Aug 26 How uncertainty surrounding the eviction ban, rental assistance affects housing security By Courtney Vinopal Amid legal back-and-forth over the CDC's eviction moratorium, some landlords and tenants throughout the U.S. find themselves in a precarious financial situation. Continue reading
Aug 26 Time's Up CEO Tina Tchen resigns in wake of Cuomo scandal By Associated Press In a statement posted to Twitter, Tchen — the former chief of staff to Michelle Obama — said she's "spent a career fighting for positive change for women" but she wasn't the right person to lead the #MeToo-era organization at… Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Biden gives remarks following explosions outside Kabul airport By Robert Burns, Darlene Superville, Matthew Lee, Associated Press President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite a deadly suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport. Continue reading
Aug 26 100,000 more COVID deaths expected unless U.S. changes its ways By Carla K. Johnson, Nicky Forster, Associated Press But health experts say that toll could be cut in half if nearly everyone wore a mask in public spaces. Experts agree: What the coronavirus has in store this fall depends on human behavior. Continue reading
Aug 26 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting outside Illinois courthouse By Associated Press Two men were killed and another was injured on Thursday in shootings outside a northern Illinois courthouse stemming from a long-running internal gang dispute, authorities said. Continue reading
Aug 26 Gaps in U.S. wildfire smoke warning network leave many exposed By Matthew Brown, Padmananda Rama, Associated Press Government programs to alert the public when smoke pollution becomes unhealthy rely on about 950 permanent monitoring stations and dozens of mobile units that can be deployed around major fires. Continue reading
Aug 26 Virus surge breaks hospital records amid rising toll on kids By Sudhin Thanawala, Jay Reeves, Associated Press Kentucky and Texas have joined a growing list of states that have surpassed their record for hospitalized coronavirus patients. The two states on Wednesday reported the most COVID-19 patients in their hospitals since the pandemic began. Continue reading
Aug 26 Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The White House hurriedly rearranged President Joe Biden's schedule on Thursday after deadly explosions outside the airport in the Afghan capital. Continue reading
Aug 26 South Dakota AG gets fines, no jail time in pedestrian death By Stephen Groves, Associated Press Circuit Judge John Brown also ordered Ravnsborg to pay assorted court costs after the Republican entered no-contest pleas Thursday in the crash that killed Joseph Boever last September. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Illinois governor announces statewide indoor mask mandate By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced a statewide indoor mask mandate Thursday, as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to threaten the pandemic recovery around the nation. Continue reading