An Ignoble Experiment: The 7: Harris and Trump prepare to debate; a fast-moving wildfire; Apple’s latest gadgets; and more

2024/09/09

By Jamie Ross
with John Taylor

Good morning. It's Monday, Sept. 9, and I feel bad for the dogs and cats caught up in these increasingly common pet custody cases. Now let's catch up from the weekend.

What to know: The presidential candidates have taken dramatically different approaches. The debate comes as the latest polling puts them neck and neck — find our tracker here.
In related news: Trump has been lashing out and cashing in during this campaign stretch. And pro-Trump fliers falsely attack Harris's record — we fact-checked them here.
One more thing: This election cycle has become pretty potty-mouthed.


	The Georgia suspect's mother said she called his school before the shooting.

What we know: The mother of the suspected shooter said she warned Apalachee High about an "extreme emergency" involving her son on the morning of the attack.
The bigger picture: Murder charges against the teen suspect's father, Colin Gray, signal a fundamental change in how the justice system deals with school shootings.

The latest: The Line Fire in San Bernardino County burned more than 20,5000 acres as of yesterday — we're tracking it here. It comes as a heat wave is scorching the region.
What else to know: The hottest summer on record for many parts of the U.S. is shifting to fall. Get ready for shorter days, cooler weather and vibrant foliage — mapped here.

The details: From his bedroom in Texas, Bradley Cadenhead built a following among sadists who prey on vulnerable children. Now 19, he is serving an 80-year prison sentence.
Dig deeper: The Post examined how Cadenhead harnessed the social media platform Discord to convince victims to share explicit images, and then blackmail them.

What happened? Police pulled over and briefly detained him before the season-opening game. Hill still played and scored in Miami's win over Jacksonville yesterday.
Around the league: The Bengals lost in a shocker, Anthony Richardson put on a show for the Colts, and Dallas crushed the Browns — after making Dak Prescott the NFL's highest-paid player.
In related news: Rapper Kendrick Lamar announced that he'll perform at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show.

Sinner, 23, claimed his second Grand Slam title and his first in New York. (CJ Gunther/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

Yesterday: The Italian defeated American Taylor Fritz, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. It extends the drought for U.S. men's tennis — no American man has won the U.S. Open since 2003.
In Saturday's women's final: There was another U.S. defeat. Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus smashed her way to a 7-5, 7-5 win against Jessica Pegula.

What to expect: Four new phones with bigger screens and revamped cameras, and many other gadgets. We'll track announcements at the California event here.
One big theme: Apple is expected to highlight its push into artificial intelligence. But its AI features have so far been a bit underwhelming.