Afghans – U.S. is airlifting visa holders out of the country every day, but tens of thousands of applicants in Afghanistan await processing
Southwest flight attendant – Fully vaccinated – dies from COVID-19 nearly two months after testing positive following a trip to Hawaii
Taliban ‘take over Jalalabad’ just 80 miles from Kabul and warn U.S. to cease airstrikes
La Prensa – Nicaraguan police have raided the offices of the main opposition newspaper – by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship
The Brazilian gospel star turned congresswoman accused of masterminding the murder of her preacher husband has been arrested
Afghanistan – US Embassy will be evacuated in 72 hours, with some staffers already at the Kabul airport, according to reports
Tropical Storm Grace grew “a little stronger” on Saturday as it approaches the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Afghanistan’s military was molded to match American operations and collapsed without U.S. air support and intelligence
The hottest month ever recorded -July 2021 has earned the “unenviable distinction” -National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Haiti earthquake – hundreds dead and many more injured after many buildings collapsed
Twitter is readjusting the contrast on its buttons following feedback about its design updates from earlier this week
Haiti – 7.2-magnitude earthquake – five miles from the town of Petit Trou de Nippes, about 7.5 miles west of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince.
Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Raphaël Varane from Real Madrid,
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says – federal funds could replace any financial penalties that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ levies against school districts that impose mask mandates
“The 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, – DHS warns “heightened risk” of violence – Friday’s NTAS bulletin remains in effect through Veterans Day, November 11
Reddit, is making short-form video button on its iOS app. – when tapped, it will show a stream of videos in a TikTok-like configuration
Nanci Griffith, a Texas-born singer-songwriter celebrated in folk and country-music died Friday in Nashville at age 68.
California – police shoot unarmed Black man hiding in portable toilet during chase – police responding to a burglary call in the city of Fontana, outside of Los Angeles
The Taliban seized a radio station in Afghanistan’s the second largest city, renaming it “Voice of Sharia,” – Kandahar’s main radio station,
Barack Obama’s maskless 60th birthday bash – 74 people on Martha’s Vineyard have tested positive for Covid- 19
Tony Bennett, 95, retiring from live performances after more than eight decades in the business, he is only doing it on strict doctors’ orders
Snopes – David Mikkelson is suspended after investigations revealed he plagiarized at least 54 articles and used a fake name
Tropical storm Fred warnings across the Florida Keys – still has a chance at strengthening as it moves through the eastern Gulf of Mexico this weekend
“Do you miss me yet?” Trump lashed out at the Biden administration’s – handling of Afghanistan, rising inflation and illegal immigrants
Carnival cruise ship positive for COVID-19 – One fully vaccinated passenger and 26 crew members as it makes a stop in Belize after setting sail from Texas
Lamborghini unveiled its revamped Countach LPI 800-4,supercar at Pebble Beach this week
Florida is rolling out a mobile unit to administer monoclonal antibody treatments to coronavirus patients, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced.
Florida mom, COVID-stricken – held her newborn daughter for the first and only time – rushed to the ICU and died days later
Tropical storm warnings are in effect across the Florida Keys – as Tropical Depression Fred is closing in on the Sunshine State
A federal judge on Friday allowed the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium to remain in place,
China is ready to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate ruler in Afghanistan if the extremist group manages to topple the democratically elected government in Kabul
Cuba’s health system near collapse. U.S. wants to send vaccines – they have become the fourth-highest rate of infections per person in the world
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mandatory school masks, – could face a test today in Leon County courtroom
Democratic House moderates are threatening to withhold their support for their party’s must-pass budget resolution Vote
The Taliban’s have captured another three provincial capitals in southern Afghanistan, including in Helmand,
Microsoft is improving some of the built-in apps available in Windows 11 -getting updated snipping tool, calculator, and mail apps
Sotheby’s to sell 11 Picasso works owned by MGM Resorts, which have a combined value of about $100 million
Florida’s state Senate – How condo associations wielded political powers before the Surfside collapse – “What they typically want they are generally going to get, politically,” a former lawmaker said
Florida – Four teachers from Broward County, died from COVID-19 on Tuesday and Wednesday
Britney Spears -father has finally agreed to step down as her conservator – Thursday’s court filing by Jamie Spears indicates
Fred will threaten to make two U.S. landfalls -Tropical storm watches issued for parts of Florida -poorly organized tropical depression
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling – New York Eviction Moratorium Law – residential evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, a win for landlords who had sued over the provision
Moderna and the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines – third vaccine dose for immunocompromised people FDA approves
Los Angeles – Bill Cosby to Invoke Fifth Amendment Due to Fear of New Prosecution – Cosby’s attorney also tells a Los Angeles judge that he wishes to challenge the constitutionality of abolishing the statute of limitations for childhood sexual assault claims.
With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan, the United States is sending additional troops into the country to help evacuate some personnel from the embassy in Kabul, a U.S. official said
Audi released details of a new concept car this week called the Skysphere, a self-driving roadster that can change shape at the touch of a button
QAnon’s California dad killed his kids over conspiracy theories he thought the children “were going to grow into monsters so he had to kill them,” federal officials alleged.
Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuits against the attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani and MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell can move forward, – U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to mandate coronavirus vaccines for more than 25,000 of its frontline health workers, Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Thursday
Palestinian armed groups’ rocket and mortar attacks during the May 2021 fighting in the Gaza Strip, which killed and injured civilians in Israel and Gaza, violated the laws of war and amount to war crimes, Human Rights Watch said today.
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the United States has slammed President Biden for suggesting there’s a ‘political solution’ to the onslaught of violent Taliban fighters – Kabul could fall to them within 30 days
Hunter Biden claims Russians stole another one of his laptops for blackmail while he was close to overdosing in a Las Vegas hotel room
Jorge Navarro admitted in federal court in Manhattan to involvement in a conspiracy to administer performance-enhancing drugs to horses, in order to win more prize money at racetracks.
Taliban take 10th Afghan provincial capital as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely