Overdose Crisis Touches Mayor • Meteor Showers To Watch • White House Disarray: Patch Morning Briefing

Good morning! It's Monday — and is there any better way to start the week than with some news? Here's what you need to know to start the day.

Nashville Mayor Loses Son To Apparent Overdose

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, her husband Bruce and their family are mourning the death of son Max Barry after he died from an apparent overdose Saturday evening. An autopsy will determine an official cause of death, though the family already cited overdose as the cause in a statement. Drug-related deaths have spiked in recent years; in 2015, more than 50,000 Americans died from overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Patch)

Meteor Showers To Watch For

Look up! The always anticipated Perseids meteor shower, which began July 17 as Earth passed through the path of the Comet Swift-Tuttle, continues into August and is expected to peak on Aug. 12. If your eyes feast on any meteors before then, they could also be part of the Delta Aquarids meteor shower, which started last week and continues through Aug. 13. The Perseids show is so reliable and ooh-and-ahh- worthy that stargazers plan camping excursions and distant treks for the best views. (Patch)

Homeland Secretary Secretary Becomes White House Chief Of Staff Amid Disarray

Secretary John Kelly begins his new role as President Trump's chief of staff Monday, a move many observers hope will bring discipline to the White House. With multiple major health care bills defeated, a new communications director creating PR problems, continuous leaks, a worsening relationship with the attorney general and an increasingly wary Republican Party, the president needs all the discipline he can get. In just about six months, at least five people have left major positions in the administration. (Patch)

Quick Hits

In Case Of The 'Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat,' Court Says FAA Must Reconsider Regulating Size (Patch)

Honolulu Bans People From Texting While Crossing The Road (Patch)

Woodpecker Almost Pecks Through Whole Utility Pole (Patch)

'Flint' Lifetime TV Movie Dramatizes City's Water Crisis (Patch)

UT-Austin Launches Stampede2 — Most Powerful Supercomputer At Any U.S. University

Made possible by a $30 million award from the National Science Foundation, Stampede2 is the newest strategic resource for the nation’s academic community. (Patch)

Seattle Police Chief Responds To Trump's Call For Police Brutality

Trump spoke Friday in front of police from Suffolk County, New York, at a rally ostensibly about gang violence. At one point, Trump told the officers that they shouldn't worry about the well-being of suspects. (Patch)

White Economic Privilege Is Alive and Well

"The income gap between black and white working-class Americans, like the gap between black and white Americans at every income level, remains every bit as extreme as it was five decades ago," writes Paul Campos. (New York Times Sunday Review)

Indiana Doctor Killed After Dispute Over Opioid Prescription: Authorities

The 56-year-old doctor was killed by a man after a dispute where the doctor refused to prescribe the wife opioids. (Patch)

Maryland Rep. John Delaney Announces 2020 Presidential Run

We're sorry to inform you that the 2020 presidential race has already begun. (Patch)

Heavy Rain Expected As Disturbance Eyes Florida's West Coast

The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a low-pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico that is expected to impact Florida. (Patch)

Travel Ban Keeps Orphan Kids From Metro Detroit Foster Families

Without parents or other adult relatives, those kids are living on their own in countries of temporary refuge, in limbo while their U.S. foster parents hope for a court ruling that will allow the children to finish their journeys. (Patch)

This Day In History

1932 — Germany's Nazi Party wins more than 37 percent of the vote, becoming the largest party in parliament.

1971 — Apollo 15 astronauts traverse the moon's surface in the lunar rover, the first such ride in human history.

Famous Birthdays

1919 — Primo Levi, an Italian and Jewish writer and survivor of the Holocaust

1926 — Hilary Putnam, a mathematician, computer scientist and one of the major figures in 20th century philosophy

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