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.

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’

Hurricane Ida which is forecast to hit Louisiana as a Category 4 storm with 140MPH winds and cause storm surges of 15 feet – New Orleans residents flee – Sunday is the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

New York Starbucks Workers United – trying to form a union, which would be the first in the US for the coffee chain if successful – “We’ve been called Starbucks partners and we want to become real partners, – Alexis Rizzo

The EPA has not rejected any new chemicals submitted Over the past five years, – falsifying risk assessments for dangerous chemicals, say whistleblowers -quickly approving them for commercial use

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis untouchable until now -Covid infection rates continue to climb as the state faces shortages of health care staff, morgue space and even oxygen for patients – The Quinnipiac poll- erosion to DeSantis’ approval rating

A Marine Corps battalion commander Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller- posted a video on Facebook demanding “accountability” from senior leaders for failures in Afghanistan. – commander said he was relieved of his duties Friday

Warnings Are Up For Louisiana – Hurricane Ida hit Cuba on Friday and it is moving into the Gulf of Mexico – expected to strike Louisiana’s coastline late Sunday – prompting evacuations along the coast.

Florida – Portable morgues have been sent to 14 hospital systems – crematoriums hit capacity due to a surge in Covid cases – record-breaking 212 daily deaths and 21,534 daily cases on average this week

Pentagon drone strike on Afghanistan – killing a man believed to be involved in planning Thursday’s Kabul airport bombing – the mastermind behind bombing that left 13 US troops and 170 Afghans dead

Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy – has been granted parole by a two-person board in California on his 16th time of asking – The decision does not assure his release

Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber – ”We need to get rid of all-night bars and turn South Beach into something else!’ – despite a massive police crackdown -growing gun violence, stabbings and street brawls

Florida on Friday reported – 27,584 COVID-19 new cases – confirmed COVID deaths statewide total 43,640 -COVID-19 patients also accounted for 28.17% of all hospital patients. .- 54.22% of the state’s ICU hospital beds from 258 hospitals reporting data.

Hurricane watches issued for New Orleans – Ida to strike Louisiana as a major hurricane on Sunday.- expecting extreme impacts for the Gulf Coast,-potential for Ida, which strengthened into a hurricane early Friday afternoon to be a Cat 3

Florida Judge ruled government didn’t actually have the authority to ban mask mandates under the Parents’ Bill of Rights – , because it gives school districts the ability to prove their rules are reasonable limitations on parents’ rights under due process rather than giving the state license to ban them entirely.

New Orleans and Louisiana’s governor has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Ida rapidly intensifies on its way to the Gulf Coast – where it is forecast to make landfall as a major hurricane on Sunday, one of the biggest threats of the 2021 season.