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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday described the Biden administration’s handling of the evacuation as “probably the biggest failure in American government on a military stage in my lifetime.”

NPR’s Leila Fadel talks with Syvash, one of the thousands of Afghans trying to leave the country. Over the last two decades, he’s worked on various projects for both the U.S. and the European Union.

NPR’s Leila Fadel talks with Dr. Margaret Harris, spokesperson for the World Health Organization, about the organization’s position on booster shots.

NPR’s Audie Cornish talks with a woman desperately trying to get her grandmother out of a violent situation in Afghanistan.

Pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations in Florida reach record highs  WJXT News4JAX These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals  CNN As Florida mask fight rages, more children hospitalized  Tampa Bay Times Exaggerating COVID deaths: California vs. Florida

These 5 states have less than 10% of ICU beds left as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals  CNN Florida changed its COVID-19 death data just as surge began  Miami Herald Florida COVID hospitalizations fall for first time in 2 months  FOX 13 Tampa Bay Exaggerating

Guterres announces UN will release details of a flash appeal for country next week, with almost half of its 18 million people expected to need urgent assistance to survive

Israel has highest 7-day rolling average of cases for its population size; daily positive tests pass 11,000 for 1st time; education minister says schools may be forced to adapt

One of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies is getting into the NFT game. Larva Labs, the creator of CryptoPunks, just signed with United Talent Agency (UTA) in a representation deal that will bring one of the earliest and most iconic NFT

What do LinkedIn and Twitter have in common? They both introduced ephemeral story features that were pretty fleeting. LinkedIn announced today that it will suspend its Stories feature on September 30 and begin working on a different way to add