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August 2022
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- August 31st
- 2021 saw record-high greenhouse gas levels, new report says
- House of the Dragon's co-showrunner announces surprise exit
- California senator withdraws bill to allow minors to get vaccinated without parental approval
- Winnie the Pooh goes on a killing spree in bizarre horror film trailer
- FDA authorizes Omicron-specific boosters
- Jeff Bezos thanks Lord of the Rings showrunners for ignoring his notes
- Country singer Luke Bell found dead at 32
- Ukraine has launched its counteroffensive in Kherson region, and analysts see forward progress
- 'Zombie ice' is real — and it's as spooky as it sounds
- Why Pakistan needs 'reparations' to fight deadly floods
- Pakistan floods hit 33m people
- DOJ filing opposing Trump 'special master' request includes photo of top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago
- August 30th
- Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91
- Mississippi capital without reliable drinking water after plant failure
- Chris Rock says he turned down offer to host 2023 Oscars after Will Smith slap
- Elon Musk cites Twitter whistleblower in bid to scrap acquisition
- Ukraine launches ‘long-anticipated’ counteroffensive in Kherson
- Justice Department says it already reviewed Mar-a-Lago files, complicating Trump's special master request
- August 29th
- 12 protesters shot and killed during street clashes in Baghdad
- Ozzy Osbourne says he's leaving America due to gun violence: 'Everything's f--king ridiculous there'
- MLB Players Association moves to unionize minor leaguers
- Nebraska man paddles 38 miles in his pumpkin, breaking previous world record
- Biden administration announces halt of free at-home COVID-19 testing kits
- Apple show halts production in Baltimore after shooting threat
- What is NASA's Artemis program?
- Midnights, Taylor Swift's first new album in almost 2 years, to debut in October
- The consequential war for control of Miami's Spanish-language radio
- John Oliver marries a cabbage, for art
- Middle East and North Africa are in a dubious arms race to make it rain through cloud seeding
- Why Russia's efforts to replenish its depleted armed forces may not matter much in Ukraine
- Here's how to watch the Artemis 1 moon mission launch
- House of the Dragon episode 2: Valyria, Dragonstone, and more explained
- August 28th
- August 27th
- August 26th
- EPA to classify some 'forever chemicals' as hazardous
- Shia LaBeouf denies Olivia Wilde's claim she fired him from Don't Worry Darling
- Britney Spears drops duet with Elton John, her 1st new music in 6 years
- Moderna sues Pfizer for allegedly copying its COVID-19 vaccine technology
- Truss and Sunak clash over whether Macron is ‘friend or foe’
- A new deal for Iran and the U.S.?
- California's ban on gas-powered cars, explained
- Putin signs decree to increase size of Russian military
- August 25th
- Report: As many as 4 million Americans are out of the workforce because of long COVID
- Novak Djokovic to miss the U.S. Open because he's not vaccinated
- Harvey Weinstein granted appeal of rape conviction
- Russia’s plans for Zaporizhzhia plant spark nuclear safety fears
- Vanessa Bryant awarded $16 million in lawsuit over Kobe Bryant crash photos
- A new school year begins in Uvalde — but are classrooms any safer?
- Russian missiles kill 21 Ukrainian civilians in independence day strike on train station
- DOJ releases secret memo justifying Barr's decision not to charge Trump with obstruction of Mueller probe
- Uvalde school board fires police chief Pete Arredondo 3 months after school massacre
- Massachusetts man surprises senior community residents with brand new shoes
- August 24th
- California expected to ban sale of new gas cars by 2035
- U.S. announces $3 billion in aid on Ukrainian independence day
- Germany launches the world's first hydrogen-powered trains
- Amazon's Thursday Night Football games to air in bars and restaurants in deal with DirecTV
- Jimmy Fallon accused of enabling sexual assault of a teenager
- Empire of Light, which could be a major 2023 Oscars player, gets a trailer
- Free app access for The Week’s subscribers during Royal Mail strikes
- Russia blames explosion of ammunition cache near Ukraine border on high temperatures
- Ukraine marks Independence Day while bracing for Russian attacks
- Biden orders 'proportionate, deliberate' airstrikes on Iran-backed militia in Syria, Pentagon says
- August 23rd
- 2 men found guilty in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
- Experts say gyms, public transit are 'low risk' settings for monkeypox
- Former Tennessee speaker arrested, faces 20-count indictment
- Musk subpoenas Dorsey as Twitter acquisition drama continues
- Meghan Markle reveals Archie's nursery once caught fire: 'He was supposed to be sleeping in there'
- Kim Kardashian and other stars accused of wasting water amid California drought
- Nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel fatally shot in Liverpool home
- New York's new Nazi stolen art law, explained
- U.S. reportedly recovered 300 classified documents from Trump this year, may still be looking for more
- August 22nd
- Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon sets viewership record for HBO
- Fauci says he's leaving government but 'not retiring in the classic sense'
- Gary Busey charged with sex crimes after allegedly groping women at convention
- 3 Arkansas law enforcement officers suspended after video captures violent beating of shoeless man
- The most overlooked TV shows of 2022
- Reddit nudes marketplace a ‘new evolution of revenge porn’
- Ukraine says it had no part in car-bombing of Darya Dugina, daughter of 'Putin's brain,' outside Moscow
- House of the Dragon's series premiere, explained
- August 21st
- August 20th
- August 19th
- Texas school district removes Anne Frank book, Bible from libraries after parent complaints
- Vanessa Bryant testifies she lives 'in fear' of seeing leaked Kobe Bryant crash photos
- U.N. chief calls for demilitarizing area around Ukraine nuclear plant
- R. Kelly accuser testifies he sexually abused her 'hundreds' of times when she was under 18
- Facebook, Instagram remove Robert F. Kennedy Jr. anti-vaccine group
- North Korea rejects aid-for-denuclearisation offer from Seoul
- Everything to know about the Biden administration's new EV subsidies
- August 18th
- Jonah Hill to stop promoting his movies due to anxiety attacks
- COVID elevates risk of neurological issues, study suggests
- Brian Stelter to leave CNN as network cancels Reliable Sources
- Vince McMahon paid $5 million in unrecorded expenses to Trump's charity, WWE board finds
- India’s post-Independence Day flag problem
- Lebron James becomes highest-paid NBA player of all time
- What Ukraine can and can't accomplish with Western artillery
- Everything you need to know before watching She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
- Russia is hunting pro-Ukraine saboteurs after humiliating Crimea explosions
- Ex-Trump Organization CFO's plea deal reportedly involves testifying against company, 5 months at Rikers
- August 17th
- Walensky shares plan to reorganize CDC following COVID criticism
- Elon Musk urges Grimes not to get 'elf ear surgery'
- New Mexico Republicans slam Breaking Bad statues for 'glorifying meth makers'
- Understanding the cartel violence in Baja California
- FDA approves over-the-counter hearing aids in bid to lower costs, increase access
- Liz Truss says UK workers lack ‘skill and application’ in leaked audio
- Ukrainian attacks inside Russian-occupied Crimea are key to Kyiv's Kherson counteroffensive, analysts say
- August 16th
- Federal officials impose emergency water cuts for Arizona and Nevada
- Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather, who turned down Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscar in protest
- Starbucks accuses labor board of unfairly helping pro-union workers
- Why the Oscars is apologising to a Native American activist
- A$AP Rocky charged with assault with a firearm after allegedly firing at former friend
- Ezra Miller breaks silence on criminal allegations: 'I am suffering complex mental health issues'
- Harry and Meghan ‘won’t reunite’ with William and Kate on UK trip
- Rushdie, Bolton, and Iran's Revolutionary Guard, explained
- UK braced for drought and floods at the same time
- Trump Organization ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg expected to plead guilty, won't testify against Trump
- Report: DOJ subpoenas former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann
- August 15th
- Brittney Griner's lawyers appeal Russian drug conviction
- Combination COVID booster targeting Omicron approved in U.K.
- Iran implies Salman Rushdie is to blame for his own attack
- Oil prices fall as China's economy weakens
- U.K. investigates threats against J.K. Rowling over Rushdie support
- Why Norway euthanised ‘beloved’ walrus Freya
- 13 of the best gifts for those who have everything
- FBI and DHS issue joint bulletin warning of 'increase in threats' to federal law enforcement
- August 14th
- August 13th
- August 12th
- Anne Heche dies at 53 after car accident
- NBA to retire Bill Russell's No. 6 jersey league-wide
- Author Salman Rushdie suffers 'apparent stab wound to the neck' in onstage attack
- Was attempted FBI break-in linked to the Donald Trump Mar-a-Lago raid?
- Prominent cleric who supported female education killed in Afghanistan bombing
- Anne Heche ‘not expected to survive’ after LA car crash
- Newsom unveils plan to store more water as California gets drier
- U.S. backs call for demilitarized zone around Ukraine nuclear plant
- Why Biden's Medicare drug price breakthrough is a 'BFD'
- Climate, crime, and the bodies at Lake Mead
- Can Emma Raducanu step back into the limelight?
- Police shot and killed gunman who attempted to breach FBI office in Ohio
- August 11th
- CDC relaxes COVID-19 guidelines on quarantines, social distancing
- An armed man tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office
- Judge rules Walgreens contributed to San Francisco opioid crisis
- Childbirth pain relief to insulin: shortage of drugs ‘putting patients at risk’
- The car crash crisis
- Does Ukraine have a chance of reclaiming lost territory?
- U.S. gas prices slip below $4 a gallon for 1st time in months
- Ukraine: Explosions at air base in Crimea destroyed 9 Russian warplanes
- August 10th
- Poll: Most Americans want to vote on abortion rights at the state level
- Iranian charged in alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton
- Are the Golden Globes returning to NBC in 2023?
- Has Liz Truss found an unlikely ally in Tony Blair?
- The Daily Show cleverly shows how Fox News would react to an FBI raid on a Democratic leader
- Did Biden forgive student loans?
- DeSantis' controversial suspension of a Tampa prosecutor, explained
- Ukraine bombed key Russian air base in Crimea, Ukrainian official says unofficially
- Man charged in killings of 2 Muslim men in Albuquerque
- August 9th
- Serena Williams to retire from tennis: 'I'm going to miss that version of me'
- Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dead at 84
- Have Anglicans reached a compromise on same-sex marriage?
- Are Republicans coming for no-fault divorce?
- Trump reportedly complained his generals weren't 'totally loyal' like 'the German generals in World War II'
- August 8th
- Pentagon: As many as 80,000 Russian troops killed, injured in Ukraine
- Historian David McCullough dead at 89
- Grease star Olivia Newton-John dead at 73
- Biden admin announces another $1 billion for Ukraine
- What happened to Owami Davies?
- Israel, Islamic Jihad enact cease-fire after deadly weekend of strikes
- America's crushing teacher shortage
- John Oliver explains monkeypox and why it's 'not homophobic' to highlight it's mostly affecting gay men
- Albuquerque police investigating whether killings of 4 Muslim men are linked
- August 7th
- August 6th
- August 5th
- China escalates military drills, sanctions Pelosi over Taiwan trip
- Police change account of crash that killed Rep. Jackie Walorski
- Man sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening to kill Fauci
- Kevin Spacey must pay over $30 million to House of Cards producer, judge rules
- July jobs report significantly beats expectations
- 4 current and former police officers face federal charges over Breonna Taylor's death
- August 4th
- Alex Jones ordered to pay $4.1 million to parents of Sandy Hook shooting victim
- HBO Max and Discovery+ to combine into 1 streamer next summer
- Biden administration declares monkeypox a public heath emergency
- Alabama girl escapes kidnapper, helps police discover bodies
- 11 golfers sue PGA Tour over suspension for playing in rival startup league
- Chrissy Teigen is expecting another baby almost 2 years after pregnancy loss
- Cincinnati Zoo's Fiona the hippo is now a big sister
- Ukraine grain ship clears inspection in Turkey
- Man who allegedly shot Lady Gaga's dog walker recaptured after being accidentally freed
- The biggest battles of the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Senate overwhelmingly votes to ratify NATO membership for Finland and Sweden
- August 3rd
- California's powerful McKinney fire is causing the 'fire-breathing dragon of clouds'
- Sandy Hook lawyer says Jones' team accidentally sent 'entire digital copy' of Jones' phone
- Iceland issues poisonous gas warning due to volcanic eruption
- Airbnb apologizes for '1830s slave cabin' listing
- Monica Lewinsky has a suggestion for another song lyric Beyoncé should change
- Conservative leadership vote delayed as GCHQ warns of fraud risk
- Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers broadcaster, dies at 94
- Senate passes bill to aid veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
- August 2nd
- Warner Bros. won't release $90 million Batgirl movie that was already filmed
- Dev Patel breaks up a knife fight in Australia
- Stephen King testifies against Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
- Polio virus found in wastewater sample in NYC, health officials urge residents to get vaccinated
- Lisa Nandy tests Keir Starmer’s picket line order
- Tiger Woods turned down over $700 million offer to join Saudi-financed golf series
- The terrorism 'mastermind'
- The CHIPS Act and industrial policy, explained
- Everything we know about the highly anticipated (and highly expensive) Lord of the Rings TV show
- August 1st
- Officials: U.S. killed top Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Ukrainian grain exports resume as deal with Russia takes effect
- Schumer announces new vote on burn pits bill blocked by Republicans
- Beyoncé to change Renaissance lyric after criticism over ableist language
- Taylor Swift responds to backlash over CO2 emissions from her private jet
- Lilia Valutyte: man in court over murder of nine-year-old in Lincolnshire
- Northern California's McKinney fire is state's largest blaze this year
- NBA champ and Celtics legend Bill Russell dies at 88
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