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Joe Biden has hailed the “extraordinary success” of the US evacuation in Afghanistan, saying it was “time to end this war”.

Taliban members escorted Americans to gates at Kabul airport in secret arrangement with US  CNN America’s Afghan war is over but the battle for Biden’s legacy is only just beginning  CNN Celebratory shots ring out above Kabul after US troops leave –

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of “Jeopardy!”, days after he exited as the quiz show’s newly appointed host because of past misogynistic and other comments.

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A British national still in Afghanistan has told Sky News he fears for the lives of him and his family after they were unable to evacuate.

The chaos of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan was harrowing for those on the ground.

Caldor Fire Update: Neighborhood Firefight In Meyers; Flames Advancing Toward South Lake Tahoe  CBS San Francisco Caldor Fire Intensifies and Evacuations Are Ordered Near Lake Tahoe  The New York Times Northern Calif. Highway 50 driver’s view of fire  Associated Press El Dorado Community

The latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology American Crime Story is not exactly well timed. Impeachment, which revisits the investigation that threatened to end Bill Clinton’s presidency, was originally intended for release before the 2020 election. Instead, it premieres

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell are expected to provide an update on Hurricane Ida’s damage on Tuesday.

Johnson & Johnson’s highly anticipated HIV vaccine failed to demonstrate adequate protection in a clinical trial involving more than 2,600 young women in sub-Saharan Africa, the company and US health authorities said Tuesday. Though the vaccine was found to be