THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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Measles cases have hit a record high in Europe.

Mike Tirico has been chosen as the replacement for Dan Patrick on the upcoming season of "Football Night in America" on NBC Sports. Tirico heads into the studio from his previous game-site role, which will be filled by Liam McHugh.

Aretha Franklin funeral details. It will last over four days. The first viewing will take place at Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History from Aug. 28-29. The viewing will run 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day. Franklin's body will then lie in honor at New Bethel Baptist Church, which her father founded, on August 30th. She will be laid to rest at Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery following an August 31st funeral at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle just returned from a secret vacation with the Clooneys, George and Amal, at their Lake Como home in Italy.
The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show will be down an angel this year. Model Lily Aldridge announced that she's pregnant with her second child.
Texas attorney Thomas J. Henry is known for his extravagant parties. Last Saturday night in San Antonio, he spent $10 million on a 25th anniversary party, which included performances by Maroon 5 and Enrique Iglesias. The party featured more than 40,000 roses flown in from six countries, more than 1,000 Phalaenopsis orchids and more than 2,500 candles. There was a 200-pound bluefin tuna carved on-site, a sushi station and a live nitrogen ice cream station.
If you're keeping score at home, Kobe Bryant's $6 million investment in the sports drink BodyArmor over the past 4 and 1/2 years is now worth about $200 million.
Melania Trump is heading to Africa in October for a tour.
A severe storm injured a dozen people in Oklahoma waiting to see the Backstreet Boys and 98 Degrees.
Apple has pulled thousands of gambling apps in China as part of a government crackdown.
Tesla says it will soon add video streaming to its cars.

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