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Firefighters work to extinguish burning trees as wildfires have been raging for nearly 10 days near Mugla. Thousands of ground personnel, backed by firefighter planes, drones and helicopters, were striving to tackle massive wildfires across seven cities and provinces in

MCDONOUGH, Ga. — As Tussahaw Elementary opened this week for a new school year, teary-eyed mothers led in kindergartners dwarfed by backpacks and buses dropped off fifth graders looking forward to ruling their school. The biggest clue to the lingering

KABUL (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents captured an Afghan provincial capital and killed the government’s senior media officer in Kabul on Friday amid a deteriorating security situation as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw. A police spokesman in southern Nimroz province

Taliban fighters overrun the capital of Afghanistan’s Nimruz province  The Washington Post Taliban kill Afghan media chief in Kabul; take southern city  Associated Press Taliban Capture Zaranj, an Afghanistan Provincial Capital, in a Symbolic Victory  The New York Times Afghan Taliban kill head

British nationals in Afghanistan are being told to leave immediately as the country’s war moves into what the UN has described as a “deadlier and more destructive phase”.

Cuomo Aide Who Says He Groped Her Files Criminal Complaint in Albany  The New York Times Assistant Files Criminal Complaint Against Gov. Cuomo In Sexual Harassment Case  CBS New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo accuser files complaint with police in Albany, 1st in

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‘All of them’: Tennessee health chief says children’s hospitals will fill up as delta variant surges  USA TODAY 9-year-old girl fighting for her life after contracting COVID-19  WBIR Channel 10 Tennessee health, education officials host virtual briefing  WKRN News 2 Dr. Lisa Piercey

Workers in health care facilities will be required to provide proof that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with exemptions only for religious or valid medical reasons. (Image credit: David Goldman/AP)

White House press secretary Jen Psaki is expected to speak at 1 p.m. Eastern. Watch her remarks here.