 The U.S. military plans to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all troops by mid-September, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday, while encouraging service members not to wait for the mandate to get vaccinated.  Virginia Giuffre sued Prince Andrew on Monday, accusing the member of the British royal family of raping and sexually abusing her when she was 17 years old.  Canada on Monday opened the border it shares with the United States for the first time in more than a year, welcoming U.S. citizens and returning Canadians who have been fully vaccinated.  The Detroit Lions have signed former Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman.  A herd of elephants that have been wandering throughout China neared the nature reserve on Monday that they had departed from more than a year ago.  The New York Yankees placed two-time All-Star shortstop Gleyber Torres on the injured list Monday after an MRI revealed a left thumb sprain.  A federal judge has ruled in favor of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, granting it a preliminary injunction against a Florida law prohibiting companies from mandating customers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination.  Miami Hurricanes starting quarterback D'Eriq King signed an endorsement deal with the NHL's Florida Panthers, it was announced.  Mexico's journalists were on alert Monday after a death threat against a prominent television news anchor was issued by masked gunmen claiming to represent the drug lord known as "El Mencho."  The Colorado Rockies announced Monday that a fan suspected of shouting a racial slur at Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson was actually yelling at Dinger, the club's dinosaur mascot.  Police on Monday charged brothers Emonte Morgan and Eric Morgan in the fatal shooting of Chicago police officer Ella French on Saturday night.  City officials, community leaders and family members of baseball great Satchel Paige on Monday unveiled a long-sought development plan to save and renovate the late pitcher's former home in Kansas City.  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday mandated that state employees and healthcare workers in nursing homes and similar facilities get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18.  Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic has agreed to sign a groundbreaking five-year, $207 million supermax rookie extension with the organization.  A Texas judge on Monday issued an order blocking the arrest of House Democrats who broke quorum by leaving the state, paving the way for those who remain outside of Texas to return home without threat of apprehension.  Men diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or another inflammatory form of the disease have higher rates of infertility and involuntary childlessness than those without these joint conditions, a study found.  The U.S. Air Force has begun using the KC-46A aircraft's refueling boom on operational missions.  The United States said Monday it is sending $165 million in additional humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen while decrying a military offensive by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the country's gas-rich Marib region.  A man told police he killed French priest Father Olivier Maire, who housed him as he awaited trial for setting fire to the Nantes Cathedral.  Botanists have identified a new carnivorous plant in western North America. The species, Triantha occidentalis, represents the 12th independent origin of plant carnivory.  An Oregon man who made the unusual choice to buy two identical tickets for the same drawing won the top prize of $1,000 a week for life -- twice.  Wildlife officials in Colorado shared video of the moment a hiker who stopped to film a bull moose was charged by the massive creature.  Wildlife trappers were summoned to an airport in India when workers found themselves in a situation of life imitating art: a snake on a plane. | 
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