Blame it on Rio: Just seven weeks from the opening of the summer Olympics, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is broke and the governor has declared a state of emergency. Public employees aren’t getting paid. Crime is rising …

Flight: A fire believed to have been set yesterday by an employee at a Chicago air traffic control center created snarls all over the country and led to the cancellation of about 1,750 flights. Passengers were stranded. Authorities say the …