“I am here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third-country nationals and vulnerable Afghans,” McKenzie told reporters. “The last C-17 took off from Hamid Karzai International Airport at 3:29 p.m. east coast time this afternoon on August 30, and the last … Read more
A red flag was in force throughout the northern Sierra for the next two days. The evacuation warnings have been extended to the city of South Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas. Wind and drought fuel the spread of the fire. As the Northern California Caldor Fire moved closer to Lake Tahoe and triggered a … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Taliban fighters investigate a damaged car after multiple rockets were fired in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.Credit…Wakil Kohsar/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. military shot down rockets aimed at the Kabul airport on Monday morning as violence near the field threatened efforts by the United States to meet Tuesday’s … Read more
Hurricane Ida devastated the state of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm for about six hours. Ida was downgraded to a Category 3 storm by the National Hurricane Center in an update at 7 p.m. ET. It hit land as a Category 4 storm at around 1 p.m. ET. For reference, Hurricane Laura, which hit … Read more
Among the 13 American soldiers and more than a hundred Afghans killed in a suicide bombing near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday, the man’s father said a Marine from the St. Louis area and a U.S. Senator. Jared Schmitz, 20, from St. Charles, Missouri, was among the dead, the Department of Defense … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Hurricane Ida will arrive on the Louisiana coast on the 16th anniversary of Katrina.Credit…Max Becherer/The Advocate, via Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida stoked fear and dread in Louisiana on Sunday as the approaching storm threatened to grow into one of the most powerful systems to assault the … Read more
Does a vaccine need to be fully approved by the FDA for an employer or business to mandate vaccination? Work/life schools/education vaccine myths & misinformation If I’ve already had Covid-19, should I still get vaccinated? What if I got monoclonal antibody treatment? “Yes, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19,” the … Read more
The Department of Defense officially identified the soldiers killed on Saturday, and family and friends paid tribute to their lives and sacrifices.
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Dreizehn US-Soldaten wurden am Donnerstag bei einem Selbstmordanschlag nahe dem internationalen Flughafen Hamid Karzai in Kabul getötet, als Tausende nach der Übernahme Afghanistans durch die Taliban fliehen wollten. Unter ihnen waren nach Angaben des Pentagon elf Marines, sowie ein Sanitäter des Navy-Krankenhauses und ein Soldat der Armee. Mindestens 18 weitere US-Soldaten wurden verletzt, Dutzende Afghanen … Read more