Hump dayyyyyy. @NASAastronaut Mike Barratt photographed Acklins, an island in the Bahamas while aboard the International International Space Station as it orbited 256 miles above.

OLYMPIC UPDATE: DEVYNNE ON TO THE FINALS - Dev advanced to the finals of the 100mH in a time of 12.50 in heat 1 of the semis. Charisma Taylor had a personal best of 12.63 placing 3rd in heat 2. She would not advance but placed 12th overall. 💪🏾🇧🇸🔥🥳

8pm EDT 9th August -- NHC is monitoring the next tropical wave currently moving into the Central Atlantic, which now has a high chance (70% 🔴) of developing into a tropical cyclone over the next 7-days. Latest outlook: nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php?basin…

Dev come what may tomorrow we are so proud of you. Thank you for representing our country. 🇧🇸

#parisolympics - Devynne Charlton finished as the 6th best 100mh in the World. The 60mh World Record Holder crossed the line in 12.56s.

Onward.

Brunch games with the capital team

5pm AST August 12th -- Here are the latest Key Messages for now Tropical Storm #Ernesto. Expected to bring tropical storm conditions to portions of Leeward Islands tonight & tomorrow, moving into the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico by late Tuesday. Latest:

More than 30,000 people filled Botswana's national stadium to welcome home the 4x100m relay team and Letsile Tebogo, who won the country’s first Olympic gold medal 🤯

Spotted at the White House: Former President Jed Bartlet

reporters to their sources

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage, 2 decades after they first split.

Aug 25 (Reuters) - Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency said on Sunday.

Bahama blues

NO NEED FOR VALLEY BOYS TO CHANGE NAME TO PARTICIPATE ALTHOUGH the Registrar General has required that the “World Famous Valley Boys” drop the Valley Boys name from its title, the JCNP said the group will not have to change its name to participate. bit.ly/3Z5yQwN

US seizes Venezuelan president's plane in Dominican Republic - reuters.com/world/americas… ⁦Matt Spetalnick⁩ ⁦Jasper Williams-Ward⁩

Rest In Peace, Rich Homie Quan 🕊️ He was 34 years old. A true ATL legend.

Exclusive: Billy McFarland is throwing a Fyre Festival do-over. This time, he says, it “has to work.” 🔗 on.wsj.com/3XxDnHp

China stops foreign adoptions of its children after three decades reut.rs/47f4j1E