August 1, 2021

Cut off from most restaurants because of coronavirus restrictions, thousands of international visitors at the Olympics make do — and delight — in convenience store offerings.

One night in the Twin Cities, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, someone set a fire in a Goodwill. That led to an international search for the culprits — and it exposed a growing system of global surveillance.

“He’s our future,” one CBS Studios executive said of Alex Kurtzman, who has a lucrative contract to expand the “Star Trek” universe — and with it the streaming service’s audience.

Israel’s Jewish and Palestinian communities looked past each other until violence and bloodshed forced a reckoning.

Raven Saunders of the United States crossed her arms over her head. A second athlete, the American fencer Race Imboden, accepted a medal with a symbol drawn on his hand.

Four years after a white supremacist march, the Virginia city is reconsidering its housing and zoning rules.

The White House has teamed up with TikTok stars, while some states are paying “local micro influencers” for pro-vaccine campaigns.

Facebook and other social media have been under scrutiny for vaccine misinformation, but local outlets have also sometimes been active.

Hundreds of scientists and policy experts left the government during the Trump administration. The jobs remain unfilled six months into President Biden’s term.

Corrections that appeared in print on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021.

Zverev had beaten Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s player, in the semifinal.

Shi Tingmao won gold and Wang Han took silver, underlining China’s mastery of this precision sport, in which perfection must be achieved in a couple seconds. Krysta Palmer of the U.S. took bronze.