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Seven more people connected to the #TokyoOlympics, including two athletes, tested positive for the coronavirus, organizers said. That brings the total to 160. Follow updates.https://nyti.ms/3758Oxq 

A Hong Kong protester was found guilty in the first trial under the tough security law imposed on the city by China. Tong Ying-kit, 24, who struck police officers with his motorcycle while carrying a protest banner, could face life in prison.https://nyti.ms/3iSd4WH 

Breaking News: Italo Ferreira of Brazil and Carissa Moore of the U.S. won the first gold medals in Olympic surfing.https://nyti.ms/3BNS9fU 

Former Sen. Michael Enzi of Wyoming died at 77 after a bike accident. A consistent conservative, he served four terms.https://nyti.ms/3kZZgfj 

The U.S. and Australian women’s soccer teams will face off at #Tokyo2020 at 4 a.m. Eastern. The U.S. can advance to the knockout round with a win or tie, but Australia isn’t an easy opponent. Follow live updates.https://nyti.ms/3l1P6uD 

North and South Korea have reopened ​communication hotlines after a hiatus of nearly 14 months. The North said it wanted to improve ties “as early as possible” amid a deepening economic crisis.https://nyti.ms/2UUCkDN 

Breaking News: Naomi Osaka is out of the #Tokyo2020 Olympics. The Japanese tennis superstar lost the third round of the women’s singles tennis tournament to Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic.https://nyti.ms/2VeJHWe 

The deadly heat wave that scorched the Pacific Northwest in late June also upended Oregon’s prosperous Christmas tree market. More Christmas trees are grown there than anywhere else in the country. But now, one tree farmer told us, “There’s nothing left.”https://nyti.ms/3zujuC6 

How did TV go from the comedic ironies of "The Office" and "The Colbert Report" to "Ted Lasso” — a show about a coach so sweet, you could box him up like shortbread? Our TV critic, @poniewozik, writes about television's shift from irony to sincerity.https://nyti.ms/3kTCp5g 

Many government programs that kept Americans afloat through the pandemic are going away soon — including the eviction moratorium and enhanced unemployment benefits. There are still ways to get help. Here's how:https://nyti.ms/3l2nEwW 

The Kansas City Chiefs said on Monday that the team was retiring its mascot, a horse named Warpaint.https://nyti.ms/3fiLG3l 

Can Simone Biles and Team USA clinch the gold in the women's gymnastics team final at #Tokyo2020? Here's what to watch for at the competition, which begins Tuesday at 6:45 a.m. Eastern time.https://nyti.ms/3kZpxun 

Alberto Salazar, once a prominent Nike coach of some of the world’s top distance runners, was permanently barred from participating in track and field on Monday by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which cited Salazar for sexual and emotional misconduct.https://nyti.ms/2Wq0c2w 

Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois have been ostracized by their party for accepting Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s offer to sit on the special committee investigating the U.S. Capitol assault.https://nyti.ms/3BK1Kok