Sunday's Headlines: Amid fire and floods, a moment of truth for climate action

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     A residential house collapsed July 18 in Mumbai, following a landslide blamed on heavy rainfall. (Reuters) Amid fire and floods, a moment of truth for climate action Scientists have repeatedly warned that the planet remains on track to exceed a critical threshold for warming within a decade. Yet experts and activists also see a rare opportunity to change course — possibly the last chance before many effects become irreversible. By Sarah Kaplan and Brady Dennis ●  Read more »   LIVE: TOKYO OLYMPICS: Swimmers vault U.S. to top of overall medal table By Michael Errigo, Roman Stubbs, Cindy Boren and Rick Maese ●  Read more »   First finals in the Olympic pool feel like Round 1 of a U.S.-Australia brawl Perspective ●  By Barry Svrluga ●  Read more »   Power outages cripple parts of the Middle East amid record heat waves and rising unrest By Louisa Loveluck, Kareem Fahim and Sarah Dadouch ●  Read more »   Oklahoma reels after Supreme Court ruling on Indian tribes By Annie Gowen and Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then it outed a priest using Grindr data. By Michelle Boorstein, Marisa Iati and Elahe Izadi ●  Read more »   Biden's agenda looks rocky day-to-day. Democrats in Congress prefer to take the long view. @PKCapitol | Analysis ●  By Paul Kane ●  Read more »   My dad's prepping for the end times. Climate change makes me think I should, too. Perspective ●  Opinion by Karleigh Frisbie Brogan ●  Read more »   Climate change is forcing us indoors — and childhood will never be the same Perspective ●  Opinion by Elliot Haspel ●  Read more »   Here's what makes Texas's 'heartbeat' abortion bill uniquely dangerous Opinion ●  Opinion by the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Faith that the truth can still defeat misinformation Review ●  By Robert G. Kaiser ●  Read more »   The military's HIV policies are discriminatory — and decades behind the times Perspective ●  Opinion by Nikita Lalwani ●  Read more »   An American decade, through a photographer's searching lens Perspective ●  Opinion by Ken Light ●  Read more »     More News Breakthrough coronavirus cases are rare. Here's what it's like to be one of them. By Lola Fadulu ●  Read more »   Delta-variant surge creates political risk for Biden By Annie Linskey, Tyler Pager and Dan Diamond ●  Read more »   Jackie Mason | 1928–2021: Onetime rabbi who became a Broadway standup star dies at 93 By Matt Schudel ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The 5-Minute Fix for a weekday afternoon cheat sheet on the biggest story in politics — that can be read in 5 minutes or less. Sign up »

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