ACT extends lockdown until 17 September and records 13 new COVID-19 cases
The new cases take the total number of active infections in the ACT to 242.
Read moreTraffic lines roadway as blaze threatens Tahoe area
Thousands of people rushed to leave South Lake Tahoe as the entire resort city came under evacuation orders and a wildfire raced toward Lake Tahoe, a large…
Read moreNSW reports 1,164 new local COVID-19 cases and three further deaths
The deaths include a woman in her 50s, a man in his 80s, and a man in his 90s.
Read moreBlinken says under 200 Americans in Afghanistan
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says fewer than 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan who want to leave and the U.S. will continue to try to get them…
Read moreConservative talk radio host who opposed vaccinations dies after 3-week COVID-19 battle
Longtime Daytona Beach talk radio host Marc Bernier has died, his station, WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announced Saturday.
Read moreSome stranded by Ida rescued by boat
Rescuers on boats reached people trapped by floodwaters Monday after a furious Hurricane Ida swamped the Louisiana coast.. (Aug. 30)
Read moreUS at UN: We can’t airlift all of Afghanistan
The United Nations Security Council has adopted a draft resolution on the situation in Afghanistan. The resolution calls on the Taliban to allow any Afghan resident to…
Read moreUN Security Council presses Taliban on pledges
A divided U.N. Security Council pressed the Taliban Monday to live up to its pledges and allow people to leave Afghanistan after the U.S. withdraws its forces….
Read moreWH: ‘Small number’ of Americans in Afghanistan
As America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan entered its final hours Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said “a small number” of Americans were believed to still…
Read moreVictoria records 76 new local COVID-19 cases as state awaits lockdown announcement
Forty-five of the new infections are linked to previously announced cases.
Read moreHurricane Ida is latest storm to test New Orleans’ levees after Hurricane Katrina
The $15 billion hurricane protection system placed around New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina withstood Hurricane Ida’s winds and surge.
Read moreUS investigating whether civilians were killed by its airstrike in Kabul
US and local media have reported civilians, including children, were killed in the strike.
Read moreThe final US troops have left Kabul, ending 20-year military presence in Afghanistan
The US military has announced the departure of the last troops from Afghanistan, concluding a 20-year conflict that ended with the Taliban seizing control of the country.
Read more‘Exceptional call’: Hurricane Ida’s strength may have seemed surprising. But not to forecasters.
Ida exploded in intensity before landfall after moving over the exceptionally warm Gulf waters, going from 85 mph to 150 mph in just 20 hours.
Read moreBiden pledges Ida support for ‘as long as it takes’
President Joe Biden spoke Monday with officials in states pounded by Hurricane Ida and pledged federal suppport “for as long as it takes” to help them recover….
Read more88-year old Georgia professor quits during class over student refusing to properly wear mask
Psychology professor Irwin Bernstein asked a student numerous times to wear her mask correctly. After she didn’t, he resigned in the middle of class.
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