Thursday's top stories


U.S. in full evacuation mode in Afghanistan

Two days into school year, 440 students in a Florida district are quarantined

July saw highest number of illegal border crossings in 21 years

Aug 12, 2021 - World

Taliban capture Kandahar, Afghanistan's second-largest city

Pew survey finds partisan divide on nation's racial history

Aug 12, 2021 - Health

CDC head warns unauthorized boosters undermine safety monitoring

Census reveals a more diverse, urbanized America

Top Biden adviser Anita Dunn departs White House today

Hispanic Caucus PAC to jump into redistricting fight

Aug 12, 2021 - World

Israel and Morocco agree to full diplomatic normalization

Biden calls on Congress to lower prescription drug costs

HHS to require COVID-19 vaccine for 25,000 of its health care workers

Hochul to run for New York governor in 2022 after serving out Cuomo's term

Extreme heat, deadly wildfires scorch U.S., Europe, Africa

Biden White House jammed on gas prices

Aug 12, 2021 - Technology

Robots are the new farmhands

The micropayments mirage

Scores of police officers are refusing the COVID vaccine

Biden's big COVID challenge: Fading vaccines may demand boosters

Aug 12, 2021 - World

New Zealand to gradually reopen to the world next year

Firefighters tackling 105 blazes face further threat as heat wave looms

Aug 11, 2021 - Health

Rand Paul discloses wife's investment in remdesivir parent company, 16 months later