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August 2021
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- August 31st
- Texas legislature approves GOP voting restrictions bill, sending it to governor's desk
- Back in 2001, Biden warned against leaving Afghanistan 'in chaos'
- Biden 'ferociously' responds to critics during Afghanistan 'rebuttal' speech
- Biden to Ghani in final phone call in July: 'You clearly have the best military'
- Deputies had to break up fights at a Florida school district office that announced a mask mandate
- The Taliban reportedly struck a deal with U.S. to escort Americans to Kabul's airport. A U.S. defense official said 'it worked beautifully.'
- A mobile vaccination event in Georgia was reportedly shut down because anti-vax protesters were harassing workers
- Mike Richards out as Jeopardy! producer after stepping down as host
- Corporate lobbyists are seeking to upend Democrats' budget reconciliation plan 'in every way you can imagine'
- The Afghanistan war was 'the least reported war since at least WWI'
- A highly-mutated coronavirus variant seems to only be spreading slowly so far
- The New Orleans levee system, rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, passed the Hurricane Ida test
- Knitting group in Minnesota creates special arm warmers for dialysis patients
- The U.S. destroyed or 'demilitarized' all equipment left at Kabul airport, depriving the Taliban of more trophies
- Officials: Louisiana man missing after apparent alligator attack in Ida flood waters
- Army general was the final U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan
- California's national forests to close temporarily because of fire risk
- All residents of South Lake Tahoe ordered to evacuate as Caldor Fire flames inch closer
- Weakened to a tropical depression, Ida brings relentless rain to Mississippi, Alabama
- August 30th
- Number of Americans left in Afghanistan is in the 'very low hundreds,' says Gen. McKenzie
- The United States' 20-year military mission in Afghanistan ends with an FAA notice
- The thousands of hours of Jan. 6 footage the government wants to keep private
- Why Hurricane Ida strengthened so rapidly
- Condoleezza Rice, Gretchen Carlson among those who will fill in for Meghan McCain on The View
- Trump: 'Bomb the hell out of' U.S. equipment left behind in Afghanistan
- U.S. hate crimes in 2020 reached their highest level in 12 years, per FBI
- A private operation run out of a hotel conference room has helped evacuate approximately 5,000 Afghan refugees
- NBC reporter accosted by 'wacky guy' during live Ida coverage
- The Taliban has reportedly slashed telecommunication services in resistance stronghold
- What Pfizer's scientists consider the 'biggest surprise' about their COVID-19 vaccine
- President of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish on Hurricane Ida: 'The worst-case scenario seems to have happened'
- Succession has a cheeky reason for not incorporating the pandemic into season 3
- Is a COVID-19 booster shot jumping the gun?
- China bans minors from playing video games during the school week, sets strict limits for the weekend
- U.S. drone strike targeting Islamic State reportedly killed 10 Afghan civilians, including children
- Candyman becomes the 1st film directed by a Black woman to debut at No. 1 at the box office
- New Orleans could be without power for up to 3 weeks after Hurricane Ida
- Hurricane Ida destroyed New Orleans jazz landmark, '2nd home to the young Louis Armstrong'
- U.S. Kabul evacuation continues 'uninterrupted' amid apparently failed rocket attack
- Lee 'Scratch' Perry, the visionary 'soul' of reggae, dies at 85
- In 'deeply troubling' move, North Korea appears to have restarted plutonium-producing reactor
- California's Caldor Fire prompts evacuation warnings for South Lake Tahoe
- Hawaiian teen uses money from recycling to fund college scholarships
- U.S. says drone strike on Kabul 'suicide bombers' prevented 'imminent' ISIS attack, may have killed 'innocent' civilians
- 1st death attributed to Hurricane Ida reported in Louisiana
- Female journalist who made history interviewing Taliban representative flees Afghanistan
- Anti-mask activist who organized protests in Texas dies of COVID-19
- New Orleans loses power due to 'catastrophic transmission damage' caused by Ida
- Biden pays respects to service members killed in Kabul
- August 29th
- Kanye West claims his new album was released 'without my approval'
- Lindsey Graham: U.S. presidents will be dealing with Biden's Afghanistan 'catastrophe' for next 20 years
- Actor Ed Asner dies at 91
- Hurricane Ida makes landfall as a Category 4 storm
- National security adviser's confidence in post-deadline Afghanistan departures about 'leverage,' not trust in Taliban
- NOAA satellite captures frightening look at eye of Hurricane Ida as it nears Gulf Coast
- U.S. reportedly launches defensive airstrike against vehicle posing threat to Kabul airport
- August 28th
- Biden warns another Kabul attack 'highly likely' in next 24-36 hours
- Infectious disease expert: Americans must 'recalibrate' vaccine expectations
- RFK's daughter vows to fight potential parole of father's assassin with 'everything I've got'
- A pair of 'significant' findings from an otherwise inconclusive U.S. intelligence report on coronavirus origins
- U.S. confirms 2 'high-profile ISIS targets' killed in retaliatory strike in Afghanistan
- August 27th
- Those left in Afghanistan are 'acutely aware the window is closing' to get out
- Tropical Storm Ida expected to strengthen into a 'dangerous major hurricane'
- Ken Jennings reportedly didn't get the Jeopardy! host job because of his old tweets
- Afghanistan got just 5 minutes of coverage on the network newscasts last year, analysis says
- Stephen Breyer hints at retiring from the Supreme Court
- The 'truly bonkers story' of how feed-store ivermectin went dangerously viral
- Kanye West's latest listening party included controversial guests Marilyn Manson and DaBaby
- Daniel Craig’s dilemma: the latest ‘public display of virtuous disinheritance’?
- The Taliban is 'embarrassed heavily' by ISIS-K attack, 'overwhelmed,' girding for civil war, terrorism experts say
- Supermarket sweep: investors go ‘wild in the aisles’
- Study suggests new approach to fighting malaria reduces severe illness and deaths in kids
- Capitol Police officer who shot Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt goes public in NBC News interview
- Department of Education offers $1.1 billion in loan forgiveness to ITT Tech students
- Supreme Court ends CDC's pandemic eviction moratorium with no hearings, over liberal dissent
- More than 120 coronavirus cases in 5 states linked to Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
- Attack on U.S. troops and Afghan civilians in Kabul puts spotlight on ISIS-K
- August 26th
- Head of U.S. Central Command says Taliban 'thwarted' earlier attacks
- Kabul airport attack marks deadliest day for U.S. military in Afghanistan since 2011
- U.S. reportedly gave Taliban the names of Americans and Afghan allies: 'Appalling and shocking'
- Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster slammed for 'saber-rattling' after Kabul attacks
- ISIS-K reportedly 'leading suspect' in twin Kabul explosions
- Republican Sen. Ben Sasse calls on Biden to 'reverse course' and extend military evacuations in Kabul
- Kabul attack is likely 'de facto end' of evacuation efforts for those other than U.S. military, former Pentagon official says
- Senate Foreign Relations chair: Kabul attack shows 'we can't trust the Taliban with Americans' security'
- Four U.S. Marines reportedly killed in Kabul attack, 3 injured
- ABC News global correspondent: Kabul airport explosion is 'truly a nightmare scenario'
- Kabul airport explosion resulted in 'a number of U.S. & civilian casualties,' says Pentagon
- Japan suspends 1.6 million vaccine doses due to 'tainted vials'
- The Scottish National Party and the Greens: a ‘joyous’ union?
- ‘Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat’: exploring Israel’s fourth Covid wave
- The U.S. will reportedly approve booster shots for all 3 COVID-19 vaccines at 6 months, not 8
- Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers find the llama and milk crate challenge links to COVID-19
- Denmark warns 'it is no longer safe to fly in or out of Kabul' as its last flight leaves Afghanistan
- From hundreds of miles away, a ham radio operator saved his friend's life
- Regeneron says half its COVID-19 treatment doses are being sent to 4 low-vaccination states
- Judge orders pro-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell and Lin Wood to take legal education classes
- Man gets 6 years in prison after pleading guilty in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- U.S. Embassy tells Americans outside Kabul airport to 'leave immediately'
- Prosecutors won't oppose release of RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan
- August 25th
- New large study provides 'clear evidence' for Pfizer vaccine safety
- The Paralympics' only Afghan athlete will be competing on the refugee team
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates regardless of a shot's FDA approval status
- Taliban spokesman claims they want to 'forget what happened in the past' in New York Times interview
- Spike Lee to re-edit 9/11 documentary featuring debunked conspiracy theories
- U.S. Secretary of State estimates as many as 1,500 Americans still in Afghanistan
- Lawsuit alleges ABC looked 'the other way' after top GMA producer was accused of sexual assault
- Under the Taliban, Afghanistan's economy is on the brink
- New York's additional 12,000 COVID-19 deaths were already tallied by the CDC
- 47 percent of voters believe a Taliban takeover should not halt U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal
- Delta Air Lines announces a $200 monthly health insurance surcharge for unvaccinated employees
- Afghanistan's anti-Taliban resistance not getting response in quest for international support
- Only about 11 percent of federal funds from the Emergency Rental Assistance program have been distributed
- WHO official fears the world hasn't done enough to increase infectious disease surveillance after COVID-19
- OnlyFans drops plans to ban porn after backlash
- Serena Williams withdraws from U.S. Open to 'allow my body to heal completely' from torn hamstring
- Nobody seems sure how many Americans are still waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan
- Kanye West files to legally change his name to Ye
- ‘Peak wonky wokery’: Tiger Who Came to Tea sparks fierce debate on rape
- Late night hosts find the common thread between the Spider-Man trailer, COVID-19, and Biden
- The 'vast majority' of U.S. COVID-19 deaths are still unvaccinated adults 65 and older
- Restaurant finds a creative way to send blind customer a birthday message in Braille
- Naked baby chasing money on Nirvana's iconic 'Nevermind' album cover is suing band, claiming child pornography
- Amid chaotic evacuation efforts, 2 congressmen made secret, unauthorized trip to Kabul
- Supreme Court allows revival of Trump administration's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
- White House says daily vaccination rate is rising among Americans getting 1st jab
- August 24th
- Caldor Fire, moving closer to Lake Tahoe, threatens 17,000 structures
- Extreme heat and drought are crushing key crops and punishing U.S. farmers
- New CDC chart highlights significantly reduced hospitalization risk for vaccinated
- Taliban spokesperson asks U.S. to stop encouraging Afghans to leave the country
- Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at 80
- Taliban could sell data about U.S. military operations to China, former State Department official warns
- How officials and lawmakers are calling to reform the 'hodgepodge' system running state VA homes
- Sean Penn tells unvaccinated people not to go see his new film
- U.S. official says 'dire conditions' at Qatar base housing Afghan evacuees 'are of our own doing' in leaked email
- Fauci: Getting pandemic under control by spring is 'within our power'
- Oregon hospital has plate-smashing booth for doctors and nurses stressed over Delta surge
- Late night hosts cheer the FDA's Pfizer COVID vaccine approval, jeer the vaccine's name, note Trump's dilemma
- Mississippi, FDA urge people to stop ingesting livestock deworming medicine to fight COVID-19
- Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 5 months in prison for flag burning, weapons charge
- Humanitarian agencies are struggling to get food into Afghanistan
- After 77 years, veteran reunites with Italian siblings he saved during World War II
- Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the U.S., dies at 38
- Pfizer CEO expects COVID vaccine trials for kids to be completed in September
- August 23rd
- Al Qaeda affiliates heap praise on Taliban, as Taliban denies the group is in Afghanistan
- Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer brings in Doctor Strange and teases a wild multiverse plot
- How one anti-Taliban resistance leader is approaching the fight ahead
- Beanie Feldstein on playing Monica Lewinsky: 'My task is to be Monica's bodyguard'
- Mayim Bialik to guest host Jeopardy! again after Mike Richards' exit. Could she get the full-time gig?
- Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and a never-before-seen Basquiat painting star in Tiffany campaign
- Fox News hosts are now asking different COVID vaccine questions
- NYC public schools, Pentagon announce vaccine mandates after Pfizer approval
- Group of South Florida doctors stage demonstration amid surge of unvaccinated COVID patients
- A majority of college students support on-campus vaccine mandates
- FDA fully approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, which could be an 'important confidence-builder'
- The Jeopardy! host gig is reportedly now Ken Jennings' 'job to lose'
- Employees are getting happier working from home as the pandemic drags on, and companies are getting worried
- Erasing Native American culture
- John Oliver autopsies America's long, predictable Afghan failure. Bill Maher sympathizes with Biden's dilemma.
- France to re-bury U.S.-born Josephine Baker alongside other French luminaries in Pantheon
- Rachel Maddow signs multi-year deal to stay at MSNBC
- Biden says U.S. has expanded 'safe zone' and 'increased rational access' to Kabul airport
- Father and son bike 3,300 miles to fulfill dream of seeing the Statue of Liberty
- At least 21 dead, 20 missing after catastrophic flooding in Tennessee
- Don Everly of the Everly Brothers dies at 84
- August 22nd
- Tropical Storm Henri brings heavy rains, winds to the Northeast
- GOP's Sasse says Biden is drifting into 'hostage situation' in Afghanistan
- South a 'harbinger' for rest of U.S. as schools reopen, former FDA commissioner warns
- National security adviser: U.S. taking terrorism threat at Kabul airport 'deadly seriously'
- Breakthrough infections may be less transmissible, study suggests
- Broad support across American political spectrum for helping Afghan translators enter U.S., poll finds
- Civilian air fleet activated for just 3rd time in history to aid Afghanistan evacuation
- August 21st
- The Biden advice Afghanistan's Ghani reportedly didn't take
- Vietnam vet, evacuee says Kabul withdrawal makes Saigon seem 'as orderly as' audience exiting an opera
- Henri officially a hurricane as it heads toward Northeast
- U.S. allies likely experiencing 'whiplash' amid chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, foreign policy analyst says
- U.S. embassy warns Americans against traveling to Kabul airport barring individual instructions
- August 20th
- Sheryl Sandberg, Kate Winslet, and others sign open letter to Biden administration: 'Do not abandon Afghan women and girls'
- The 'sobering' meeting ahead of Kabul's fall
- Tear gas, guns used as crowd control at Kabul airport
- Mike Richards steps down as Jeopardy! host after offensive comments resurface
- Sha'Carri Richardson is ready to 'show the world that I'm here to stay'
- Brexit and Covid threaten Christmas turkeys
- Could Mike Richards still be replaced as Jeopardy! host? 'Don't be surprised.'
- Late night hosts joke about Mike Richards' job in jeopardy, the Taliban's 'woke AF-ghanistan' rebrand
- Taliban ‘tortured and massacred’ Hazara men
- Illinois girl brings her fight to protect bees to the statehouse
- Flight attendants are flocking to self-defense classes as 2021 unruly passenger fines top $1 million
- Elon Musk says Tesla's humanoid robot prototype will be ready by 2022
- Gangs in Haiti are abducting doctors, and their patients are paying the price
- Tropical Storm Henri could hit New England as a hurricane
- August 19th
- CNN analyst rages at State Department for 'unacceptable' lack of clarity regarding American Afghanistan evacuations
- Facebook didn't block Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect's account until after he livestreamed for hours
- Capitol Hill bomb threat suspect now in police custody
- FTC tries to break up Facebook a 2nd time in new antitrust lawsuit
- Will plastic barriers help control COVID in classrooms and offices? Research says probably not.
- Sonny Chiba, Kill Bill star and a 'true action legend,' dies from COVID-19 complications
- When the WHO director general privately 'lost patience' with China
- Amazon is reportedly planning to open department stores
- The Biden administration has a 'timely plan for J&J booster shots,' too, surgeon general says
- Larry David confronts Alan Dershowitz at Martha's Vineyard grocery store: 'You're disgusting!'
- BHP: London’s lost bauble
- Taliban finds it isn't so easy to set up its non-'democratic' Afghan government based on Sharia law
- U.S. COVID-19 breakthrough infections are 'uncommon,' rising 'considerably,' and 'sort of okay'
- Afghanistan: the looming refugee crisis
- Late night hosts highlight some 'crazy-balls' anti-vaxxers, explain why airlines shouldn't duct-tape them to seats
- Polish Olympian auctions off medal to pay for baby's heart surgery
- This Georgia man is changing his neighbors' lives, $1 at a time
- Biden instructs Education Department to take 'appropriate' action against governors who ban school mask mandates
- 'Unprecedented' Caldor Fire burns 53,000 acres in Northern California
- Biden says U.S. troops will stay in Afghanistan until all Americans are out
- August 18th
- EPA bans use of pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops
- New Jeopardy! host Mike Richards apologizes for 'thoughtlessness' and 'insensitivity' on resurfaced podcast
- Alabama physician refuses to treat unvaccinated patients: 'I can't watch them die like that'
- Deputy Secretary of State says U.S. will 'be vigilant in monitoring' Taliban treatment of women and girls
- Biden: No way to execute Afghanistan withdrawal 'without chaos'
- Pentagon chief suggests U.S. has to rely on Taliban to ensure safe passage of evacuees
- The French embassy in Kabul has become an 'internally displaced persons camp'
- R. Kelly prosecutor makes opening statement in sexual abuse trial: 'This case is about a predator'
- Has the Taliban really moderated?
- Michael Keaton, star of Marvel and DC films, 'never got around to' watching any comic book movies since 1989
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly fled Kabul with $169 million in cash
- CDC brings in high-profile outsiders to launch new center aimed at improving disease outbreak forecasting
- U.S. to start offering COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans beginning Sept. 20
- Taliban fighters almost attacked CNN producer as Clarissa Ward interviewed crowd outside Kabul airport: 'We had to intervene and scream'
- Ricky Gervais, Stephen Fry, and more pay tribute to 'brilliant' comedian Sean Lock
- As Pence blasts Biden on Afghanistan, former Pentagon chief Esper suggests Trump also played a role
- Pope Francis says getting vaccinated is an 'act of love'
- Late night hosts offer ideas for selling Americans on a COVID-19 booster shot, doubt the Taliban rebrand
- CNN's Clarissa Ward tells Colbert the Taliban believes the Kabul airport chaos 'looks really bad for them'
- The U.S. and Afghan women are skeptical of the Taliban's newly professed tolerance
- Paralyzed former football player surprises family by walking at his college graduation
- Cat leads rescuers to owner who fell into a ravine
- Los Angeles County will require face masks at major outdoor events
- 3 might be the magic number for COVID-19 vaccine doses, Yale immunologist explains
- Federal travel mask mandate extended into January
- Hospitals in Haiti say they can't handle the thousands of patients injured in earthquake
- August 17th
- Body discovered in landing gear of U.S. military plane that took off from Kabul
- Condoleezza Rice argues U.S. could have followed South Korea strategy in Afghanistan
- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tested positive for COVID-19
- Website detailing underground DC tunnel system saw a 'sudden and suspicious' spike in traffic before Jan. 6
- Virologist suggests coronavirus origin theorists are missing a cover-up that's 'staring them right in the face'
- Taliban spokesman complains of Facebook censorship
- Intelligence reports on Afghanistan withdrawal were reportedly all over the map
- Laura Prepon reveals she left Scientology
- Afghan Air Force pilot to Americans: 'We did not all just give up and quit'
- Broadway star says she withdrew from show that required proof of vaccination
- What's happening in Afghanistan's last anti-Taliban holdout
- Watch Afghan women on the streets of Kabul protest against the Taliban
- Fox News' Tucker Carlson blames Taliban gains on 'grotesque' gender studies
- Tim Tebow's attempted NFL comeback is over
- White House hasn't faced 'true worst-case scenario' in Afghanistan
- Las Vegas Raiders become 1st NFL team to require fans show proof of vaccination
- Bob Dylan v. JC: the sexual assault claim against singer
- Texas requests 5 FEMA morgue trailers in anticipation of COVID-19 fatality surge
- New Zealand goes into nationwide lockdown over a single COVID-19 case
- Late night hosts generously parcel out U.S. blame for the Taliban's Afghanistan rout
- Thousands told to self-isolate in Covid app pinging error, claims Whitehall whistleblower
- Russia is already tentatively cozying up to the Taliban after Afghan sweep
- With Houston hospitals filled by COVID patients, man shot 6 times 10 days ago is still waiting for surgery
- 2 massive new dinosaur species discovered in China
- U.S. will reportedly advise 8-month COVID-19 booster shot for all eligible Americans
- Malala Yousafzai urges world leaders to ensure the futures of Afghan girls 'are not lost'
- Power could be cut in Northern California Tuesday to reduce risk of wildfires
- Haitian officials are negotiating with gangs in order to get aid into country
- August 16th
- For the 1st time, federal government declares Colorado River water shortage
- Department of Defense says it's working to create space on military bases for up to 22,000 Afghans
- Biden claims Afghans were reluctant to leave. A hefty visa backlog suggests otherwise.
- Biden argues U.S. troops shouldn't fight in war that 'Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves'
- Biden says he stands 'squarely behind' decision to leave Afghanistan
- Chinese state media sends 'ominous' warning to Taiwan after U.S.'s Afghanistan exit
- Bob Dylan accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl in 1965
- Angela Merkel shares responsibility for 'widespread' Afghanistan misjudgment ahead of Biden comments
- Female journalists in Afghanistan are fearing for their lives: 'Death threatens us at every moment'
- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is suing NASA after it awarded a contract to SpaceX
- The horrific scene at Kabul's airport, in 14 photos and videos
- Trump claims his administration would have evacuated Afghan civilians before military withdrawal
- CNN's Clarissa Ward interviews Taliban fighters in Kabul streets: 'They've just told me to stand to the side because I'm a woman'
- Democratic congressman addresses fellow veterans: I'm 'too honest' to say Afghanistan 'sacrifice was worth it'
- Savannah Guthrie relentlessly grills National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about the United States' disastrous evacuation from Kabul
- U.K. defense secretary breaks down in interview on Afghanistan: 'Some people won't get back'
- John Oliver urges you to take ransomware seriously with 1 terrifying example
- Afghan officials, security forces reportedly started selling out to the Taliban in early 2020
- U.S. military takes control of Kabul airport, aims to evacuate 5,000 civilians a day
- Sri Lankan teen uses scraps to build a solar-powered tuk-tuk
- Texas Capitol floods in brief deluge
- At least a dozen Afghan pilots have fled from the Taliban, landing in Uzbekistan
- Actor suspected of participating in Capitol attack arrested in California
- Under Taliban rule, residents of Kunduz fear the future: 'People are scared'
- Ghani criticized for 'unpatriotic' and 'sad' departure from Afghanistan
- August 15th
- With tropical storm looming, the race is on to find survivors of Haiti's 7.2-magnitude earthquake
- U.S. sending 1,000 more troops to evacuate embassy staff from Kabul
- Kabul's presidential palace reportedly 'handed over' to Taliban who are set to declare Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
- NIH director says he'll be surprised if U.S. doesn't hit 200,000 COVID-19 cases per day soon
- Blinken explains why he thinks Biden administration was 'so wrong' about speed of Taliban takeover
- GOP lawmakers suggest Biden, Trump both bear responsibility for Afghanistan's fate
- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly left the country
- The pandemic pet boom
- Will COVID-19 variants keep getting worse?
- August 14th
- How Afghanistan may shape future use of U.S. military force
- 'Once the best in the Middle East,' Beirut hospital pleads for fuel as it faces shutdown
- Smaller landlords say they're 'drowning' amid eviction ban
- Larry David was reportedly thrilled to get uninvited from Barack Obama's birthday party
- Could a transitional government 'end the current violence' in Afghanistan?
- Haiti on 'red alert' for possible fatalities after 7.2 magnitude quake
- August 13th
- It's so hot in Floridia, Sicily that snails are burning in their shells
- Afghanistan veterans are 'riveted in horror' by Taliban's 'faster-than-expected' takeover
- Jeopardy!'s dual hosting plan reportedly came about because Mayim Bialik was too busy for the main gig
- Arnold Schwarzenegger asks if Americans are 'really this selfish and angry' after his rant against anti-maskers
- New Zealand tourism industry faces 'nightmare scenario' as Lord of the Rings series leaves for U.K.
- Record 5.45m people on NHS England waiting lists
- Covid testing: the ‘great new game of holiday roulette’
- Olympic sprinters and Ryanair planes: Belarus’s war on dissidents
- Late night hosts temper COVID-19 frustrations with jokes about bisexual Robin, MyPillow's Mike Lindell
- The fastest-growing U.S. metro area is a Florida retirement community, and other 2020 Census highlights
- FDA approves COVID-19 booster shot for transplant recipients, other immunocompromised Americans
- Supreme Court rejects request to block Indiana University's COVID-19 vaccine mandate
- Report: Matt Gaetz's former wingman has given investigators thousands of photos, videos, and texts
- 6 killed in 'shocking' mass shooting in Plymouth, England
- Taliban captures Kandahar and Herat as Biden sends troops to evacuate U.S. personnel
- August 12th
- Matt Amodio becomes the 3rd-highest earning player in Jeopardy! history
- 2020 Census data shows U.S. population is more diverse and urban
- A majority of Americans support increased attention on the country's history of racism
- Britney Spears' father agrees to step down as conservator of her estate
- Women in Taliban-held areas are reportedly not allowed to leave home 'without a male escort'
- Rachel Maddow reportedly might leave MSNBC
- Sherlock creators pay tribute to 'national treasure' Una Stubbs
- DNC members reportedly 'super frustrated' by White House overreach in party affairs
- How we might reach a pandemic 'endgame'
- Olympic officials will replace Japanese athlete's gold medal after mayor bit it
- Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's son doubles down on anti-vaccine stance
- Boris Johnson’s coal mines joke: is anyone laughing?
- Pacific Northwest braces for 2nd brutal heat wave as new analysis sees 600 deaths from 1st wave
- Dog missing for 2 years reunited with family after they saw him on TV
- California man arrested, charged with setting at least 1 wildfire in Northern California hot zone
- Mother and daughter serve side by side on Navy ship
- Report: FDA expected to OK 3rd vaccine dose for the immunocompromised
- August 11th
- California requires teachers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing
- What needs to happen before a COVID vaccine for kids is authorized
- Former Afghan diplomat says fellow citizens 'are really up to here with Americans'
- Former Jeopardy! champion James Holzhauer savagely roasts the show for hiring 2 hosts
- Poll shows majority of parents support school mask mandates, but not vaccination requirements
- Jeopardy! hosting duties reportedly to be split between Mike Richards and actress Mayim Bialik
- Inflation slows in latest data, but some economists don't think the danger has passed
- Progressive critics worry the bipartisan infrastructure bill's broadband money is a handout to telecom giants
- Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, and Amy Poehler cheerfully joke about Andrew Cuomo's resignation
- Sanitation workers find envelope containing $25,000 that was accidentally thrown away
- Colbert's Late Show editors 'improved' Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation speech
- At least 42 killed in Algeria wildfires
- As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, federal government sends hundreds of ventilators to Florida
- In win for San Antonio and Bexar County, judge temporarily overrides Texas governor's ban on mask mandates
- August 10th
- Wildfire smoke reaches the North Pole for 1st time in recorded history
- The potential benefits of an 'intranasal' COVID vaccine
- U.S. officials are reportedly lowering their estimates for how long the Afghan government can hold on
- Should restaurants shift to a 5-day per week schedule?
- Ted Cruz unironically accuses Democrats of blindly following 1 leader
- We won't know how dangerous COVID-19's Delta variant is for children until after school starts
- Late night hosts cheer Team USA's Olympics medal win, lose their invites to Obama's birthday bash
- America's Tokyo Olympics viewership hit a new low for NBC
- With COVID-19 hospitalizations up, there are just 8 ICU beds open in Arkansas
- August 9th
- Woman sues Prince Andrew, accusing him of sexual assault when she was 17
- Democratic senator: Biden's lack of clarity on Myanmar ethnic cleansing potentially undermines China policy
- The 'most exciting' aspect of NASA's 'potentially revolutionary' new telescope
- Press Secretary Jen Psaki keeps a photo from the night before the 2016 election in her office
- Colorado Rockies say fan yelled 'Dinger,' not a racial slur, during game
- Pentagon set to require COVID-19 vaccines for U.S. military members, memo shows
- Jeopardy! producer Mike Richards insists he didn't give himself the hosting job: 'Not my decision'
- WHO official thinks the COVID-19 vaccine booster debate is all wrong
- Almost 80 percent of U.S. workers now earn at least $15 an hour, a 'major shift from pre-pandemic norms'
- MLB Players Association condemns 'abhorrent racial animus' directed at Marlins outfielder during game
- Canada opens border to fully vaccinated Americans
- U.N.-backed climate panel issues a dire report that contains a sliver of positive news
- Dwayne Johnson assures everyone he washes himself amid bizarre celebrity bathing saga
- John Oliver rages against the Sackler family and their 'bulls--t' looming OxyContin settlement
- Federal judge sides with cruise ship line, suspends Florida 'vaccine passport' ban
- Texas boy on a 'race to kindness' is getting toys, food, and books to kids across the state
- Dixie Fire now 2nd largest blaze in California history
- August 8th
- Night Court star Markie Post dies at 70
- Former FDA commissioner suggests Delta variant should force reconsideration of school safety measures
- GOP senator on DeSantis' mask mandate ban: 'Local officials should have control here'
- NIH director says no anxiety yet about vaccines not protecting against Delta, other variants
- Olympics historian: Tokyo may have gone 'near the top of best organized' Games if not for pandemic
- Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden dies at 91
- August 7th
- U.S. embassy says its ability to assist 'extremely limited' as it urges American citizens to flee Afghanistan
- Why the Olympic bubble likely didn't become a 'melting pot' of coronavirus variants
- Education experts are 'deeply concerned' about a plunge in kindergarten enrollment
- Allyson Felix is now the most decorated athlete in U.S. track and field history
- The 'retail apocalypse'
- August 6th
- Jeopardy! host frontrunner Mike Richards faces scrutiny over past discrimination lawsuits
- U.S. wrestler Gable Steveson's family and friends went nuts after his last-second gold medal win
- American sprinter Allyson Felix makes history by scoring her 10th Olympic medal
- Fires, floods and storms: America’s ‘permanent emergency’ has begun
- What the U.S. can learn from India's brutal Delta surge
- The July jobs report is 'unambiguously positive'
- Kanye West holds a 2nd listening party for his new album, but it still hasn't been released
- The X Factor: farewell to Simon Cowell’s talent circus
- Hot air and empty rhetoric: is the UK acting too slowly on climate change?
- California's Dixie fire 'catastrophically destroyed' historic Greenville as new conflagrations erupt
- Mississippi has only 6 open ICU beds left amid Delta 'tsunami'
- Can Biden and top automakers really get America to 50 percent electric vehicle sales by 2030?
- August 5th
- Scientists fear a critical Atlantic Ocean system might collapse, triggering 'extreme cold' and sea level rise
- The problem with the CDC's 'retrospective' data reporting
- Snapchat users are reportedly more vaccine hesitant than Fox News viewers
- Trump is attacking the U.S. women's soccer team again
- Cronyism and the Conservatives: is the UK’s democracy for sale?
- Crackdown in Tunisia: the death of a young democracy?
- Biden moving toward reopening U.S. to foreign travel, with vaccine requirement
- Mexico files 'long shot' lawsuit accusing 10 U.S. gun manufacturers of trafficking complicity
- Afterpay and the booming buy-now-pay-later business
- An amateur astronomer spotted a new moon orbiting Jupiter
- Artisan brings new life to wood damaged by fire and drought
- Should vaccinated Americans panic about the Delta variant? 'Maybe panic a bit.'
- 10 killed when van filled with migrants crashes in Texas
- Offspring drummer Pete Parada says he's out of the band after refusing to get vaccinated
- Over Gov. Ron DeSantis' objections, Florida school districts are imposing mask mandates
- August 4th
- Mike Richards is reportedly the front-runner to become permanent host of Jeopardy!
- U.S. will likely require vaccinations for international visitors
- GOP senator claims Obama's birthday party 'single biggest thing' undermining COVID-19 messaging
- New Jersey governor tears into group of vaccine protestors: 'You are the ultimate knuckleheads'
- Britney Spears got trapped in her bathroom
- Marjorie Taylor Greene will reportedly go to the Iowa State Fair, raising eyebrows
- Simone Biles reportedly sparked more mental health conversation than Naomi Osaka or Harry and Meghan's Oprah interview
- Lebanese politician fears 'blind violence' as historic financial crisis worsens
- Arkansas governor admits he regrets signing mask mandate ban into law
- Large U.K. study suggests fully vaccinated people are less likely to spread COVID
- Jobs data suggest states that cut off enhanced unemployment benefits did not boost rehiring
- Obama's star-studded 60th birthday party pared back to 'family and close friends' amid Delta surge
- CNN's Chris Cuomo ignores the Andrew Cuomo-shaped hole in his post–harassment report show
- Biden urges 2 GOP governors to 'please help' fight COVID-19 spread or 'at least get out of the way'
- Pentagon police officer, assailant killed in 'murky' altercation that briefly shut down the Pentagon
- The Daily Show puts a cheeky Cuomo spin on New York City's new COVID-19 indoor vaccination requirement
- California teen invents new type of fire extinguisher to protect homes
- Extreme heat in Pacific Northwest ruined crops of sweet onions, devastating small farmers
- Report: The FDA is aiming for final approval of the Pfizer vaccine by Labor Day
- Missouri governor pardons St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters
- In the last 24 hours, 81 wildfires have broken out in Greece
- August 3rd
- Passengers use duct tape to hold down man accused of groping Frontier flight attendants
- Simone Biles wins Olympic bronze in balance beam finals, her last Tokyo competition
- Lake Tahoe closes some areas due to plague-infected chipmunks
- Fox News has 'parted ways' with legal analyst Andrew Napolitano after sexual harassment investigation
- Florida is now topping its worst COVID-19 infection and hospitalization numbers of the pandemic
- Minnesota man's yard is now a destination for all the dogs in his neighborhood
- Police officer who responded to Capitol attack is 3rd to die by suicide
- Citing misconduct, official recommends new union election at Alabama Amazon warehouse
- August 2nd
- 100-year-old accused of once being a Nazi guard to stand trial in Germany
- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urges Congress to increase debt ceiling and 'protect the full faith and credit' of the U.S.
- Lindsey Graham reportedly attended a small gathering on Joe Manchin's houseboat before testing positive for COVID-19
- Lindsey Graham says he has a mild case of COVID-19: 'I am very glad I was vaccinated'
- Trump's niece takes swipe at absent Meghan McCain during The View appearance
- Afghan special visa applicant says U.S. withdrawal left him to make 'life-or-death decision'
- FBI used 'provocative' photos of female staffers as bait in sex trafficking stings, report finds
- U.S. finally hits 70 percent vaccination threshold
- Republican Arizona official says GOP legislator admitted there was 'nothing to' election fraud allegations
- 18 percent of Americans say they would quit their job over vaccine, mask mandates
- Turkey's southern resort area is now battling big wildfires as well as COVID-19
- U.S. women's soccer team loses to Canada in Tokyo Olympics, will compete for bronze
- Simone Biles will compete in final Tokyo Olympics women's artistic gymnastic event
- John Oliver explains why U.S. ambulances cost so much while EMTs are paid so little
- Fauci: 'I don't think we're going to see lockdowns' with the Delta variant surge, but more 'pain and suffering' is likely
- Firefighters make progress against Oregon's massive Bootleg Fire
- Artificial mini-reefs are helping clean Florida's waters
- Longtime soap opera actor Jay Pickett dies at 60
- August 1st
- Belarus again shows borders won't halt crackdown after attempt to force Olympian out of Tokyo
- Why nursing home COVID-19 infections are rising again
- Israeli data suggest infected, vaccinated individuals have low chance of spreading COVID-19
- A tie for gold led to one of the most joyful celebrations at the 2020 Olympics
- How sociology shows 'policy makers have been looking at vaccine refusal all wrong'
- Bowing to Beijing
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