News & Observer Washington correspondent Danielle Battaglia describes how North Carolina voters are thinking about presidential candidates after a recent scandal in the governor’s race shook things up.

Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire after Lebanon suffered huge casualties. Reuters has more.

Benoît Morenne with the Wall Street Journal explains how an unusual lawsuit by an energy mogul could bankrupt Greenpeace USA.

Helene could hit Florida as a Category 3 hurricane. Axios has details.

EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don’t believe it. NPR reports.

A Wall Street Journal essay argues that pediatricians created the peanut-allergy epidemic. 

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.