New York, New Jersey “flash flood emergency” issued for the first time in New York City as heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Ida

Joe Rogan, Spotify $100million podcast star tests positive for COVID claims he will recover in three days after taking ‘all kinds of meds’ including horse dewormer ivermectin

A North Carolina high school student was shot on campus during school hours Wednesday afternoon, and police are searching for the gunman.

The sharp shock of the coronavirus recession pushed Social Security a year closer to insolvency but left Medicare’s -exhaustion – date unchanged,

The Biden administration left behind in Afghanistan hundreds of US-sponsored journalists and their families in the chaotic withdrawal from the Taliban-controlled country.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a restrictive Texas law to go into effect that criminalizes abortion at six weeks and deputizes citizens to enforce the ban

The Taliban’s now have 48 aircraft including Black Hawks and A-29 attack planes after US retreat left them with more air power than many NATO nations

Florida Department of Health changed the way it reported death data to the CDC, giving the appearance of a pandemic in decline?

Twitch streamers walkout designed to bring attention to the ongoing hate and harassment that’s plagued the platform for the last several weeks.

President Joe Biden wanted the now-departed Afghan president to create the ‘perception’ that his government was capable of holding off the Taliban

The family of US journalist Danny Fenster have appealed for his release as they marked the 100th day of his imprisonment by Myanmar’s military regime.

A Florida developer and fraud convict Stephen Alford was arrested Tuesday on a charge that he tried to extort $25 million from the father of Rep. Matt Gaetz in exchange for a presidential pardon

Texas Republicans on Tuesday passed a series of new restrictions on the state’s voting process, concluding a months-long legislative effort, on the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, who plans to sign the bill into law

Police have issued an arrest warrant for an Ohio man Benjamin Eugene Dagley accused of assaulting a MSNBC reporter who was covering Hurricane

Caldor Fire spotted 3 miles outside of South Lake Tahoe, where city’s 22,000 residents were ordered out , one of two major fires burning in the same area.

US Navy helicopter crashed off California coast 60 miles from San Diego after taking off from USS Abraham Lincoln, ‘Search and rescue operations are ongoing with multiple Coast Guard and Navy air and surface assets

A Democratic state lawmaker and a non-profit group have filed a lawsuit alleging the Florida Department of Health has violated public-records laws by refusing to provide detailed data about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Two of the FDA’s most senior vaccine leaders are exiting from their positions, raising fresh questions about the Biden administration and the way that it’s sidelined the FDA.

Taliban officials “expect” President Joe Biden to reopen the U.S. Embassy in Kabul despite U.S. insistence that future diplomatic relations will depend on Taliban behavior.

The Biden administration is considering sending economic aid to the Taliban, even as the militants hold mock funerals for American troops and NATO allies to celebrate the end of the 20-year US military intervention in Afghanistan.

Mike Richards will no longer be the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” or “Wheel of Fortune,” staff of the shows were told Tuesday, , after a firestorm of controversies forced him to also resign as the show’s new host.

Donald Trump’s phone records from the January 6 Capitol insurrection could be among those requested by the congressional committee looking into the deadly attack

The New England Patriots surprisingly released Cam Newton on Tuesday , paving the way for rookie quarterback Mac Jones to start the season. Newton, 32, had been expected to be named the starter

The war over mask mandates is intensifying in Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration is stripping funds from school districts that require face coverings for students , and parents are lining up to get pre-signed exemption forms from a chiropractor.

Microsoft is announcing – Windows 11 will be released on October 5th – will be available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs, will be available as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 PCs, or on new hardware that ships with Windows 11 pre-loaded.

The first phase of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes trails will start on Tuesday, with jury selection scheduled in a San Jose, California, courthouse.- charged with six counts of fraud relating to her now-defunct medical startup

Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a two-year contract to return to Manchester United. – The English club reached an agreement to transfer him from Juventus for an initial €15m (£12.86m), which could later be increased by €8m (£6.86m)

Ohio Judge Gregory Howard orders COVID-19 patient be treated with ivermectin – an unproven virus treatment and livestock dewormer – going against CDC and FDA recommendations.

Nike has given its head office employees in the United States a week off to “destress” and recover from the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic. – encouraging staff to ignore all work responsibilities to aid their mental health

Elon Musk’s Loop gets Autopilot intruder – The Boring Company’s Loop system in Las Vegas had its first security breach. – an “unauthorized vehicle” joined the system’s fleet of Tesla taxis underground

A former CIA officer Robert David Steele, who became infamous for his embrace of conspiracy theories had died of COVID-19 – while on an anti-vax tour of Florida.

An irate man confronted NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster on live television Monday as he was reporting on Tropical Storm Ida in coastal Mississippi.

The Pentagon has admitted perhaps as many as 250 Americans who wanted to leave Kabul are stranded there – as the US flew its final evacuation from Afghanistan and ended its 20-year military presence.

The effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization appears to drop over time among adults over 75, although it still remained above 80% at the end of July,

Retired generals and admirals – have called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin – Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley – to resign over Afghanistan debacle

Afghan TV news anchor surrounded by gun-toting Taliban thugs reads out the headlines Anchor reportedly urges people ‘not to be afraid’ and to ‘co-operate with group’

The two-decade – U.S.-led war in Afghanistan has officially come to a close as the final military plane departed the international airport in Taliban-ruled Kabul – “Final plane is wheels up. War is over,”

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.