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• Judge tosses Trump rollback of clean water safeguards

  31-08-2021 23:58
  
  Trump ended protections for hundreds of thousands of small streams and wetlands.
  
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• After 17 grueling months on the front lines, why are so many grocery workers refusing to get vaccinated?

  31-08-2021 23:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  “I could see us doing [a vaccine mandate] if people were dying like crazy,” said one worker who has resisted calls from his employer to get vaccinated.
  
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• The President defended the chaotic withdrawal, even though it left some Americans behind, and offered no apology for how the war ended

  31-08-2021 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began.
  
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• Defiant Biden defends Afghanistan pullout

  31-08-2021 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began.
  
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• Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan

  31-08-2021 23:30 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began.
  
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• Afghanistan: UK embassy told Afghans to go to Abbey Gate before suicide attack

  31-08-2021 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite an attack being expected, emails seen by the BBC show embassy staff directing Afghans to the gate.
  
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• US must quit 'nation building': Biden defends Afghanistan withdrawal – video

  31-08-2021 23:15
  
  In a statement, Joe Biden claimed the US was ready for 'every eventuality' in its planned withdrawal from Afghanistan while taking responsibility for the execution of the abrupt, deadly and chaotic departure from Kabul.
  In an address from the White House, 24 hours after the last US soldier left Kabul, Biden made a case for the US to start looking inward and stop 'major military operations to remake other countries' Biden calls for new era in US foreign policy in defensiv
  
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• Tapper to top Biden official: Why did Biden take that tone?

  31-08-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan defends President Joe Biden's tone during his speech about the US evacuation from Afghanistan.
  
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• Tapper to Biden official: Why did he take that tone?

  31-08-2021 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan defends President Joe Biden's tone during his speech about the US evacuation from Afghanistan.
  
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• Google pushes its return to the office back to 2022

  31-08-2021 23:05 via cnn.com
  
  Google has yet again postponed a full return to the office, announcing that its employees can continue to work remotely until next year. The decision follows similar ones already made by the company's tech industry peers like Facebook and Amazon.
  
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• In two Louisiana towns hard-hit by Ida, residents recall frenzied exits, a night of terror

  31-08-2021 23:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  The storm lashed a pair of towns southwest of New Orleans, leaving locals feeling dazed and rattled.
  
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• More Americans getting vaccinated following full FDA approval of Pfizer vaccine

  31-08-2021 22:53
  
  An ABC News analysis found following the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, the U.S. has seen an uptick in the number of Americans getting their first dose.
  
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• Hurricanes, wildfires, and drought: US finds itself battling several climate disasters

  31-08-2021 22:51 via cnn.com
  
  Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, heat waves, and drought wreaking havoc on much of the United States paint a picture of a nation in peril. Region by region, the country faces compounding disasters.
  
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• Empty beaches and eerie skies as Caldor fire looms over Lake Tahoe – in pictures

  31-08-2021 22:49
  
  Scenes from South Lake Tahoe as the raging Caldor fire bears down on the popular resort city and fills the skies with orange smoke. Thousands of firefighters are battling to slow the blaze, which has already consumed an area larger than ChicagoCaldor fire: thousands of firefighters aim to stop blaze from reaching Lake Tahoe Continue reading...
  
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• Social Security won't be able to pay full benefits by 2034

  31-08-2021 22:43 via cnn.com
  
  Social Security will have to cut benefits by 2034 if Congress does nothing to address the program's long-term funding shortfall, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees.
  
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• WATCH: Highlights from US athletes at the Paralympics

  31-08-2021 22:35
  
  Athletes with disabilities from around the world compete for the gold in 22 different sports.
  
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• Taliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US

  31-08-2021 22:30 via cnn.com
  
  • Taliban celebrate new phase of takeover
  
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• Watch Biden's speech after end of America's longest war

  31-08-2021 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  President Biden vowed to help Americans remaining in Afghanistan leave the country following the US military withdrawal.
  
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• See Biden's message to remaining Americans in Afghanistan

  31-08-2021 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  President Biden vowed to help Americans remaining in Afghanistan leave the country following the US military withdrawal.
  
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• Mississippi highway collapses, 2 killed, at least 10 injured

  31-08-2021 22:28
  
  Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when their vehicles plunged into a large, muddy pit after a roadway collapsed in Mississippi
  
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• A 'businesslike' Taliban helped Americans, Afghans escape Kabul, officials say

  31-08-2021 22:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Not long before the U.S. finished its Afghanistan withdrawal, the Taliban stopped a bus headed to Kabul's airport, saying it might be rigged with bombs.
  
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• Syrian oil spill spreads across the Mediterranean and could reach Cyprus on Wednesday

  31-08-2021 22:10 via cnn.com
  
  An oil spill that originated from Syria's largest refinery is growing and spreading across the Mediterranean Sea, and could reach the island of Cyprus by Wednesday, Cypriot authorities have said.
  
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• Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan: 'I was not extending a forever exit'

  31-08-2021 21:55 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began.
  
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• Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 left behind after US exit

  31-08-2021 21:52 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  Thirteen years ago, Afghan interpreter Mohammed helped rescue then- Sen. Joe Biden and two other senators stranded in a remote Afghanistan valley after their helicopter was forced to land in a snowstorm. Now, Mohammed is asking President Biden to save him.
  
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• DaBaby meets with leaders from HIV organizations following his disparaging comments

  31-08-2021 21:51 via cnn.com
  
  DaBaby is trying to make amends following disparaging comments he made about gay men and HIV during a performance at a Miami music festival last month.
  
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• Newlyweds post $240 bill for no shows at their wedding

  31-08-2021 21:48 via cnn.com
  
  Douglas and Dedra Simmons were irritated after eight people who RSVP'd didn't show up at their destination wedding in Jamaica, so they posted a fake invoice for the cost of two seats on Facebook.
  
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• 'Bachelor' contestant gets emotional while sharing health diagnosis

  31-08-2021 21:46 via cnn.com
  
  Former "Bachelor" contestant Kelley Flanagan posted an emotional video announcing that she was diagnosed with Lyme disease.
  
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• Analysis: After Afghanistan, Biden can't afford any missteps

  31-08-2021 21:40 via cnn.com
  
  For the first time in nearly 20 years, Afghans spent the day without US troops on their soil, after the last jet carrying the rearguard of a onetime conqueror lifted off the tarmac at Kabul airport late Monday.
  
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• Report: Man attacked by alligator in Ida's floodwaters

  31-08-2021 21:23
  
  A Louisiana sheriff says a man had his arm ripped off by a large alligator while walking through floodwaters from Hurricane Ida and is now missing
  
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• Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine trial fails mid-stage study

  31-08-2021 21:10
  
  A Johnson & Johnson HIV vaccine candidate failed to reduce the risk of infection in a clinical trial among women in southern Africa.
  
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• Rand Paul has a very wacky theory about ivermectin

  31-08-2021 20:33 via cnn.com
  
  Rand Paul is, by training, a doctor of ophthalmology. Which has to do with eyes. Not infectious disease.
  
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• Texas Republicans' restrictive election bill gets final green light

  31-08-2021 20:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  The legislation, which will likely be challenged in the courts, is a sweeping overhaul of election rules and regulations in Texas.
  
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• Female journalist who interviewed Taliban flees

  31-08-2021 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beheshta Arghand, who made headlines when she interviewed the Taliban, has spoken out after fleeing the country.
  
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• Amid violent reprisals, Afghans fear the Taliban's 'amnesty' was empty

  31-08-2021 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reports suggest the Taliban are searching for, and allegedly killing, people they pledged to leave in peace.
  
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• Drone video shows devastation in Lafourche Parish after Ida

  31-08-2021 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Residents of the community just south of New Orleans may return home Tuesday, but for some, there might not be much to pick up.
  
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• US forces also set up a 'secret gate' and 'call centers' to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan, official says

  31-08-2021 19:10 via cnn.com
  
  The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in Taliban members escorting groups of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport as they sought to escape Afghanistan, according to two defense officials.
  
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• USPS has shorted some workers’ pay for years, CPI finds

  31-08-2021 19:04
  
  The U.S. Postal Service regularly cheats mail carriers out of their pay.
  
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• Afghanistan: How can the West stop terror bases?

  31-08-2021 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The foreign secretary says the UK will fight ISIS by all means available - but what does that mean?
  
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• Eduardo Camavinga: Real Madrid sign France teenager from Rennes

  31-08-2021 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Real Madrid sign highly-rated France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga from Rennes on a six-year deal.
  
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• Unresponsive lawyer for Jan. 6 defendants leaves cases at a standstill: Prosecutors

  31-08-2021 18:48
  
  An attorney representing a number of those charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack has been unresponsive to prosecutors for a week, the government said.
  
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• Mike Richards is now out as executive producer of 'Jeopardy!' too

  31-08-2021 18:36 via cnn.com
  
  Mike Richards is out as executive producer of "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," Sony, the company behind the two shows, announced Tuesday.
  
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• Inside boarded houses and buildings, doctors fear the worst: Covid spreading

  31-08-2021 18:32 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana as the state was facing a surge in Covid-19 cases. Will the hurricane cause cases to rise?
  
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• Man, 71, presumed dead after alligator attack in Louisiana floodwaters

  31-08-2021 18:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  After a man lost his arm in an alligator attack outside his home, authorities said his wife went to get help. When she returned, her husband was gone.
  
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• Former British soldier plans Afghan escape with 400 evacuees in tow

  31-08-2021 18:18 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  A former British soldier has plotted an escape from Afghanistan with hundreds of refugees in tow, according to reports. 
  
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• Geronimo’s owner says UK government 'planned to murder' alpaca – video

  31-08-2021 18:12
  
  After a four-year legal battle, Helen Macdonald gave an emotional statement after her alpaca was forcibly removed from his home in Gloucestershire and put down. Macdonald said the UK government did not engage in good faith and that 'all the time they were simply planning to murder Geronimo'.She went on to accuse the government of falsifying Geronimo’s positive bovine tuberculosis test, and that she would not accept the postmortem results if there was not an independent witness present
  
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• First on CNN: McConnell urges Americans to get vaccinated in new TV PSA

  31-08-2021 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell is expanding his efforts to convince more Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 with a new public service announcement available for TV stations to air nationwide.
  
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• Caldor fire: Lake Tahoe deserted as Californians evacuate

  31-08-2021 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A major wildfire which began weeks ago is still spreading at the popular Californian holiday spot.
  
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• South African researchers keep eye on yet another new coronavirus variant

  31-08-2021 17:48 via cnn.com
  
  • CDC adds 7 destinations to 'very high' risk list
  
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• The Harlem Hellfighters, Black soldiers who fought in World War I, will receive a Congressional Gold Medal

  31-08-2021 17:38 via cnn.com
  
  The "Harlem Hellfighters" helped the US win World War I. The Black infantry unit was one of the most decorated regiments at the time, even as most of its members were met with racism and disregard upon their return home.
  
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• Windows 11 gets a launch date. It's surprisingly soon

  31-08-2021 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Microsoft is rolling out its newest operating system, Windows 11, earlier than expected for some PC users.
  
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