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The European Union removed the U.S. from its safe travel list Monday – due to surging coronavirus cases in the country caused by the delta variant,- The U.S. has averaged 588 Covid-19 cases per 100,000 people

At least 70 family businesses claim millionaire Marcus Lemonis ruined or harmed their business on his reality -TV show The Profit,- with one owner ‘driven to suicide’

United States – hits 100,000 new COVID hospitalizations every day, with deaths rising too – but cases have finally begun to fall again, – ‘Delta’ variant-fueled summer COVID-19 outbreak

McDonald’s executives recommended franchisees consider closing indoor seating in counties where Covid cases exceed 250 per 100,000 people on a rolling three-week average

The Chinese government has banned under-18s from playing online games for more than an hour a day, and then only between 8pm and 9pm on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards warns Hurricane Ida death toll will ‘go up considerably’ with door-to-door searches now underway- 1 million remain without power

An angry Kid Rock canceled two concerts in Texas over the weekend after more than half of his band contracted COVID-19 -following a jam-packed performance earlier this month during – motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota,

New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country’s first recorded death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine. – The information was released by the health ministry

California blazes face rising temperatures – Triple-digit possible and heat is expected to last several days as more than a dozen wildfires are fought in the state

A New coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa – The C.1.2 strain, which is linked to ‘increased transmissibility’- has already been found in England as scientists warn it is the ‘most mutated variant so far’

Kabul airport – up to five rockets were fired – intercepted by missile defense system, US official says – currently there are about 300 US citizens in Kabul, who have to be evacuated.

Hurricane Ida – a million people are without power in southern Mississippi and Louisiana – Winds hit 150mph, with gusts of up to 165mph- hundreds trapped in flood waters on the anniversary of Katrina

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – Producer and performer who worked with Bob Marley and pioneered both dub and roots reggae styles dies in hospital in Jamaica

Live Updates – Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as extremely dangerous Cat 4 hurricane -with sustained wind speeds of 150 mph and higher gusts.

Ed Asner, the seven-time Primetime Emmy winning actor best known for his role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show,- and its spinoff series “Lou Grant,” has died. He was 91

Marc Bernier, a talk radio host in Daytona Beach for 30 years, died after a three-week battle with COVID-19 – WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announced on Twitter Saturday night.

Louisiana is bracing itself for its worst hurricane on record as Ida approaches with a 17 mile eye, wind gusts of up to 165mph and storm surges of 16 feet which could overwhelm levees on the 16th anniversary of Katrina.

A rocket has hit a neighborhood north-west of Kabul airport and killed a child – as US Embassy orders everyone to leave amid ‘specific, credible’ threat

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Sunday that Category 4 Hurricane Ida “has continued to strengthen” and is “extremely dangerous” as it heads toward making landfall in southern Louisiana

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been moved to a physical rehabilitation center, while his wife Jacqueline was transferred to the intensive care unit at the hospital – where the two were undergoing treatment for COVID-19

Ida could be the strongest hurricane to hit Louisiana since the 1850s Joe Biden and Governor John Bel Edwards tell residents to ‘shelter in place by midnight -‘Pay attention and be prepared,’ ‘

US Marine Corps lieutenant colonel Stuart Scheller- relieved of duties after video seeking ‘accountability’ over Afghanistan – was posted on Facebook and LinkedIn on Thursday,

President Joe Biden on Saturday warned that another attack on the Kabul airport was “highly likely” and promised to issue a second retaliatory strike against the terrorists responsible for Thursday’s suicide bombing.

The identities of the 13 U.S. service members who were killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber outside the Kabul airport while helping to oversee the evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies have been confirmed by authorities.

Taliban says United States ‘should have informed us’ about retaliatory drone strike against ISIS-K that killed two and left one wounded – Pentagon says new threats are ‘real and very dynamic’