Last week, a Los Angeles judge ruled Britney Spears could hire her own legal counsel as her battle continues to remove her father as her conservator. Source

U.S. buys additional 200 million doses of Pfizer vaccine; Children’s book memorializes captain’s bond with seagull. Source

The president hit the campaign trail for the first time for a 2021 race, in hopes of helping Terry McAuliffe win a second term as governor. Source

The country has a total of 83 large fires burning that have destroyed more than 1 million acres as of July 23. Source

The doses are set to arrive on Sunday, two White House officials tell the U.S. Source

The State Department temporarily shut down its emergency appointment booking site for passports, saying scammers were booking and selling the appointments for high prices. Many travelers are in limbo amid a huge backlog of passport applications. Meg Oliver reports. Source

The stands were mostly empty as athletes attended the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics. Some protesters are calling for a cancellation of the Games as COVID cases in Japan rise. Jamie Yuccas reports. Source

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of an outbreak of a superbug fungus that is attacking patients in Washington, D.C., and Dallas, Texas. Omar Villafranca has more. Source

A powerful monsoon drenched Phoenix and Scottsdale. A 4-year-old girl is missing after the car she was in was swept away in the Arizona flooding. Source

The decision means that the custody fight over the couple’s children, which was nearing an end, could just be getting started again. Source