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Aug 9, 2021 - World

Cabin fever in "Fortress Australia" due to slow vaccination rate

Epstein accuser files lawsuit alleging Prince Andrew raped her

Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York, arrives to attend a church service at St Mary the Virgin Church in Hillington, Norfolk, eastern England, on January 19, 2020.
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Biden welcomes DOJ commitment to fresh review of 9/11 documents

Joe Biden lays a wreath at the Shanksville Flight 93 Memorial on September 11, 2020
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Energy & Climate

In photos: Fires rage across the world as new report warns of escalating climate change

A local resident gestures as he holds an empty water hose during an attempt to extinguish forest fires approaching the village of Pefki on Evia (Euboea) island in Greece.

Auto loans are getting easier to come by

A car dashboard with a blinking money sign

Inside Democrats' $3.5 trillion box

Illustration of a closed box made from a one hundred dollar bill

Pentagon will require all troops to get COVID vaccine by Sept. 15

A US flag is pictured on a soldier's uniform
Aug 9, 2021 - World

Scoop: CIA director to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority

Aug 9, 2021 - World

Belarus faces flood of new sanctions on anniversary of rigged election

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaking in Minsk on Aug. 9.

Time’s Up chair resigns after reportedly aiding Cuomo effort to discredit accuser

Roberta Kaplan speaking during a conference in Dana Point, California, in October 2018.
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Senate Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (D-VT) holding a meeting with Senate Budget Committee Democrats

Yellen urges Congress to raise debt limit with GOP support

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in Brussels in July 2021.
Aug 9, 2021 - Economy

Why it's too early to celebrate July's jobs report

Facebook's accountability bind

Animated illustration of spotlights moving around to reveal pieces of the Facebook logo
Aug 9, 2021 - Economy

Self-driving cars would be nowhere without HD maps

Illustration of a location pin with a car in the center, hovering over a map

Apple's child safety moves stir praise and protests

Photo of row of iPhone backs at a store display
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Energy & Climate

UN report: Effects of climate change even more severe than we thought

Billowing smoke and flames loom over a small town.

Scoop: Biden taps Russia hawk for key energy post

Biden and Amos Hochstein
Aug 9, 2021 - Health

America's Delta data problem

Animated illustration of a glitching Delta symbol.

107 large wildfires rage across West as "dangerous" heat wave looms

Firefighters try to extinguish Dixie Fire near Chico in Greenville, California, United States on August 5
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Science

Dixie Fire now 2nd largest wildfire in California history

The Dixie Fire swallows a home and car
Updated Aug 9, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Cuomo's top aide Melissa DeRosa resigns

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (L) speaks during his daily news conference with Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa (R) on March 20, 2020 in New York City

Judge: Norwegian Cruise Line can require vaccine passports in Florida

A docked Norwegian Gem cruise ship is seen at the Port of Miami in Miami Beach, Florida on April 14, 2021
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