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Variety:
Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning ‘Lou Grant’ Star, Dies at 91 — Emmy-winning actor Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant on both sitcom “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and hourlong drama “Lou Grant” before a late-career rejuvenation through his poignant voicework in 2009 animated film “Up,” has died. He was 91.
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Anita Gates / New York Times:
Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91 — Best known as the gruff newsman he first played on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” he was also a busy character actor and a political activist. — Ed Asner, the burly character actor who won seven Emmy Awards …
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: About Jim Jordan's other Jan. 6 call with Trump — DRIVING THE DAY — There are just over 48 hours left before the deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from Afghanistan. — The State Department says there are roughly 250 Americans still in Afghanistan who want to leave the country, per a spokesperson.
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Joe Erwin / New York Daily News:
Texas anti-mask ‘Freedom Defender’ Caleb Wallace dies at 30 — A Texas man who led a group of “Freedom Defenders” against mask restrictions died of COVID-19 on Saturday at age 30. — Caleb Wallace left behind three children and a pregnant wife. — His wife, Jessica …
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Joe Hyde / San Angelo LIVE!:
Freedom Defender Caleb Wallace Dies of Covid-19
Freedom Defender Caleb Wallace Dies of Covid-19
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Shefali S. Kulkarni / New York Times:
The Delta variant carries a higher risk of hospitalization, a study finds.
The Delta variant carries a higher risk of hospitalization, a study finds.
Lara Jakes / New York Times:
98 Countries Pledge to Accept Afghans After U.S. Military Departs — A joint statement from the United States and other countries said that they had “received assurances from the Taliban” that people with travel documents showing they were clear to enter any of those countries could safely depart.
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United States Department of State:
Joint Statement on Afghanistan Evacuation Travel Assurances — The text of the following statement was released initially by the Governments of the United States of America, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Canada, Central African Republic, Colombia …
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New York Times:
Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 Storm — Powerful winds knocked out power and storm surge flooded low-lying areas as the storm menaced New Orleans. Officials said it was too late to evacuate and urged residents to hunker down. — Here's what you need to know:
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Oren Oppenheim / ABC News:
Health officials sticking with 8-month COVID booster shot timeline: Fauci — Biden said Friday that the administration is considering earlier boosters. — Public health officials are sticking with the recommendation that people get booster shots eight months after getting the COVID-19 vaccine …
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Davone Morales / ABC News:
‘There is clearly no plan’ to evacuate US citizens, allies after troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Sen. Ben Sasse
‘There is clearly no plan’ to evacuate US citizens, allies after troop withdrawal from Afghanistan: Sen. Ben Sasse
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
McConnell: ‘Why we went’ to Afghanistan has been lost
Olivier Douliery / ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-29-21: Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci
‘This Week’ Transcript 8-29-21: Secretary Antony Blinken, Sen. Ben Sasse & Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Molly Nagle / ABC News:
‘Risk is very high’ for another attack in Kabul: Secretary of State Antony Blinken
‘Risk is very high’ for another attack in Kabul: Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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David Rothkopf / USA Today:
There's chaos and risk in Afghanistan exit, but Biden critics are getting it mostly wrong — We have no ongoing security interest in Afghanistan, and we don't send troops everywhere to protect women and human rights. We do that in other ways. — The intellectual dishonesty in critiques …
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Juliette Kayyem / The Atlantic:
Vaccine Refusers Don't Get to Dictate Terms Anymore — For months, institutions and companies have been drafting plans to aggressively promote vaccination or require it outright, and last week the FDA gave them license to click the “send” button. The same day the agency granted full approval …
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Mark Harper / Daytona Beach News-Journal Online:
After 3-week COVID-19 battle, Daytona Beach talk radio host Marc Bernier dies — Marc Bernier, a talk radio host in Daytona Beach for 30 years, died after a three-week battle with COVID-19, WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announced on Twitter Saturday night.
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Aubree Eliza Weaver / Politico:
Romney blames both Biden and Trump for crisis in Afghanistan — Sen. Mitt Romney said Sunday morning that the current situation in Afghanistan is the direct result of decisions made by both the Trump and Biden administrations. — “If you focus on what we should do right now …
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Associated Press:
US says drone kills suicide bombers targeting Kabul airport — KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. drone strike Sunday struck a vehicle carrying “multiple suicide bombers” from Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate before they could target the ongoing military evacuation at Kabul's international airport, American officials said.
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
MAGA Election Clerk Tina Peters Accused of Not Counting Ballots in Local Races — Before she was the subject of an FBI investigation, Stop the Steal diehard Tina Peters oversaw elections where ballots went uncounted or got lost in unsecured drop boxes. — Seated onstage at the most-hyped …
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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
Joe Biden ‘holds grudges’ and will punish Britain for Afghanistan criticism, allies say — British Cabinet insiders were quoted as suggesting the US president ‘looked gaga’ and described him as ‘doolally’ — Joe Biden “will remember” comments about his mental acuity emanating from senior figures …
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Insider:
‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author JD Vance is running for Senate as a savior of the Rust Belt. Insiders and experts say otherwise. … “I am not a senator, a governor, or a former cabinet secretary,” J.D. Vance wrote in the introduction of “Hillbilly Elegy,” his best-selling son-of-the-Rust-Belt-made-good memoir published in 2016.
David French / The Dispatch:
It's Time to Stop Rationalizing and Enabling Evangelical Vaccine Rejection — There is no religious liberty interest in refusing the COVID vaccine. — As the coronavirus's Delta variant rips through (mainly) the Southeastern United States, two things are becoming clear at once.
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Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
'Don't Know Where We're Going Next': Mass Evictions Underway In Starkville — T. Young's reprieve from homelessness was three days. — The mother of four rushed home Friday when she heard the news. When she arrived, officers were still traveling door to door at Catherine Street Apartments in Starkville …
Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
Five Decades Later, Medicare Might Cover Dental Care — In the large budget bill now in Congress, supporters of the measure see a rare opportunity to advance a popular policy. — Tens of millions of older Americans who cannot afford dental care — with severe consequences for their overall health …
Wall Street Journal:
Afghanistan Evacuation Flights End as Reopened Banks Face Rush for Cash — Dwindling cash reserves pose an early challenge to a new Taliban administration; explosion rocks Kabul neighborhood — The international mass airlift effort out of Afghanistan was ending on Sunday as the country's banks opened …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Biden tells some hard truths few want to hear — President Biden on Thursday mournfully delivered information to the country that was disagreeable to many Americans: There is no way to withdraw from a futile war without messiness. The expectation that there would be no misery or casualties was a fantasy.