The rise of solo dining, translucent skin, NFL season preview: Catch up and discover the stories of the day

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👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! The NFL regular season begins tonight when the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Baltimore Ravens. Tomorrow, the league will play its first game in South America, and this weekend will see the debuts of several rookie quarterbacks. Here’s what to expect.

Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day:

1️⃣ Table for one person: The stigma around eating alone has diminished as more people than ever live alone. Some do it for convenience, while others simply want to try new restaurants. Millennials and Gen Z are driving this trend.

2️⃣ Teenagers and Tobacco: Young people in the United States are using e-cigarettes much less often than they were a few years ago. Health experts are pleased with the decline, but they say the popularity of nicotine pouches is a growing concern.

3️⃣ Transparent skin: Taking a cue from HG Wells’ classic The Invisible Man, a common food dye can make the skin of a living mouse transparent, allowing scientists to observe its organs functioning.

4️⃣ “Quite an extraordinary experience”: Once upon a time, before computers ruled the world, aeronautical engineers were essential to aviation. Warren Hazelby explains how he helped pilot Concorde, a supersonic jet that flew from London to New York in just a few hours.

5️⃣ Solid style: With students returning to school, dress codes are back in style. One pattern is a staple in classrooms and popular culture.

🚘 Taking over the street: Night-vision footage shows police breaking up an illegal gathering in Florida. Cars dodged through an intersection while onlookers set off fireworks. Authorities said 10 people were arrested.

Illegal street takeover caught on night vision camera

• Evidence in Jan. 6 case against Trump could be released before election
• Hunter Biden pleads guilty to federal tax charges, judge accepts plea
• New details emerge about victims and teen suspect in Georgia school shooting

💃 Criminal participant: Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, convicted of grand theft and other financial crimes after posing as a German heiress with a trust fund, will compete with an ankle monitoring bracelet on “Dancing with the Stars.”

🏗️ Lofty goals: Developers plan to build a 787-foot hydrogen-powered skyscraper, complete with solar panels, in Egypt’s “New Administrative Capital,” which is being built near Cairo.

📕 New memories: The former first lady posted a video promoting her upcoming book and said it was important to share her perspective.

💉 No freebies: Updated COVID-19 vaccines are in the works in the U.S., but vaccinations will no longer be free for people without insurance.

⚽ Which U.S. women’s soccer star just announced her retirement?
A. Hope solo
B.Carli Lloyd
C. Alex Morgan
D. Megan Rapinoe
⬇️ Scroll down to see the answer.

🥊 It has incredible power: Japan’s Naoya Inoue may be the greatest boxer you’ve never heard of. He’s undefeated in professional fights, winning almost all of them by knockout.

😎 We like to sum everything up in a positive way: Once on the brink of extinction, Spain’s large lynx population has made a remarkable recovery after years of conservation work. Now, high-tech virtual fences are helping to protect the Iberian lynx from traffic.

🧠 Answer to quiz: C. In an emotional video, Alex Morgan — one of the world’s most prolific scorers — revealed she’s pregnant and said her last match will be this weekend. Test your knowledge with CNN’s weekly news quiz on tomorrow morning’s 5 Things newsletter.
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5 Things PM is produced by Tricia Escobedo, Meghan Pryce and Kimberly Richardson of CNN.