Can You Catch Dementia From Your Spouse?

We start with the crew roster, Tony Bruno’s return and a JAMA Network Open study of nearly one million married people in Taiwan. The study finds a 74 percent higher dementia risk for women whose husbands receive a diagnosis and a 69 percent higher risk for men whose wives receive one. We stress that dementia is not contagious and discuss shared habits, caregiving strain, lost sleep, depression and isolation as possible reasons for the link. Dawn’s first news run stays close to home. We cover severe storms, a Cape May tornado and two waterspouts, then move to an Ocean County sheriff’s drone that drops an inflatable rescue tube to two swimmers off Surf City. We also examine the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling against automatic life-without-parole sentences for second-degree murder, the legislature’s deadline to respond, Saquon Barkley’s home burglary, Citizens Bank’s exit from banking ties with CoreCivic and GEO Group, and Trump’s dignified-transfer visit to Dover. Phil brings the Phillies’ 2-1 loss to the Dodgers, capped by Justin Crawford and J.T. Realmuto getting erased in a chaotic ninth-inning rundown, plus the huge U.S. audience for the World Cup final. Nick’s Big Take argues that major media companies are moving away from political lectures that repel viewers, using Ryan Clark’s ESPN exit, comments from Don Lemon and Joy Reid, Shane Gillis’ stadium success and Jonathan Cain’s Bruce Springsteen criticism as examples. Dawn closes the hour by describing the pressure conservative employees once feel inside local newsrooms and the crew predicts more high-priced television departures.