One in 5,000  —  The real chances of a breakthrough infection.  —  The C.D.C. reported a terrifying fact in July: Vaccinated people with the Delta variant of the Covid virus carried roughly the same viral load in their noses and throats as unvaccinated people.

‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment  —  “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Monday afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post.  —  Drug paraphernalia was found in the apartment, suggesting a possible overdose, sources said.

New Details Emerge About Coronavirus Research at Chinese Lab … Newly released documents provide details of U.S.-funded research on several types of coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China.  The Intercept has obtained more than nine hundred pages of documents detailing …

A website for ‘whistleblowers’ to expose Texas abortion providers was taken down — again  —  After a Texas law restricting abortion went into effect Wednesday, an antiabortion organization had hoped to out those involved in unlawful procedures by collecting anonymous tips online.

Trump builds ‘turnkey’ campaign operation for 2024  —  Boots on the ground in Iowa.  Accelerated fundraising.  More national media interviews.  A flood of new press statements.  A rise in attack ads on the web.  —  With a flurry of activity from his super PAC and hints dropped …

The Real Structural Racism  —  Is it OK that black eighth graders aren't proficient in math and reading?  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may have a point about structural racism.  But it's probably not the point the Queens Democrat and her progressive allies think it is.

These corporations bankrolled the sponsors of Texas' abortion ban  —  Texas just enacted the nation's most draconian abortion ban, prohibiting all abortions after six weeks — before many women even know they are pregnant.  There are no exceptions for rape or incest.

The U.S. surpasses 40 million known coronavirus cases.  —  More than 40 million cases of the coronavirus have been recorded in the United States, according to a New York Times database.  —  The total number of known infections, more than the population of California, the nation's most populous state …

A Generation of American Men Give Up on College: ‘I Just Feel Lost’  —  The number of men enrolled at two- and four-year colleges has fallen behind women by record levels, in a widening education gap across the U.S.  —  Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels.

Most Americans, Including Most Parents, Are ‘Okay’ as Pandemic Lifts … General happiness rose from 60% in 2019 to 64% in 2021.  Life satisfaction rose even more, from 58% in 2019 to 66% in 2021.  —  Parents experienced above-average increases in happiness and life satisfaction between 2019 and 2021.

GOP's Promised Jan. 6 Probe Has One Problem: No One Wants It  —  “I have nothing to hide, but I have nothing to add,” Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told a local TV station when asked about his conversations with Trump on Jan. 6.  —  When he appeared before the press on July 21 …

‘Keep your head on a swivel’: FBI analyst circulated a prescient warning of Jan. 6 violence  —  An FBI intelligence analyst warned days after the 2020 election that Stop the Steal rallies — one of which metastasized into the ransacking of the Capitol — could turn violent.

The terrorism threat is entering a new, more dangerous phase  —  Ali Soufan, a former FBI counterterrorism agent, is a private security consultant and the author of “Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of Bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State.”  —  On Sunday, the Biden administration …

Shot-Up SUVs, Teens Manning Checkpoints: A Reporter's Return to Kabul Weeks After the Fall  —  Trip through Taliban-ruled Afghanistan showcases profound change coexisting with remnants of the fallen republic, for now  —  KABUL—Clad in body armor and helmets, Uzbekistan's border guards took positions …

State GOP leaders push new 2020 election reviews as Arizona report looms  —  GOP legislative leaders in key battleground states are increasingly embracing 2020 election investigations that they once held at arm's length, as Arizona Republicans await a long-delayed final report from their own conspiracy-tinged “audit.”

The John Lewis Act would restore key voting protections.  Democrats should fight for it.  —  Thousands of voting rights demonstrators who gathered in Washington recently seemed to have something to celebrate: The House had just passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act …

Can the Right Fight Corporate Power?  —  Texas's pro-life bill has once again put conservatives at odds with big business.  Do we have the will and the way to stand our ground?  —  Oh, here we go.  A duly elected state legislature has enacted a law expressing the popular will …

Ex-FBI official says law enforcement needs to take upcoming right-wing rally in DC ‘very seriously’  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said Monday evening that law enforcement needs to take the upcoming right-wing rally in support of jailed January 6 rioters …

American diplomats recall 20-hour days, sleeping in Kabul airport while helping those desperate to flee  —  With insurgent forces closing in quickly, Foreign Service officers John Johnson and Evan Davis fled their Kabul apartments so urgently that they left some possessions behind.

J.D. Vance Is So Thirsty  —  The sad, needy tweets of a loser.  —  On Sunday, J.D. Vance pushed out a nova-hot tweet professing his respect for Alex Jones: … This is what the kids call a thirst trap.  It's very sad.  Let me explain.  —  You can tell that Vance's tweet was engineered …