• Excessive heat continues: Highs will reach the middle to upper 90s today, with humidity raising the heat index to more than 100 degrees. (Source: CBS 21)
• Lancaster Township hires police chief: The appointment of former state police captain Bradley Getz is the first step in re-establishing a township police department for the first time in decades. (Source: WGAL)
• Chesapeake Bay environmental ‘report card’ is best in two decades: The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science gave the bay a C+. That’s its highest grade since 2002, but still far from adequate, environmental officials said. (Source: StateImpact PA)
• Philadelphia Airport reports ‘snow’ amid heat wave: Thunderstorms produced small hailstones on Sunday, which counts as snow in National Weather Service records. (Source : Fox 43)
• Lancaster celebrating Indie Retail Week: The promotion began Friday and continues through this coming Saturday. (Source: ABC 27)
• Nation/world: Trump picks Vance as VP, makes first appearance at RNC convention. (Source: AP) Biden defends record, acuity in interview. (Source: NBC News) Gov. Newsom signs bill barring schools from outing LGBTQ students to parents. (Source: UPI) Dollar General fined $12 million over workplace safety violations. (Source: NPR) Motive still unclear as FBI investigates would-be assassin. (Source: ABC News)
