It may soon be legal to bet on elections. Is America ready?

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<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A87ksnfJ8RWOQEx2q-X26KA">Wall Street Journal</a>&rsquo;s Alexander Osipovich explains the legal battle over whether Americans will be able to wager on election results.</p> <p>Ukraine is asking for permission to use long-range U.S. missiles to strike deep inside Russia. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ab7Le2mxsQeK4_ZblG7_96g">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p>Pamela Colloff writes in <a href="https://apple.news/A_JTBNuE6Tfyw_VZBaTmcyw">ProPublica</a> about how a medical examiner has recanted testimony that a child died of shaken-baby syndrome, but the father is still in prison for murder. It&rsquo;s an update of her <a href="https://apple.news/A2sw56Fj_QCi2wXYW20l0jg">earlier reporting</a> on the story.</p> <p>Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana, bringing flooding and powerful winds. <a href="https://apple.news/AEhJiMGAwSCus1EIGaxzA6g">CNN</a> has details.</p> <p>The Harris-Trump debate drew much stronger ratings than June&rsquo;s Biden-Trump debate. The <a href="https://apple.news/ApMyKXhA4RvixrH46pVUPkA">Hollywood Reporter</a> looks at the numbers.</p> <p>The father of an 11-year-old who was killed in a crash called on the Trump campaign to stop referencing his son&rsquo;s death. <a href="https://apple.news/AdPUlRrKfRWO0We_vS4w5Dw">NBC News</a> has more.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AUogqk5FXQ9qlu1ved6HhuA">The Tennessean</a> has the story of how Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a woman off a bridge ledge.</p> <p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>