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In chicago, obama aims to resurrect a movement.

Also, Biden approved a secret new nuclear strategy. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

By Matthew Cullen

This evening, Barack Obama will headline the second night of the Democratic convention in Chicago, the city where his political career began. Like 2016, when he championed Hillary Clinton, he will attempt to use his political star power to help fuel the ascension of the country’s first woman president, and warn voters of the perils of a Donald Trump presidency.

This time, however, Obama no longer has the strength of the presidency behind him. Instead, he will attempt to reassemble the kind of coalition that powered his own rise behind the campaign of Kamala Harris.

Harris backed Obama’s long-shot campaign for president in 2007, when it was a political risk that few others would take . Now, Obama will return the favor. You can watch his speech, and others, live here .

Here’s what else to know:

Democrats are newly hopeful that they can win control of Congress .

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s running mate suggested that they might drop out of the race and endorse Trump .

We took a look back at Chicago’s long history of political conventions, though photos .

Israel said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages

Israel’s defense minister announced today that Israeli forces had recovered in an overnight operation the bodies of six hostages from Hamas tunnels beneath the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Five of the six were already known to have died in captivity.

More than 100 Israelis who were taken hostage during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack still remain captive in Gaza. At least 30 are believed to be dead.

In related news, both Israeli and Hamas officials cast doubt on American optimism that a cease-fire deal could be imminent. Major disagreements are still unresolved .

Biden approved a secret new nuclear strategy

President Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that reorients America’s deterrent strategy to focus on China’s rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal . The document, which was never publicly announced, also seeks, for the first time, to prepare the U.S. for possible coordinated nuclear challenges from China, Russia and North Korea.

A search is underway for survivors of a sunken yacht

Deep-sea divers continued to search today for six passengers who went missing after a yacht sank yesterday off the coast of Sicily . Fifteen of the 22 passengers on board were rescued, and the body of the ship’s cook was recovered, after the 180-foot yacht found itself caught in a violent storm.

The missing people include the British tech mogul Mike Lynch , who was acquitted in a high-profile fraud trial two months ago, and his daughter.

More top news

Ukraine: Parliament passed a bill creating a legal path to ban a Russian-aligned branch of the Orthodox church .

Airlines: Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines cleared the Justice Department’s antitrust review , the airlines said.

Kenya: The authorities launched a manhunt for a man who escaped from custody after being accused of killing scores of women.

Courts: Greenpeace recently unveiled a new legal strategy that would use the European court system to fight a costly lawsuit by an energy company.

Tech: A Massachusetts professor has filed a lawsuit against Meta using a novel interpretation of a law known primarily for shielding social media companies from liability .

Health: Ethics rules barred Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, the federal official charged with regulating medical devices, from working on matters involving clients of his wife’s law firm. But he did not always step aside .

Lives lived: Maria Branyas Morera, an American-born Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world, died at 117 .

TIME TO UNWIND

Breakouts in classical music.

Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the Salzburg Festival has been known as a gathering place for the world’s finest musicians. That’s still true, but the event is now also a proving ground for artists on the cusp on stardom. Our classical music critic Joshua Barone went to the festival to see who would break through this year. Here are five of his picks .

In Scotland, two different shows at the Edinburgh Fringe make fun of Gwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial — and one of them is a triumph .

Why this jar of weed costs $60

Selling marijuana is now legal in many states, but playing by the rules has its costs. After taxes, state-mandated security requirements and other fees, customers will pay as much as 50 percent more for the legal 3.5-gram jar pictured above than they would from an unlicensed dealer.

My colleague Ashley Southall broke down all the expenses at one legal cannabis dispensary in Queens .

Dinner table topics

Rock ’n’ roll history: By day, Sun Studio in Memphis draws in tourists. At night, musicians lay down new tracks .

“Plant messiah”: Carlos Magdalena risks his own extinction to rescue the rarest flowers .

My voice on T: A transgender music critic explored the change in their singing voice after taking testosterone .

Expensive fun: Some families are going into debt to pay for Disney vacations .

WHAT TO DO TONIGHT

Cook: Nasi goreng ayam (Indonesian chicken fried rice) is an ideal dinner for two.

Watch: “Lousy Carter” is one of our favorite under-the-radar movies to stream this month .

Read: In his new novel, Alejandro Puyana recounts the struggles of a family in deeply troubled Venezuela .

Decorate: Tapestries are no longer just for just for gothic castles .

Save: Here’s how to avoid pricey rental car toll fees .

Treat: C-section scars can be irritating for months or years. Here’s what to do .

Compete: Take this week’s Flashback history quiz .

Play: Here are today’s Spelling Bee , Wordle and Mini Crossword . Find all of our games here .

ONE LAST THING

A century of searches for alien life.

This week 100 years ago, scientists conducted some of the first large-scale efforts to detect alien life. Earth and Mars were historically close, captivating audiences around the world. The U.S. Navy cleared the airwaves, and researchers pointed a radio antenna at Mars looking for signs of life.

The tests provided no concrete evidence of extraterrestrial life, but when looking back, those summer experiments were just the opening chapter in a search that continues to this day. The technologies have evolved, but what endures is that sneaky feeling that we are not alone in the universe .

Have an astronomical evening.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Matthew

Philip Pacheco was our photo editor today.

We welcome your feedback. Write to us at [email protected] .

Matthew Cullen is the lead writer of The Evening , a Times newsletter covering the day’s top stories every weekday. More about Matthew Cullen

Summer COVID Surge: Cases Rise In 25 States—But New Vaccines On The Way

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A summer COVID-19 surge has led to a likely rise in infections in half of U.S. states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a spike that comes as drug makers await approval for new vaccines that will target the coronavirus’ latest variant—though hospitalizations remain fairly low.

Jordane Domain gets a COVID-19 test done by a healthcare worker on January 13, 2022 in North Miami, ... [+] Florida.

COVID-19 infections are growing in 14 states and likely growing in another 11, according to CDC data from Tuesday, the most recent data available, with only five states expected to be currently experiencing a decline in cases (figures are stable or unclear in the other 20 states).

Levels of SARS-COV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—in wastewater are "very high" in 33 states including Texas, Florida and California, six more than reported the week before, and "high" in another 11, CDC data released Thursday shows—a common early indicator for jumps in coronavirus infections.

Covid cases have surged over the summer for the last several years due to the emergence of more transmissible variants, people gathering indoors to escape the summer heat and jumps in travel, according to Johns Hopkins .

This year's summer surge could end up being the largest seen in the season since the virus first started circulating in 2020, public health expert Ashish Jha told NBC News , but hospitalization and death rates remain relatively low compared to those of summers past (as of May, hospitals are no longer required to report COVID information to the CDC).

The surge has been partially attributed to three new variants that have evolved enough from their parent virus, JN.1, that immunity from past infections isn’t as effective and as millions of American children head back to school.

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Hospitalization rates remain low. As of the week ending Aug. 10, the latest data available, 3.2 people were being hospitalized due to COVID for every 100,000 people in a given area, higher than the same week in 2023 (when 2 people were hospitalized) but lower than the three seasons before (6.3 people were hospitalized in the same week in 2020, 5.8 in 2021 and 7.7 in 2022). The rate of 3.2 hospitalizations per 100,000 is also much lower than the 2023-2024 season peak of 7.8 hospitalizations per 100,000 people in late December.

Crucial Quote

“Our hospitalization rates are down, so even if we are testing and seeing more [COVID], it seems to be having less of an impact on our susceptible populations,” Michael Phillips, chief hospital epidemiologist for NYU Langone Health in New York City, told NBC .

Where Are Covid Infections Rising?

The CDC says COVID inflections are growing or likely growing in California, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Vermont, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Cases are likely declining in Alaska, Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida and New York. Other states were either staying stable with their rates of COVID infection or weren't estimated by the CDC.

What To Watch For

Updated vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to protect against new variants are expected to be approved as soon as next week, according to the Washington Post , and the shots could be available to the public as soon as Labor Day. COVID cases historically spike in the fall and winter months.

The first COVID vaccines became available in December of 2020 for adults and booster/variant-specific shots have been made available every year since. This year’s vaccines will focus on the JN.1 variant and the KP.2 strain of the JN line, which was the most dominant variant circulating in the U.S. in May, June and most of July. The CDC recommends everyone over the age of 6 months get an updated COVID vaccine regardless of their previous vaccination status. Moderna and Pfizer's vaccine will be available for those as young as 6 months old, and Novavax’s shot will be available for those 12 years and older.

Surprising Fact

Drug manufacturers are also working to create a combined vaccine that would inoculate against COVID and influenza at the same time. The combined shot from Moderna had promising clinical trial results, The Washington Post reported, and could be available as soon as next year.

Key Background

COVID-19 first became prevalent in the United States in the spring of 2020 and, by March of 2020, had been declared a nationwide emergency by the Trump administration. More than 1 million cases of COVID had been confirmed worldwide as of April 4 of that year and, by April 5, there had been more than 500,000 confirmed cases in the United States and almost 20,000 confirmed deaths. COVID became the third leading cause of death in the United States in August of 2020 and, by June 20222, more than 84 million COVID cases had been confirmed domestically. Covid deaths in the United States drastically declined in the spring of 2022 and have remained comparably low ever since, reaching a five-year low the week of June 8 this year when 302 people died, according to the CDC.

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