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News from the note…
A roundup of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Two "high-profile" targets from the Islamic State affiliate affiliate were killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan in retaliation for the attack near the Kabul airport Thursday, the Pentagon said. https://t.co/PAlb4LbDDb
— NPR (@NPR) August 28, 2021
The Department of Defense has released the names of the 13 US service members killed in Afghanistan https://t.co/E5DMSOoEjQ
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2021
Roughly 1,400 Americans and at-risk Afghans will be flown out of the Kabul airport today, officials say
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 28, 2021
More than 117,000 people have been evacuated so far, most of whom are Afghan https://t.co/nDYJUUckK3 pic.twitter.com/t4C4cfXIC2
Oklahoma woman asked to stop claiming affiliation with group of Afghan high school girls whose talents developing and building robots have grabbed international headlines; she is accused in a cease-and-desist letter of overstating her role in their escape. https://t.co/F2oqwnY1W5
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 28, 2021
Rumbles from the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have hardly cleared from the Black Hills of South Dakota, and the reports of COVID-19 infections are streaming in. Meade County, epicenter of the rally, now has a rate similar to the hardest-hit Southern states. https://t.co/AJlyO2R8kJ
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 28, 2021
A New Orleans children’s hospital has so many Covid patients that a federal “surge team” was called in. “It’s just paralyzing,” a mother said. https://t.co/jXfTlpsCbY
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 28, 2021
CDC: unvaccinated, unmasked teacher led to elementary school outbreak https://t.co/m2EVwX2RPB pic.twitter.com/4d2ku5kKOG
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2021
The U.S. government says it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide there two years ago. https://t.co/1FY5CglxIn
— ABC News (@ABC) August 28, 2021
Thousands to march on Washington in voting rights push https://t.co/hIPKnzIyMT pic.twitter.com/Da79W2bPLO
— The Hill (@thehill) August 28, 2021
LIVE: Hurricane Ida approaches U.S. Gulf Coast; the storm is forecast to strengthen to a Cat 4 hurricane before making landfall in Louisiana on Sunday. https://t.co/vMAAN94OnZ https://t.co/4tZMzvaPxU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 28, 2021
“Now is the time to leave,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell tells residents who are planning to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ida.
— CNN (@CNN) August 28, 2021
“There are no signs…that this storm will weaken.” https://t.co/ypmPNfkI4j pic.twitter.com/flBPoTXe8N