U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate  —  U.S. officials in Kabul gave the Taliban a list of names of American citizens, green card holders and Afghan allies to grant entry into the militant-controlled outer perimeter of the city's airport …

Officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during Capitol riot breaks silence: ‘I saved countless lives’  —  In the chaotic minutes before he shot and killed Ashli Babbitt during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Lt. Michael Byrd focused his attention on the glass doors leading into the lobby of the U.S. House of Representatives chamber.

Biden struggles to address the most volatile crisis of his presidency  —  President Biden on Thursday confronted the most volatile crisis of his young presidency, the deaths of at least 13 Americans in Afghanistan that threatened to undermine his credentials as a seasoned global leader and a steady hand.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden Eviction Moratorium  —  The Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium in a 6-3 decision on Thursday.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the moratorium earlier this month to cover counties with “high” or …

Virginia GOP sues to remove McAuliffe from ballot; Democrat's campaign calls lawsuit ‘desperate’  —  The Republican Party of Virginia on Thursday asked a court to remove Democrat Terry McAuliffe from the November ballot, arguing that his elections paperwork did not meet the state's guidelines because it was missing a signature.

Clamoring for ivermectin, some turn to a pro-Trump telemedicine website  —  When users visit the telemedicine website SpeakWithAnMD.com, they are immediately hit with a warning: “Due to overwhelming demand, we are experiencing longer than usual wait times.”  —  The demand is for ivermectin …

Living with the coronavirus will likely never be risk-free  —  Vaccinated Americans are facing a disheartening reality: Even after getting the shot, they'll have to live with some level of risk from the coronavirus for the foreseeable future.  —  State of play: A glut of data released …

Florida COVID update: case, death, vaccine count  —  Florida on Thursday reported 21,765 more COVID-19 cases and 901 deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to Miami Herald calculations of CDC data.  —  All but two of the newly reported deaths occurred after July 25 …

Biden's first 200 days  —  Joe Biden, like most presidents, made much of supposed achievements in his first 100 days.  Remember how, arriving in office, he promised 100 million COVID vaccine doses in that period.  It was a soft target, for, as some of us pointed out, the vaccination pace …

Time's Up leader Tina Tchen resigns in fallout from Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment scandal  —  Tina Tchen, the president and CEO of Time's Up, told her staff Thursday that she will resign, less than a day after she admitted that her organization's private consultations with former …

Lawyer for Afghan girls' robotics team tells Oklahoma woman to stop taking credit for rescue  —  A lawyer for the famed all-girls Afghan robotics team has sent a cease-and-desist letter to an Oklahoma woman, telling her to stop taking credit for the girls' escape from Kabul and warning …

How close is the California recall?  Here's what the poll experts say  —  Earlier this month, results from a SurveyUSA poll showed that 51% of likely voters in California's upcoming recall election would vote to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office.  It was the first poll to show …

Why Are So Many Marines Neo-Nazis?  —  Last Friday, the Department of Justice released one of the latest in an endless string of indictments involving white men subscribing to the tenets of the far right and planning acts of terror in the U.S. The document also had an all-too-familiar detail …

California Could Throw Away What It's Won  —  If you live in California and haven't yet voted or made plans to vote on the proposed recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom, please wake up.  This is a situation in which apathy could have awesome consequences: California, which isn't as liberal a state …

A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go  —  Many Afghans who helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan are now in danger.  One spoke to us about his battle to get his family out alive as he hid in Kabul.  —  The Americans called him “Mikey,” and as an interpreter …

‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton's Secret Trip to Kabul Officials condemned the mission as a reckless stunt.  But the congressman says it was critical oversight of a crisis he tried to prevent.  —  Seth Moulton saw things during his trip to Afghanistan that were “truly out of this world.”

How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment  —  Most Covid-19 drug treatments that have been included in trials haven't panned out.  A large new study suggests fluvoxamine might be different.  —  This story is part of a group of stories called  —  Finding the best ways to do good.