1. Senate Republican leaders abandoned their latest campaign to dismantle the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, conceding their plan lacked key support. The official collapse of the Cassidy-Graham health-care bill once again leaves the party short of fulfilling a signature promise, which some Republicans worried could inspire a backlash among their base heading into the 2018 midterm elections. (PH)
2. The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is sending a flotilla of ships and thousands more military personnel to Puerto Rico to address the growing humanitarian crisis caused by Hurricane Maria. Large sections of the territory remain without adequate food, water and fuel. Officials said electrical power may not be fully restored for more than a month. (PH)
3. Nine members of the Traip Academy girls soccer team in Kittery took a knee Monday night before their game during the national anthem. “The beauty of yesterday’s protest is that it affords our school and community the opportunity to continue to discuss a national issue in the context of our own lives right here in Kittery, Maine,” said Kittery Superintendent Eric Waddell. After the girls’ photo appeared in a local newspaper cyberbullying began. Posts started appearing online containing the team’s photo with misogynistic and racial slurs. (WCSH)
4. Dwyane Wade has reportedly signed a one-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Deadspin reports that the 12-time NBA All-Star guard agreed to a contract buyout with the Chicago Bulls on Sunday and has inked a $2.3 million veterans minimum deal to reunite with his former Miami Heat teammate (and BFF) LeBron James in Cleveland. (ESPN)
5. The sequel to Stephen King’s It, which is now the highest grossing horror film of all time, will be released on September 6, 2019. Deadline notes that the second half of the film will take place 27 years later, when the members of the Loser’s Club are all grown up. A devastating phone call forces them to return to their small town of Derry, Maine, and face their demons once again. (BuzzFeed)
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