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PG&E’s power shutdown is expected to affect around 51,000 customers in California as part of efforts to prevent new wildfires.

Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., said the U.S. may see another terror attack from Al Qaeda following the pullout of American forces from Afghanistan and the Taliban taking control.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has repeatedly said that he will not issue state-wide mask mandates as was the case last year.

Multiple shootings across Chicago resulted in several deaths, including that of a female officer.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide has resigned less than a week after the state attorney general released details about a probe into sexual harassment allegations against the governor.

Epidemiology expert Larry Brilliant explained that based on models of Delta variant outbreaks in New York and San Francisco, the variant is spreading in “an inverted V-shape epidemic curve.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James’s report on allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed that his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, may have played a role in strategizing how the governor will respond to the matter.

Gov. Mike Parson pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who waved guns at BLM protesters in June last year.

Martha’s Vineyard NAACP is launching an investigation into the incident wherein two white boys allegedly wrapped a tent strap on the neck of a black boy during summer camp.

Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya claimed that she was being forced to fly back home to Belarus against her wishes when she escaped the flight and sought Japanese protection.

A few states have either extended the national eviction ban that ended July 31, while some have offered legal assistance for tenants faced with eviction notices.

The FAA and NTSB are now investigating a Robinson R66 that crashed near Colusa County, Northern California Sunday afternoon, killing four.

The NSW has warned of potential flash floods in several western states as monsoon rains are expected to bring thunderstorms to the west.

Danish Siddiqui was killed July 16 during a crossfire between the Taliban and Afghan military, as first reported by multiple news outlets, but a new report revealed details about his brutal execution.

The latest sighting was reported near the Los Angeles International Airport, when a pilot called air traffic control on a “possible jet pack man in sight,” KABC-TV reported. The report was made by the pilot of flight 363, a cargo flight operated by Kalitta Air, at 6.12 p.m. Wednesday.

President Joe Biden was heard saying he “used to drive an 18-wheeler,” but critics and doubters aren’t buying the claim.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has deployed the National Guard to help arrest illegal immigrants on the border.

Orange County is now in a state of emergency after the county recorded its highest increase in COVID-19 infections in one day.

Those getting these checks are Americans whose tax bills were reduced after they'd already paid them, under a provision in President Biden's $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March. The average refund is $1,686, the IRS said.

Authorities in Ventura County, California, have arrested the gunman who allegedly fired multiple shots at a firefighting helicopter in training even as the state battles hundreds of fires.

Partygoers defended themselves using bricks after a gunman opened fire at a Fort Worth, Texas home.

Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson believes President Joe Biden will resign, or be forced out, due to his reported mental difficulties.

U.S. Representative Cori Bush, an advocate for defunding the police, has been accused of hypocrisy following the release of campaign records showing that she spent $70,000 on private security.

The biggest wildfire in California, the Dixie Fire, merged with the smaller Fly Fire over the weekend and leveled dozens of homes in Indian Falls, Northern California. Airports in western United States reported a shortage of jet fuel as demand from firefighting aircraft kept rising.

The Russian president issued the warning during the annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg on Sunday, adding that the Russian navy can detect enemy movements whether on land, sea, or in the air, Reuters reported.

Whirlpool, Unilever, Harley Davidson, General Mills are all warning of price rises, but President Biden thinks inflation is not a cause for worry.

“No, I don’t think that you can expect that we’ll be providing numbers of breakthrough cases,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday.

While 290,000 households were served in June compared to 160,000 from May, the numbers are still small to bring timely help to around 1.2 million households that could face eviction at the end of this month.

Heavy rainfall in China’s Henan province over the last few days has killed at least 25 and is affecting more than 10 million people in the provincial capital Zhengzhou.