News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Biden: "Any American who wants to come home, we will get you home." pic.twitter.com/iWD5M7haoF
— Axios (@axios) August 20, 2021
They have their papers and plans, their children in tow, a few belongings in hand. But the chaos that continues to surround Kabul’s airport means that thousands of people who are trying to catch flights out of Afghanistan cannot reach them. https://t.co/hL0BfVTODe pic.twitter.com/X9r8nG5KGG
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 20, 2021
Military evacuation flight shown in photo packed with Afghans carried a record number of people https://t.co/sbdkSZJery
— CNN (@CNN) August 20, 2021
Marines tend to children in Afghanistan, as the U.S. works to evacuate tens of thousands of vulnerable people from the country. https://t.co/w1RAnPklEn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 20, 2021
📸: @marines & @USMARCENT pic.twitter.com/C9K77s3PNN
AstraZeneca's new antibody therapy reduced the risk of people developing COVID-19 symptoms by 77% in a late-stage trial, putting the drugmaker on track to offer protection to those who respond poorly to vaccines https://t.co/jL3zj5WGi5 pic.twitter.com/udtuHGxk9J
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 20, 2021
University of Virginia cuts 238 students from its rolls after they failed to comply with the university's vaccination policy, school officials confirm to @ABC News. https://t.co/rMiRCqJ6L4 pic.twitter.com/uT9v24mFXo
— ABC News (@ABC) August 20, 2021
JUST IN: The Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt outside a door of the US Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot has been formally exonerated after an internal investigation, according to a department memo. https://t.co/SEE0z2TWRa
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 20, 2021
The Justice Department has charged the Capitol bomb threat suspect with threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to use an explosive device https://t.co/ehjv1CQe75
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 20, 2021
A federal appeals court has declined to block the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium, setting up a showdown at the Supreme Court. https://t.co/H7CU1nXlK3
— POLITICO (@politico) August 20, 2021
A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges. https://t.co/q4SYEf5Ftx
— ABC News (@ABC) August 20, 2021
Henri is forecast to be a hurricane as it approaches southern New England on Sunday, potentially bringing flooding, strong winds and prolonged power outages. The storm could be the first serious threat of a hurricane strike on the region in 30+ years. https://t.co/Ex7jJxyDjH
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 20, 2021
