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After spotty rain and occasional cloud cover Monday, the rest of the week trends drier and hotter. Feels like temperatures will be at or above 100 degrees any given afternoon. Activity in the Atlantic is starting to ramp up, but there is not currently any cause for concern in Texas.

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Today’s Big Stories

1. Rangers right-hander Jacob DeGrom is fastest to 1,800 career strikeouts in MLB history

Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom became the fastest pitcher in major league history to reach 1,800 career strikeouts, as measured by games and innings, on Sunday.

2. How redistricting in Texas and other states could change the game for U.S. House elections

Redistricting usually happens after the once-a-decade population count by the U.S. Census Bureau or in response to a court ruling. Now, Texas Republicans want to break that tradition — and other states could follow suit.

3. Tesla awards CEO Musk millions of shares valued at about $29 billion

Tesla is awarding CEO Elon Musk 96 million shares of restricted stock valued at approximately $29 billion, just six months after a judge ordered the company to revoke his massive pay package.

The electric vehicle maker said in a regulatory filing on Monday that Musk must first pay Tesla $23.34 per share of restricted stock that vests, which is equal to the exercise price per share of the 2018 pay package that was awarded to the company’s CEO.

Notes for Tomorrow

Tuesday, Aug 5

  • Julien’s Auctions hosts press preview for ‘The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation Auction’
  • National Night Out – America’s ‘night out against crime’
  • Fortune 100 Most Powerful People in Business list

In Case You Missed It  

This image released by Hulu shows, characters, from left, Peggy Hill, voiced by Kathy Najimy, Bobby Hill, voiced by Pamela Adlon, and Hank Hill, voiced by Mike Judge, from the animated series “King of the Hill.” (Hulu via AP)

Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new ‘King of the Hill’ episodes

Hank Hill is back and he’s the same ol’ Hank Hill, but a lot of things around him have changed.

The lovable animated hero of “King of the Hill” has returned from a 15-year lull and he isn’t sure what boba tea is, how ridesharing works and is confused by all-gender bathrooms. “What kind of food is poke?” he asks his wife, Peggy.