Twitter is beginning its rollout of Ticketed Spaces, or paid live audio rooms – experimenting” with the feature for some iOS users – Hosts can charge between $1 and $999 for their ticketed rooms

Kanye West’s Donda album launch event – joined by Kim Kardashian -emerging from the audience in a wedding dress months after filing for divorce from the rapper.

Capitol Police officers who defended Congress during the Jan. 6 attack are suing former President Donald Trump – pro-Trump militias and other associates, claiming they conspired to violently overturn the results of the 2020 election

Florida’s surgeon general Dr. Scott Rivkees will depart state government next month – Amid COVID pandemic resurgence

U.S. Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd – shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot breaks silence: ‘I saved countless lives’ -exclusive interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt

Joe Biden – promised to ‘hunt down’ ISIS-K for double suicide bomb attack that killed 13 US troops and 90 Afghans -first bomber was being searched by Marines

The Supreme Court -decision to suspend eviction moratorium- a win for landlords and property owners, who have spent nearly a year in court fighting eviction ban

Apple lawsuit filed on behalf of iPhone app developers – preliminary settlement – Apple Concedes To Antitrust Concerns, Changes Payment Rules

Florida reported today 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- largest single-day increase in pandemic history

Miami Beach – Tamarius Davis, 22, a UPS driver from Georgia – charged with murder -shot Colorado tourist Dustin Wakefield -while having dinner at an outdoor South Beach Mexican restaurant

Major hurricane threat developing – becoming much more likely that parts of the central Gulf Coast would need to prepare for a strike from a major hurricane later Sunday or Monday.

Two ‘ISIS’ blasts killed more than 60 Afghans and 13 service members, including four Marines-explosion at the Baron Hotel at Kabul airport

Airbnb announced housing for Afghan refugees will allow anyone with available space to sign up to provide housing – provide free temporary housing for 20,000 Afghan refugees.

Suicide bomber attacks Kabul airport after ISIS threat: US Marines injured and Afghans ‘dead’ The blast was outside The Baron Hotel, at the Abbey Gate of Kabul airport. Westerners were staying in the hotel before their evacuation flights.

Politico, the 15-year-old digital political news outlet -Acquired by German Media Company Axel Springer – Politico’s owner, Robert Albritton, had been seeking $1 billion for the company

Major Soccer League team Inter Miami CF – David Beckham’s soccer club accused of breaking deal to build Florida public park – Fort Lauderdale’s vice-mayor says the footballer’s team played foul by building its facility, then stiffing the city on the park

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid – Music will be banned in Afghanistan and women will need a male chaperone if they travel alone for three days – will be more liberal than they were 20 years ago

Afghanistan – With the Taliban taking over, Afghans fear the end of open access to the internet, censorship and reprisals. – Taliban’s will be hunting for political dissidents

Sirhan B. Sirhan – convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 – is up for parole for the 16th time on Friday – prosecutors said they won’t oppose the motion – could be released on parole

Joe Rogan – The comedian turned podcasting icon -since he went behind Spotify’s wall – His show has declined as a hype vehicle for guests – smoked a joint with Elon Musk, and schmoozed with huge celebrities like Dave Chappelle

John Pierce Capitol riot lawyer – who said he would never get vaccine has Covid and is on ventilator – Mr Pierce now represents 18 accused 6 January rioters

Miami Beach police – NFL Ex-Giant Luke Petitgout arrested -Carbone restaurants pulling a gun on staff – Petitgout has a long history of run-ins with the law. – sent to Turner Giulford Knight Correct Center.

Kabul Airport – threat of a deadly car bomb blast- The State Department tweeted – immediately leave three gates -to US citizens with up to 1.5K still stranded – fears extremist group ISIS-K was plotting multiple car bomb attack

Michigan Election Fraud Lawsuit – federal judge in Michigan sanctioned pro-Trump attorneys including Sidney Powell and Lin Wood – lawsuit that attempted to overturn President Joe Biden’s win in the state.

Florida’s 2.8 million public school students now face mandates to wear masks in classrooms as a courtroom battle continues over efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis – largest districts in Florida are now defying the governor’s attempt to ban local mandates on masks in schools

A Michigan man ,Ty Garbin, who admitted taking part in an extremist group’s plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in retaliation for Covid restrictions was sentenced to over 6 years in prison

Michael Nader – TV actor best known for his role as Joan Collins’ husband Dex on Dynasty passes away from cancer- was diagnosed on August 13

Delta Air Lines unvaccinated employees will face $200 monthly surcharges on insurance premiums – Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian notified employees Wednesday

Defense contractor and Blackwater founder Erik Prince is reportedly now chartering planes to get people out of Afghanistan – charging $6.5K per person,

South Beach tourist – Dustin Wakefield ,while eating at La Cerveceria, 1400 block of Ocean Drive was shot to death – Suspect told police he was ‘high on mushrooms’

Rupert Murdoch’s global media operation – strikes back at ABC’s documentary – critical look at Fox News and its relationship with Donald Trump.- Australia published 45 articles in just two days

Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt will reveal his identity on Thursday for the first time in an interview with Lester Holt of NBC News

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has published a count acknowledging 12,000 more deaths from Covid-19 -Not Counted By former Gov. Andrew Cuomo – she pledge to offer more “transparency”

Military troops must immediately begin to get the Covid-19 vaccine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo Wednesday, – ordering service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation.”

Military expert says General Scott Miller gets the lion’s share of blame for Afghanistan debacle- Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies

The man Spencer Elden who, as a baby, was featured on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the former band members, – $2.5m damages for being ‘exploited as a minor’

New U.S. Intelligence Report – The origins of Covid-19 that was delivered to the White House Tuesday didn’t yield a definitive conclusion on whether the new coronavirus jumped to humans naturally, or via a lab leak,

The World Bank has halted financial aid to Afghanistan amid concerns about “the country’s development prospects, especially for women,” under the Taliban,

Afghans evacuees, potential candidates for Special Immigration Visas – 100 are on intelligence agency watch lists, US official warns – it’s revealed one passenger flown out to Qatar has potential ties to ISIS

Samsung Galaxy A21,- caught fire in the cabin of an Alaska Airlines flight that had landed in Seattle from New Orleans – the phone was burned beyond recognition,” Perry Cooper, a spokesperson said in an email

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Tuesday that he believes it is ‘likely’ that a strain of COVID-19 could emerge that is resistant to vaccines. – claimed that the company would be able to develop a new shot to tackle a vaccine-resistant strain within 95 days of its emergence, Fox News reported

The Supreme Court – refused to block a court ruling ordering – Biden administration to reinstate a Trump-era policy that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S.

Former University of Georgia football star Herschel Walker launched a campaign Tuesday for the U.S. Senate,-bringing both his celebrity and his untested political background to one of the premier national contests on the 2022 ballot.

Disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo was stripped of his Emmy Award on Tuesday due to sexual harassment allegations – substantiated in the state attorney general’s probe

Kamala Harris’ flight from Singapore is delayed by three hours because of Havana Syndrome like – in Hanoi that ‘made two US staffers ill’

The Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts has died at hospital surrounded by his family – The drummer joined fledgling band in 1963 and featured on all studio albums

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Tuesday they will not extend the August 31 deadline for all troops to leave Afghanistan — just 24 hours after Joe Biden sent his CIA director to negotiate

TikTok is moving into e-commerce, The company announced this morning an expanded partnership with e-commerce platform Shopify – pilot test for TikTok Shopping

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to be the ruling party’s vice presidential candidate in next year’s elections,- accusations by opponents that it was a ploy to maintain his grip on power

Apple employee organizing took another step this morning with the launch of a website called AppleToo – collect stories from workers at all levels of the organization who’ve experienced harassment or discrimination

CIA Director William Burns held a secret meeting with Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar on Monday as Biden speeds up evacuation – the August 31 deadline for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan

President Joe Biden is set to decide whether to extend his deadline to leave Afghanistan as he comes under growing pressure – on the issue ahead of a crisis summit with leaders of key U.S. allies.

A US Army nurse and two others helped deliver a baby girl inside a plane full of 300 Afghanistan evacuees- as the plane was landing at the Ramstein base in Germany

Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea – affirming that the U.S. will support its allies in the region against Beijing’s advances.