The White House says it has fired the CDC director, less than a month after she was confirmed. Now other key officials are resigning. The Washington Post breaks down what happened. 

The Minnesota Star Tribune has the latest on the shooting in Minneapolis that left two children dead.

Jack Dolan, an investigative reporter for the Los Angeles Times, tells us how a blaze that has been burning in the Grand Canyon complicates the rationale behind letting so-called “good fires” burn.

Plus, the divisions in the Democratic Party on show at a leadership meeting, Denmark summons a top U.S. official over a covert operations claim, and researchers discover an ancient tropical paradise in the Midwest.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.