• People who disobeyed road closures during the Maui fires survived the disaster, but many who heeded warnings ultimately perished in cars and homes with no way out, The Associated Press reported.
  
  

• An Oregon city wants the Supreme Court to decide if it’s OK to ticket people without housing when they are found sleeping on public property.
  
  

• President Biden will host Costa Rica’s president at the White House next week to discuss migration and other issues.

Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been listed as among the passengers on a plane that crashed in Russia, according to state media reports.

The Hill has not independently confirmed the reports. 

The crash comes just months after Prigozhin’s “March of Justice” against Moscow as Russia continues its war against Ukraine. 

President Biden told reporters he is monitoring the situation.

(The Hill)

It may be time to head out for vacation: International trips and cruises for Labor Day weekend are way up, according to AAA. (The Hill)

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) retweeted a hoax photo after Tropical Storm Hilary slammed California — and then he later said it was a joke.

The joke: It was a well-known hoax photo purportedly showing a shark swimming down a highway. It has circulated for years.

The senator tweeted saying “Holy crap” as he shared the fake photo. 

‘Oppenheimer’ fan? It’s no joke in New Mexico — Lyndon Haviland, distinguished scholar at the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy.  (Read here)

UFOs have been in the news and there is more attention to be paid to them — an analysis from Sheldon Jacobson, professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. (Read here)

The House and Senate are out on the August break.

President Biden and Vice President Harris have nothing on their public schedules.

The president had a surprise trip to a shopping center called The Crossings at Tahoe Valley this morning.