocketed into space Sunday morning for a sub-orbital test flight intended to demonstrate his company’s air-launched spaceplane is ready for passengers who can afford the ultimate thrill ride. Mark Strassmann joins Errol Barnett from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, to discuss the historic flight. Source