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Health correspondent Nathan Jeffay examines planned September 1 start of school year, and environment correspondent Sue Surkes looks at Israel’s high methane emissions

Delta Airlines pilot Alexander Kahn says the evacuation efforts had special meaning for him personally, as his father immigrated to the US in similar fashion

Biden promises that the U.S. can keep terror threats from Afghanistan at bay from afar with “over the horizon” surveillance. Counterterrorism officials say it will be much harder than the White House suggests.

Ian Seidenfeld defeats defending champion 3-0; ‘I couldn’t have dreamt for anything better’ he says following victory

Photos: Hurricane Ida Hit Louisiana’s Coastline Hard, Leaving Serious Damage  NPR Man attacked by alligator in flooded Louisiana waters after Hurricane Ida  USA TODAY Aerial video, images illustrate scale of damage left by Hurricane Ida in Louisiana  Yahoo News LDH confirms drowned male

Louisiana is beginning the tough task of recovery after Hurricane Ida swept through the state’s coast and caused significant damage and power outages. (Image credit: David J. Phillip/AP)

LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African VC firm, announced today that it is launching its third fund — LoftyInc Afropreneurs Fund 3 — at $10 million for tech startups in Africa. The firm has reached the first close of $5.5 million. Some

Motional revealed Tuesday the first images of its planned robotaxi, a Hyundai all-electric Ioniq 5 SUV that will be the centerpiece of a driverless ride-hailing service the company wants customers to be able to access starting in 2023 through the

California Fire Approaches Lake Tahoe After Mass Evacuation  NPR Caldor Fire Intensifies and Evacuations Are Ordered Near Lake Tahoe  The New York Times All of South Lake Tahoe Evacuated as Caldor Fire Nears  NBC Bay Area Flames charge east  Mountain Democrat These pictures capture

Positive test rate over 7% as over 10,900 cases found; 114,000 Israelis received a booster dose on Monday, a day after Health Ministry broadened eligibility to anyone aged 12+