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Two men named Elijah were cuffed and injected with tranquilizers against their will during police stops in Colorado, just 10 miles apart and within days of each other. They both ended up on life support in the hospital — but only one of them survived.https://cnn.it/3gOPbfF 

Newly released data from the White House coronavirus task force shows Trump was getting increasingly dire reports about the virus' spread in July and August as he painted a positive picture of the pandemic and urged states to reopen businesses and schoolshttps://cnn.it/2QQzk5v 

Doctors are sounding the alarm about Covid-19 misinformation running rampant on social media, saying it's "spreading faster than the virus itself."https://cnn.it/2GdRj3P 

China is attempting to at least double the number of nuclear warheads in its arsenal in the next decade, and its military has already equaled or surpassed the US in a series of key areas, according to a new Pentagon report.https://cnn.it/2QKLFbK 

Twitter and Facebook have pledged to combat misinformation, but their responses to a series of deceptively edited and misleading videos shared by prominent Republicans follow a familiar pattern: often they act too late, do too little or do nothing at all.https://cnn.it/2QILYUr 

The Justice Department has announced new rules for surveillance of political campaigns, candidates or staff, in another reaction to errors the FBI made when it gathered information to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page in late 2016 and 2017.https://cnn.it/2YUT6BD 

Vice President Mike Pence is set to visit Gateway Women's Care, a pregnancy and sexual health center that promotes false information regarding abortion on its website, specifically the assertion that abortion can lead to breast cancer.https://cnn.it/34TrksY 

Facebook has been criticized for failing to rein in misinformation about the election and voting on its platform. The company has also been pilloried for its policy of allowing politicians to run false ads.https://cnn.it/3bhILEP 

At a Monday news conference, President Trump claimed that protests in Portland have been so damaging that "the entire city is ablaze all the time." Facts First: This is not even close to true.https://cnn.it/3lAApwC 

Now this is a story all about how our nostalgia got flipped — turned upside down.https://cnn.it/31O4P6Q 

Walmart has unveiled a subscription service that will go toe-to-toe with Amazon Primehttps://cnn.it/34TrGzR 

Elon Musk's net worth is now $115 billion, pushing him past Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the list of the world's richest people, according to Bloomberg.https://cnn.it/2QL5XSk 

It's been almost five months since Shelby Hedgecock tested positive for Covid-19, but the former personal trainer says her symptoms — including cognitive issues and shortness of breath — remain debilitating. Her experience isn't unique, one doctor says.https://cnn.it/3lzJlT7 

New York City delays the opening date for in-person learning by 10 days, until Sept. 21.https://cnn.it/2GbS39G 

It's becoming clear that President Trump's executive actions won't be enough to keep the economy afloathttps://cnn.it/32P1EuZ 

Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, the first Black man to be elected in the state, has stepped into the spotlight amid racial reckoning, decrying Trump's planned trip to Kenosha and personalizing the need for coherent statewide leadership at this moment.https://cnn.it/3gPyyk2 

Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry's is taking its support for Black Lives Matter to the airwaves with a podcast that delivers an unflinching appraisal of America's past and encourages listeners to "dismantle systemic racism" and white supremacyhttps://cnn.it/3jyg0q1 

President Trump is slated to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, going against the wishes of officials requesting he stay away from the city.https://cnn.it/2QLhXDa