Tuesday, August 31, 2021

GOP demands accountability over Afghan failings



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Police say Instagram influencer Miss Mercedes Morr was killed in a suspected murder-suicide



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With no American presence, some Afghans celebrate while others worry about the future.


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Young British star Emma Raducanu notches her first U.S. Open main draw victory.


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The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming


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Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast.


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In a few pockets of Afghanistan, resistance fighters are still opposing the Taliban.


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Teenage Lifeguard Killed in Lightning Strike: ‘It Was Like a Bomb’


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2 killed, at least 10 injured after Mississippi highway collapses



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Is rural America becoming a new Confederacy?



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Remote workers from San Francisco flocked to Lake Tahoe during the pandemic. Now, thousands of people are being forced to evacuate as the Caldor fire bears down on the serene Northern California enclave.



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Huracanes y cambio climático: esto es lo que sabemos


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Reflections on Our Summer Reading Contest and Our Final Week of Winners


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College Football Changes: More 2-Point Tries and a Crackdown on Stadium Gamesmanship


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This Is the Moment the Anti-Vaccine Movement Has Been Waiting for


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Bangladeshi manufacturers criticize the expansion of a deal to protect workers.


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There’s a Better Way to Stop Ransomware Attacks


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Revocatoria a Gavin Newsom: una guía para los votantes


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Let’s Talk About ‘Sellouts’


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Governors DeSantis and Abbott, ‘Undermining Public Health’


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Downed lines are making it hard for Entergy to restore power in Louisiana.


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The U.S. faces a series of dilemmas in dealing with a Taliban government.


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Monday, August 30, 2021

Oysters, in the Form of a C.S.A.


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Howie Rose Steps Away From Mets, but Plans to Return Next Year


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With a Tuesday withdrawal deadline for U.S. troops, hope dwindles for Afghans to flee via the airport.


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White House Weighs Clemency to Keep Some Drug Offenders Confined at Home


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Afghanistan drone strike: 'Ten people died here.. including my daughter'

A family comb through rubble for remains of relatives they say were killed by a US drone strike.

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Driver disregards school bus’s stop arm, kills high-school student, Indiana police say



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Biden and Congress are setting 'a 5-alarm fire' by letting federal unemployment benefits expire in a week as Delta surges



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College Senior Who Bragged About Capitol Riot 'Infamy' Takes Plea Deal



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Lightning captured near Ida's eye before landfall



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The Taliban reportedly have control of US biometric devices – a lesson in life-and-death consequences of data privacy



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Vetting Afghan Refugees



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Your Tuesday Briefing


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The world is still short of everything. Get used to it.


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A university in Bangladesh evacuates almost 150 young women from Kabul.


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New York’s Brief Hot Restaurant Summer: Bread Binges and Tabletop Coke


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E. U. Proposes New Travel Restrictions on Unvaccinated U.S. Visitors


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La variante delta se infiltró en un aula de primaria. Así sucedió


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What Voters in a California Swing District Say About Afghanistan


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What’s Better, a Prize or a Patent?


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When the ‘Silent Majority’ Isn’t White


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Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive

An Afghan who had authorisation to fly to the UK speaks to the BBC about his struggle to escape.

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Your Monday Briefing


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Ida leaves behind flooding and dangerous storm surge.


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Tropical Storm Nora Unleashes Rain and Flash Floods in Mexico


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Two of the U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack were women.


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American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home.


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When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?


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An 88-year-old professor in Georgia resigned in the middle of class because a student refused to wear a mask over her nose: 'That's it, I'm retired'



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Man grabs gun from dying 24-year-old son’s hands after shootout with off-duty NYPD officers and opens fire



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Watch this live video of Hurricane Ida striking New Orleans



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Hurricane Hunters fly through Ida's Eye



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Among those not surprised by ex-Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe’s conviction? His only sibling and oldest son



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Biden Observes Return of Troops Killed in Kabul Bombing


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Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power. It could be weeks before they have it back.


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After Katrina, New Orleans became a fortress. Ida is testing its strength.


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Jamaican reggae icon Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies aged 85

Perry, a legendary singer and music producer, is known for his pioneering experiments with dub.

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Caught on camera: Inside the eye of Hurricane Ida as it approaches Louisiana



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Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan



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Hellish living conditions are the new Kabul reality



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Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4


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On the road to Kabul, hundreds of families can’t go home and wait for help.


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As the virus surges in Oregon, counties are asking for mobile morgues to house the dead.


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Ron DeSantis, How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough?


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Ida Strengthened Quickly Into a Monster. Here’s How.


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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Evidence of extensive corrosion in collapsed condo



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In all, over a dozen countries have evacuated 240,000 people from Afghanistan.


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After Video of Abusive Nurse, Canada’s Indigenous Seek Health Overhaul


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What we know about the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack.


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Europe migrant crisis: More than 500 people rescued off Italian island

Italian coastguards rescue 539 people from a small fishing boat believed to have set off from Libya.

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A Black former McDonald's manager was denied requests to avoid shifts with a coworker who repeatedly used racist language including the N-word, according to a lawsuit



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Sixteen years after Katrina, a New Orleans resident sees just partial progress.


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Chelsea Proves a Point While Collecting One at Liverpool


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Evacuees from Afghanistan arrive in Virginia, tired, relieved, and worried for those they left behind.


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May or later: Rocket Lab may launch a small probe to Venus

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