An Ignoble Experiment: The 7: How rents are changing in your area; a deadly strike in Ukraine; a pivotal U.S. World Cup match; and more

Good morning. It's Monday, July 31, and if you felt an earthquake recently, it may have been Taylor Swift. Now let's catch up.

Where? Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown. At least 43 people were injured after Russian missiles struck the city, Ukrainian officials said today.
The timing: The strikes came a day after Russian officials accused Ukraine of drone strikes in Moscow and occupied Crimea. Ukraine has not said whether it was responsible.

Who? Carlos De Oliveira. The 56-year-old has worked at the former president's Florida home for more than a decade.
The case: He's the second employee to be charged alongside Trump over the alleged hoarding and hiding of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.
What else to know: Atlanta is bracing for possible indictments in an investigation into attempts to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss in Georgia.

What happened: A suspected suicide bomber targeted a right-wing political and religious party. Nearly 200 people were injured at the convention in the country's northwest.
The bigger picture: There has been a resurgence of terrorist attacks in Pakistan ahead of a general election this year.

What does the law do? Makes it a crime for librarians and booksellers to give minors materials deemed "harmful" to them. It was set to take effect tomorrow.
The latest: A federal judge temporarily blocked the law on Saturday. He sided with bookstores and libraries that argued in a lawsuit that parts of the law were unconstitutional.

What to know: Rent increases have returned to pre-pandemic norms, growing between 1% and 3% per year, according to new data. See how prices are changing in your area here.
It's a relief: Between 2020 and 2022, monthly rents shot up by 15% — the fastest increase in nearly a century. New housing construction has helped to calm rising costs.

Where things stand: The U.S. faces a tricky path to the next stage of the tournament after a win over Vietnam and a draw with the Netherlands.
What's needed: A win or draw would take the U.S. to the knockout round. A loss would most likely mean the team's earliest World Cup exit.
Set your alarm: The match starts at 3 a.m. Eastern on Fox or Telemundo.

What to know: Fruit flies that normally must mate to reproduce can be genetically modified to give birth asexually for generations to come, a new study found.
Why animals do it: Virgin birth, or parthenogenesis, can be a survival strategy to keep species alive when they face unfavorable conditions, like a lack of mates.
Why it matters: Modern farming methods may be creating the conditions for virgin births in crop pests, making them harder to eliminate.