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Monday, August 30, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Locals view a vehicle damaged by a rocket attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Rockets struck a neighborhood near Kabul’s international airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn’t immediately clear who launched them.

Rockets fired at Kabul airport, but US flights continue

Rocket fire apparently targeting Kabul's international airport struck a nearby neighborhood on Monday, the eve of the deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. The Islamic State group claimed the attack, and there were no immediate reports of casualties.
A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

No cash or gas to run from Ida: 'We can't afford to leave'

Robert Owens was feeling defeated and helpless as he waited for one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. to approach Louisiana's capital city The 27-year-old had spent days anxiously watching long lines of cars flee Baton Rouge away from oncoming Hurricane Ida
In this combination of photos, demonstrators, left, protest June 4, 2020, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, over the death of George Floyd and on Jan. 6, 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump rally at same location. Some charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as well as their Republican allies claim the Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views. They also say those arrested during last year's protests over racial injustice were given leniency. Court records tell a different story. An Associated Press review of court documents in more than 300 federal cases stemming from the protests sparked by George Floyd's death last year shows that dozens of people charged have been convicted of serious crimes and sent to prison. (AP Photos)

Records rebut claims of unequal treatment of Jan. 6 rioters

Some people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies claim the Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 file photo, Medical staff from multiple departments gather on the COVID ICU floor at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, La. Louisiana hospitals already packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge are now bracing for a powerful Category 4 hurricane, which is expected to crash ashore Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

Ida slams Louisiana hospitals brimming with virus patients

Southern Louisiana's hospitals are packed with patients from the latest coronavirus surge
President Joe Biden speaks at the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Washington. Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
'As long as it takes': FEMA, other agencies respond to Ida
Federal officials say hundreds of emergency responders are in place in Louisiana and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has power restoration experts and generators at the ready as Hurricane Ida bashes the region
Afghans prepare to to be evacuated aboard a Qatari transport plane, at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August, 18, 2021. Qatar played an out-sized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. Now the tiny Gulf Arab state is being asked to help shape what is next for Afghanistan because of its ties with both Washington and the Taliban insurgents now in charge in Kabul. (Qatar Government Communications Office via AP)
Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout
Qatar has played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan
A firefighter is dwarfed by an aerial drop at the the Chaparral Fire in Murrieta which still blazes, Sunday, August 29, 2021. Several homes appear to be evacuated in the area. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register via AP)
Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to flee
Fire officials have ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as crews deal with a two-week old blaze
FILE - In this March 7, 2010, file photo, actor Ed Asner arrives during the 82nd Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, has died. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the death in an email Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, to The Associated Press.
Ed Asner, TV's Lou Grant and the voice of Carl in "Up," dies at 91
Prolific character actor Ed Asner died Sunday at 91.
Julia Vaughn, executive director of Common Cause Indiana, speaks during a legislative redistricting hearing as Republican Rep. Tim Wesco, chairman of the Indiana House Elections Committee, looks on at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on Aug. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Tom Davies)
After census, citizens panels seek sway in redistricting
New population data from the 2020 census is being used by citizens commissions in some states to try to influence the way voting districts are redrawn for the U.S. House and state legislatures
In this Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, photo Sheriff's Police Sgt. Bonnie Busching tests a virtual meeting with a tablet at the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Chicago. The Cook County Sheriff's Office has started putting people having a crisis face to face with mental health professionals before they lash out at deputies or try to harm themselves and to do it they're taking a page out of countless businesses forced hold their meeting virtually. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
Sheriff's department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that can connect people in distress immediately with mental health professionals
Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walks past an U.S air force airplane that flew them at Kosovo's capital Pristina International Airport on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
The Latest: Islamic State group claims latest Kabul attack
The Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for the latest rocket attack in Kabul, saying it fired at least six Katyusha rockets at the airport in the Afghan capital
Dundee-Crown High School roof, field house improvements part of District 300 summer projects
The replacement of half of Dundee-Crown High School's roof, parking lot maintenance at a number of schools and improvements to school gymnasiums are among the construction projects completed this summer by Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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