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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, Aug. 5, and we’re very glad that two handy tow truck drivers dismantled a car to save a kitten. See the photos here. Now let’s get to the news.

	It was a big night of primary elections in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and more.

• In Michigan: The race for the Democratic nomination in a key Senate seat remains too close to call between centrist Rep. Haley Stevens and populist candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

• In another key contest: Left-wing Democrat William Lawrence won a primary in a battleground House district in Michigan. Find our takeaways from elections across five states here.

	Trump ordered changes to his new helipad after weeks of around-the-clock work.

• Why? He became frustrated with its appearance. That prompted contractors to disassemble their work and consider leveling out the White House lawn, The Post reported.

• What else to know: A woman who was arrested at the Reflecting Pool in June after picking some peeling liner out of the water told The Post about the “heartbreaking” ordeal.

A federal judge opened up about threats he experienced after ruling against Trump.

• In one disturbing incident: John McConnell said he received a pizza delivery under the name of a fellow judge’s son who was fatally shot in 2020. It was part of a wave of threats.

• Yesterday: A federal judge agreed to dismiss seditious-conspiracy cases against members of the Oath Keepers, a group that planned to storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

A man was charged with arson as wildfires continued to rage in Washington state.

• The latest: Three fires are burning around Spokane, scorching more than 8,000 acres. Yesterday, authorities arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with one wildfire.

• This woman had front-row seats to an inferno: Micaela Jaime and her family piled 17 people into two boats to wait out the fires on Lake Spokane. See the dramatic footage here.

The CDC expanded the cyclosporiasis outbreak to 15 states.

• Where is it now? Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina joined nine other states in the country’s largest known outbreak, tied to lettuce from Mexico.

• In Missouri: The number of cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite jumped dramatically in the past week. Some patients there said they consumed Taco Bell before getting sick.

Fast walkers in their 80s have half the risk of cognitive decline.

• They’re known as “super movers”: The brains of those who are able to walk significantly faster than most of their aging peers typically work better for longer, a new study found.

• Why? Fast walking may act like a brain-boosting puzzle, rapidly juggling motor control, navigation, uneven ground and more. Find out your gait speed, and what it means, here.

Social media is fueling an intense form of romantic obsession.

• It’s known as limerence: It describes profound romantic infatuation, marked by frequent thoughts about a love interest. The term has exploded on social media in recent years.

• The modern internet is primed for it: Apps like Instagram provide unprecedented information access and paid-for features that can fuel greater, and more prolonged, obsessions.

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You’re all caught up. See you tomorrow.

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