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When country songwriter Dean Dillon was 7, he got his first guitar: a tiger-striped Stella. He played at the county fair and mobile-home lots before setting out to take his chances in Nashville, Tenn.

A dozen European soccer clubs have announced plans to break away form their own "Super League." NPR's Noel King asks Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated why.

Some House Democrats are concerned that the latest border crisis and feud between President Trump and four House progressives is causing immigration to overtake health care as main issue for 2020.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has chosen a new interim police superintendent. Officer Eddie Johnson, currently chief of patrol, will take over what many see as the toughest police chief job in the country.

Also: What's in Bernie Sanders' proposed health legislation; several Marines are burned in a training accident in California; and the Cleveland Indians win their 21st game in a row.

Also: A man is charged with attempted murder in the London subway bombing; hurricane conditions arrive in the Turks and Caicos Islands; and it snows in the Sierra Nevadas on the last day of summer.

Also: Australian lawmakers pass same-sex marriage legislation; what a tax overhaul means for students and schools; and historic photos of Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

Also: Illinois officials seek federal court oversight of the Chicago police department; flooding paralyzes parts of India; and former White House press secretary Sean Spicer meets the Pope.

Also: A replacement actor is summoned at the last minute to replace Kevin Spacey; a Saudi Arabian blockade of Yemen could trigger famine; and a man is rescued trying to row across the Pacific.

Also: Zimbabwe's leader ignores a call to resign; an Argentine submarine is still missing; and actor Jeffrey Tambor may leave 'Transparent' over sexual harassment allegations.