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Let's Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2021 11:00
Our ignominious exit reflects the failure of America's foreign policy establishment at both prediction and policymaking.
Dylann Roof loses appeal, death sentence upheld
NY Daily News - 26 Aug 2021 04:59Why the Baby on Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Album Is Suing Now
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2021 00:31
Spencer Elden, 30, says Nirvana engaged in child pornography when the band used a picture of him naked on the cover of the breakthrough album.
Hospital beds drying up as cases rise in several states; New Mexico has waiting list for ICU: Latest COVID-19 updates
USA Today - 26 Aug 2021 14:14
Several states seeing surges in COVID-19 cases are dealing with such an influx of sick residents that hospital beds are drying up. Latest COVID news.
Biden briefed on US intel assessment of COVID-19's origins
ABC News - 26 Aug 2021 05:17
President Joe Biden has been briefed on a classified report from his intelligence community probing the origins of COVID-19, White House officials tell ABC News.
Man pardoned by ex-Kentucky governor convicted for same 2014 killing in federal court
NY Daily News - 26 Aug 2021 03:223 teens shot, 1 fatally, in unrelated Chicago attacks, police say
Chicago Tribune - 26 Aug 2021 15:50
Three teenagers were shot, one of them fatally, in unrelated attacks over a roughly 13-hour period beginning Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said.
California's Wildfire Problem Could Be Solved by a Few Legal Changes
Time - 26 Aug 2021 15:00
Some aspects of the crisis might be fixed with a paper and pen
U.S. warns of 'imminent' terror threat at Kabul airport, additional 13K evacuated from Afghanistan
NY Daily News - 26 Aug 2021 14:57
The dire warnings underlined the extreme danger that the massive airlift is operating under both for American and other allied forces and those desperately trying to leave Afghanistan.
Latest from Afghanistan: Kabul evacuations continue as pullout deadline looms
USA Today - 26 Aug 2021 14:39
The 13,400 people evacuated from the airport in Kabul on Wednesday brought the total to 95,700 people as an Aug. 31 pullout deadline looms.
Report: Evidence of extensive corrosion in collapsed condo
ABC News - 26 Aug 2021 14:37
Video released by a team of federal investigators shows evidence of corrosion.
London police make arrest over alleged shop food tampering
ABC News - 26 Aug 2021 14:29
Police in London arrested a man on suspicion of contaminating food.
China exploits Kamala Harris' plane delay to double US vaccine offer to Vietnam
New York Post - 26 Aug 2021 14:24
Kamala Harris was on route to Vietnam to offer a coronavirus-rescue package, including 1 million extra doses of the Pfizer vaccine, when her plane was delayed.
New Australian virus cases soar over 1,000 for first time
IBTimes - 26 Aug 2021 05:41
The nation has recorded almost 48,000 cases and nearly 1,000 deaths during the pandemic to date.
WHO experts say urgent search for Covid origins 'stalled'
IBTimes - 26 Aug 2021 05:32
Beijing has especially bridled at the suggestion that the virus might have escaped from the Wuhan virology lab.
Audio feed cuts out as Biden snarks at reporter's Afghanistan question
New York Post - 26 Aug 2021 05:27
President Biden delivered a sarcastic answer Wednesday to a reporter's question about the ongoing evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan -- but viewers couldn't hear it because the audio feed from the White House cut o...
In This Remote American Outpost, Pandemic Recovery Is a Faraway Dream
The New York Times - 26 Aug 2021 05:19
Tourism-dependent Guam has done almost everything it can to restart its economy. Its Asian neighbors may have to bounce back first.
Man gets 6 years in prison after pleading guilty in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
The Week - 26 Aug 2021 04:59
Man gets 6 years in prison after pleading guilty in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
More than 50 robots are working at Singapore's high-tech hospital
CNN - 26 Aug 2021 04:41
In Singapore's Changi General Hospital, there's a chance your surgeon won't have a heart. The cleaners might not have lungs, and the physiotherapist could be completely brainless.
Florida doc fired for charging $50 for letters exempting students from mask mandate
New York Post - 26 Aug 2021 04:32
A doctor at a Florida hospital was fired for offering to sell medical letters to parents that would exempt their children from a school mask mandate.
Paralympics TV presenter finds plane to Tokyo has pilot who airlifted him out of Afghanistan 10 years earlier
NY Daily News - 26 Aug 2021 04:19
British Marine vet and BBC presenter JJ Chalmers never knew who airlifted him out of Afghanistan 10 years ago - he was in a medically induced coma after being torn apart by a roadside bomb. But fast forward to August 202...
Porn actor Ron Jeremy indicted on over 30 sex assault counts
Boston - 26 Aug 2021 04:17
Jeremy pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday to all of the allegations, which include 12 counts of rape. The post Porn actor Ron Jeremy indicted on over 30 sex assault counts appeared first on Bos...