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'A Sadness I Can't Carry': The Story Of The Drum
The New York Times - 31 Aug 2021 11:00
For Ojibwe, the Big Drum is a gathering to mourn, to process grief, to understand loss. Could it heal my pain from the past year?
Caldor Fire: Roads packed after South Lake Tahoe ordered to evacuate; crews scramble to keep blaze at bay
USA Today - 31 Aug 2021 02:19
Thousands of people rushed to leave South Lake Tahoe Monday after the tourist city came under evacuation orders due to the dangerous Caldor Fire.
Instagram model killed in suspected murder-suicide in Texas: cops
New York Post - 31 Aug 2021 14:56
An Instagram model who counted Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion among her millions of followers was killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Texas, authorities said.
After 20 years, US ground troops leave Afghanistan, but Americans left behind
ABC News - 31 Aug 2021 03:59
All U.S. troops have departed Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced, concluding America's military ground presence there and longest war after 20 years.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Rule Governing Water Pollution
The New York Times - 31 Aug 2021 03:48
The rule allowed fertilizers, pesticides and industrial chemicals to flow into small streams, marshes and wetlands. The judge warned of environmental harm.
FBI: Texas shooter possibly inspired by foreign terrorists
ABC News - 31 Aug 2021 02:06
He fatally shot a Lyft driver and opened fire in a police station.
Taliban arrests top Afghan cleric who spoke out against insurgents
New York Post - 31 Aug 2021 15:44
Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran, the former head of the National Council of Religious Scholars of Afghanistan, was photographed with strip of brown material covering his eyes.
Afghan women can study at university but not with men: Taliban
New York Post - 31 Aug 2021 15:34
Boys and girls will also be separated in elementary schools under Taliban rule, which was already common in Afghanistan.
Judge reverses custody ban for unvaccinated Chicago mom
NY Daily News - 31 Aug 2021 14:33
A Chicago judge has reversed his own ruling in which he banned a mother from seeing her 11-year-old son because she hasn't gotten the COVID-19 vaccine.
He was the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation
USA Today - 31 Aug 2021 04:51
Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, N.C., was the final soldier to leave Afghanistan.
Traveling to Honolulu? Get ready to show COVID vaccine or negative test at restaurants, bars
USA Today - 31 Aug 2021 03:41
Traveling to Hawaii? As COVID cases surge, Honolulu to require proof of vaccine or negative COVID test starting Sept. 13 at restaurants, bars, museums.
South African researchers keep wary eye on yet another new coronavirus variant
CNN - 31 Aug 2021 03:34
Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they've seen a troubling new lineage that carries many of the same hallmarks as other strains, including Alpha, Beta and Gamma.
Lightning strike at Jersey Shore kills lifeguard, injures 7
ABC News - 31 Aug 2021 03:31
It was the second death of a Jersey Shore lifeguard in a little over a week.
Taliban enters hangar housing US military helicopters minutes after last US plane departed
CNN - 31 Aug 2021 03:14
Following the complete withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, a video taken by Los Angeles Times correspondent Nabih Bulos shows a group of Taliban fighters entering a hangar at the Kabul airport and examining what wa...
Charges in Bali Bombing Case Are Delayed at Guantánamo
The New York Times - 31 Aug 2021 03:08
The three prisoners were to be charged for the first time, 18 years after their capture. Translation problems mean they wait one more day.
Audio calls reveal one family's harrowing escape out of Afghanistan
CNN - 31 Aug 2021 03:06
CNN's Anna Coren reports on one family's dramatic and dangerous escape out of Afghanistan.
Hurricane Ida leveled historic jazz landmark Karnofsky Tailor Shop, second home to Louis Armstrong
NY Daily News - 31 Aug 2021 02:53Weakened to a tropical depression, Ida brings relentless rain to Mississippi, Alabama
The Week - 31 Aug 2021 02:52
Weakened to a tropical depression, Ida brings relentless rain to Mississippi, Alabama
Robert Durst laughs when grilled over claim he drank fifth of Jack Daniels, dismembered Morris Black with ax and bow saw
NY Daily News - 31 Aug 2021 02:50
Robert Durst testified for a twelfth day, laughing at a mention of his dismemberment of Morris Black and refusing to concede he threatened to take his estranged brother Douglas Durst "down" with him.
'Lock em up,' mayor says anti-looting teams deployed in New Orleans
New York Post - 31 Aug 2021 02:40
The New Orleans Police Department has deployed anti-looting teams throughout the city in an attempt to stop criminals from destroying local businesses as the city
Trump Rants About Media Spending 'All Night' On Ida Instead Of His 'Great' Taliban Deal
The Huffington Post - 31 Aug 2021 02:22
"The level of stupidity -- and we had a great deal," Trump boasted in his usual mangled syntax.
'I'm burnt out': Owner announces Domenic's in the North End has closed
Boston - 31 Aug 2021 21:58
"With the pandemic, I started smelling the roses, the coffee, looking at the sky," chef and owner Damien DiPaola said. The post ‘I’m burnt out’: Owner announces Domenic’s in the North End has closed appeared firs...