Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US

Welcome to the news. Here are today's headlines:

• Regular exercise may improve effectiveness of covid vaccines
• Spectrometer fits on a fingertip ― but is big on precision
• Sending DNA-infused Space Crystals to the moon
• Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US
• Apple finally releases iPadOS 16 alongside iOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1, and tvOS 16.1
• Kueng pleads guilty to state charges in George Floyd killing, Thao to let judge decide his case
• As it happened: Sunak to be appointed UK`s PM on Tuesday
• Variations in low-complexity regions in monkeypox genome found to impact virus transmissibility
• Rishi Sunak to become U.K. prime minister, first person of color in role
• World Series: 10 things to know about Astros-Phillies, including Houston's perfection, Philly's power, more
• Apple raises prices of Apple Music and Apple TV Plus in Canada
• Medibank reveals customer data breach much wider than originally thought in 'distressing development'
• Tim Paine's new book reveals allegations South Africa tampered with the ball during controversial series
• Russian TV host says Ukrainian children should be drowned, burnt
• Adult and teen killed in St. Louis school shooting, police say
• 'Paz total': se cae servicio militar social; triunfo de la oposición
• ‘F***ing die’: Horror school mass shooting
• Emmy-winning actor Leslie Jordan dies in car crash aged 67
• Stocks trending after hours: Twitter, Discover Financial, Qualtrics and more

• The potential benefits of regular exercise in relation to increased effectiveness of covid vaccines
• A new, miniature spectrometer that is said to be big on precision despite its small size
• The use of DNA-infused space crystals as a way of sending information to the moon
• The release of Apple's newest operating systems, iPadOS 16, iOS 16.1, watchOS 9.1, and tvOS 16.1, as well as the features and improvements included in each one
• The charges that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will face in the death of George Floyd, as well as the decision by former officer Thomas Kueng to plead guilty to state charges
• Rishi Sunak's appointment as the U.K.'s Prime Minister and what it means for the country
• The findings of a new study on monkeypox which suggest that variations in low-complexity regions of the genome may impact the virus' transmissibility
• The World Series matchup between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies, including 10 things to know about each team
• A price hike for Apple Music and Apple TV Plus in Canada
• A data breach at Medibank that is said to be much wider than originally thought
• Allegations from Australian cricket captain Tim Paine's new book that the South African team tampered with the ball during a controversial series
• A Russian TV host's comments that Ukrainian children should be drowned and burnt
• A school shooting in St. Louis that left two people dead
• The cancellation of a military service in Venezuela
• Emmy-winning actor Leslie Jordan's death in a car crash