‘An American hero’: Indiana Marine Humberto Sanchez killed in Afghanistan airport attack, Congress members say
Gov. Eric Holcomb asked Hoosiers to remember the soldiers killed in Kabul and directed flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset Monday.
Read moreEvacuees from Afghanistan arrive in Virginia
Numerous evacuees from Afghanistan landed at Dulles International Airport near Washington, DC Friday after harrowing days of trying to get out of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Aug. 27)
Read moreAfghan evacuees getting shots at mass vaccine site in US; Japan probes deaths of two who had Moderna shots: Latest COVID-19 updates
Afghan evacuees arriving in the U.S. are getting COVID shots at a mass vaccine site near Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Latest news.
Read more‘I started picking up whoever I could’: Helicopter pilot rescues over a dozen in Tennessee floods
A helicopter tours pilot saves 17 in Waverly, Tennessee after severe floods killed 20 people in the state.
Read moreLouisiana braces for a potential direct hit from treacherous Hurricane Ida on Sunday
Ida was hurtling closer to the Gulf Coast, a menacing storm that could lash Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane 16 years to the day after Katrina.
Read moreIconic Elvis Presley memorabilia up for auction
1972 white eyelet jumpsuit and cape are among the Elvis Presley items going under the hammer in Kruse GWS Auctions sale. (Aug. 28)
Read moreUS conducts drone strike against IS-K target, issues new alert for people to leave Kabul airport
More than 5,000 people remain inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation as the US announced it successfully conducted a drone strike targeting the IS-K.
Read more‘What will happen to them?’: Anxious Australians worried for loved ones left behind in Afghanistan
With Australia’s military evacuation flights having ended, there appears to be limited options for dozens of citizens and visa holders that remain in the country.
Read moreUS Army soldier Ryan Knauss, 23, ‘a Tennessee volunteer,’ killed in Afghanistan airport attack
Ryan Knauss, 23, had already served a nine-month deployment in Afghanistan. He grew up in Tennessee and joined the Army out of high school.
Read moreNot enough COVID-19 vaccine supply for Victoria as state records 64 new cases
Of the 64 new COVID-19 infections, 28 involved community exposure.
Read moreThey made the ‘ultimate sacrifice’: The US service members killed in Afghanistan airport bombing
Thirteen U.S. service members were killed Thursday in a suicide bombing attack in Afghanistan. Among them, an expectant father and a former lifeguard.
Read moreNSW sets another record with 1,035 COVID-19 cases and two deaths
NSW recorded another 1,035 cases of COVID-19, including 46 cases in the state’s west and far-west.
Read moreToday in History for August 28th
Highlights of this day in history: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech; Clashes mar the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; Black…
Read moreCalifornia Marine Hunter Lopez, 22, son of sheriff’s department parents, killed in Kabul airport attack
Hunter Lopez, a U.S. Marine from California, was among the 13 U.S. service members killed in Kabul, according to the Riverside Sheriff’s Association.
Read moreNSW truck drivers test positive for COVID-19 in WA
Two truck drivers from NSW who travelled through Victoria and South Australia on their way to Western Australian have tested positive to the coronavirus.
Read moreVictoria records 64 COVID-19 cases ahead of lockdown extension decision
Victoria’s lockdown appears likely to be extended amid high mystery COVID-19 case numbers and people infectious in the community.
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