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.

Outgoing NY Governor Andrew Cuomo -commuting the murder sentence of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s dad over an armored car robbery that killed three.

Afghans use – The app, called “Ehtesab,” to dodge violence in Kabul gives iPhone and Android users real-time updates -On Monday, Ehtesab featured alerts about a deadly shooting at the gate of Kabul’s airport

Igor Vovkovinskiy, the tallest man in the United States, has died in Minnesota. He was 38 – Ukrainian-born Vovkovinskiy died of heart disease on Friday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota

Igor Fruman – A man who helped Rudy Giuliani try to unearth damaging information about President Joe Biden in Ukraine is expected to plead guilty – in a case alleging illegal campaign contributions to US politicians, according to a court filing.

New York’s First Female Governor Kathy Hochul – “I’ll tell New Yorkers I’m up to the task. And I’m really proud to be able to serve as their governor and I won’t let them down,

​Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will visit Washington, DC, next Thursday to meet with President Biden to discuss “global security” issues including Iran – the White House said on Wednesday.

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio -sentenced to five months over weapons and burning a Black Lives Matter banner that had been torn down from a historic Black church in downtown Washington and for bringing two high-capacity firearm magazines into the nation’s capital days before the 6 January Capitol attack.

The Hill, a political-news organization known for its inside-the-Beltway coverage, has been sold to Nexstar Media Group Inc. for $130 million,- The deal adds to Nexstar Media Group’s news operations, including NewsNation, formerly WGN America, a national news and entertainment cable network

Judges have restored voting rights to an estimated 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony,- according to a lawyer for the people who challenged the law that has kept them from voting.

Anthony Scotto – at one time one of the most powerful union leaders in the country before being convicted as a Gambino crime family capo – has died – Scotto climbed the ladder, becoming union leader of the International Longshoreman Association 1814

A Washington Post reporter Susannah George -has shared how British troops helped her and friends flee Afghanistan – after Biden banned US forces from venturing out of Kabul airport

Activist Claudio Rojas says he was deported to his homeland, Argentina, for appearing in a film that criticized U.S. immigration authorities. – Rojas is one of the stars of The Infiltrators.

A decision by Taiwan authorities to euthanize 154 cats found in an attempted smuggling operation has sparked outcry and calls to change laws and increase penalties. – Coast guards intercepted a fishing vessel from China

Virgin Orbit is set to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisitions company (SPAC), the company has confirmed – The deal values the combined enterprise at $3.2 billion

The FDA granted Pfizer and BioNTech full U.S. approval of their Covid-19 vaccine. – clearing path to more vaccine mandates – Up until now, the mRNA vaccine was on the U.S. market under an Emergency Use Authorization.

Taliban spokesperson Dr Suhail Shaheen said: “It’s a red line. President Biden announced that on 31 August they would withdraw all their military forces – British, American and NATO forces to leave Afghanistan

Apple is planning a new model of the Mac Mini that will replace the pro-focused Intel-based model it still sells – according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter. A “high-end, M1X Mac Mini” is expected “in the next several months,”

Hospitals and lawmakers in states gripped by the Delta variant are offering nurses tens of thousands of dollars in signing bonuses,- rewriting job descriptions so paramedics can care for patients and pleading for federal help to beef up their crisis-fatigued health care workforces.

Proud Boys and anti-fascists -Gunfire erupts -in Portland without police intervention – for an event they called the “Summer of Love,” – to commemorate an extraordinarily violent clash last summer

Tennessee floods – Country singer Loretta Lynn’s ranch foreman clings to beam moments before he was swept away and drowned – Death toll hits 22, including baby twins ripped from their dad’s arms

Joe Biden wants to resettle 65,000 Afghans to -The United States – well-wishers bringing them books, toys and diapers to help them settle in. – About 11,000 were able to flee just this past weekend

Florida congressman – Matt Gaetz, Republican in sex-trafficking investigation, marries in California – Ginger Luckey in a small ceremony on Catalina Island – Former Rand Paul staffer presides over surprise ceremony

Israel’s military bombed Palestinian militant weapons sites in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in response to a violent demonstration on the perimeter fence that left an Israeli police officer critically injured, the army said

Afghans caught in Kabul airport – At least 20 Afghan civilians have been killed in the past seven days in and around Kabul airport – by Taliban militants