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Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, rejected the price tag put forward by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin for President Biden's sweeping domestic spending priorities.

Shamsia Alizada, the daughter of a coal miner, has received the highest test score in Afghanistan's university admissions exam. She will attend medical school.

Kathy Ruemmler, a former White House counsel to President Obama, says she will resign from Goldman Sachs after emails between her and Jeffrey Epstein showed a close relationship between the pair.

Cheers erupted from a street-level crowd as Alex Honnold reached the top of the spire of the 508-meter (1,667-foot) tower, about 90 minutes after he started.

Sales of existing homes fell more than 2% in July, as rising mortgage rates kept many would-be buyers and sellers on the sidelines.

Jessie Diggins, America's most successful cross country skier, raced for the final time this weekend, wrapping up her career in Lake Placid, New York.

Renee Hall succeeds David Brown, who led the department through the aftermath of the ambush deaths of five officers last July. She leaves Detroit, where she has been deputy chief of police.

Also: A hearing into Baltimore police practices will proceed; hundreds of migrants are rescued in the Mediterranean; and former astronaut John Glenn will be buried in Arlington Cemetery today.

Also: Thousands attend an unannounced vigil in Charlottesville; Spain rescues hundreds of migrants at sea; and indictments are announced against a truck driver in the deaths of 10 migrants.

Also: More volcanic fissures develop on Hawaii's big island; Italy lurches toward fresh elections; and an interim memorial opens today in Orlando for Pulse nightclub victims and survivors.