Harris is vetting VPs. But do vice presidents really matter?
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<p><a href="https://apple.news/AhCjFGpCTTqiSMdMlJ1aTLw">USA Today</a> looks at Harris’s potential VP picks, and Apple News editor Gideon Resnick talks about her decision’s possible impact on the race.</p> <p>Inside what the <a href="https://apple.news/AeUY0I1XqS1W2-RASXFegcw">San Francisco Chronicle</a> calls one of the first high-profile evictions of unhoused people since the Supreme Court’s major ruling on encampments.</p> <p>The International Olympic Committee says Salt Lake City must lobby for an end to an FBI doping investigation to secure the 2034 Winter Olympics. <a href="https://apple.news/AmIK5YAw1RIOkRs-Ak4J05g">The Guardian</a> explains.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AwaIQIlg8TFOSfixH7qrbcw">The Athletic</a> details how the Argentina-Morocco Olympic soccer match descended into a “circus.”</p> <p>A Canadian soccer coach was given an eight-month suspended jail sentence following the use of a drone to record another team. <a href="https://apple.news/AmyTwe3nzSGieN5OdgC1FDw">The Telegraph</a> has the story.</p> <p>Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>
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