Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall As Category 4 Storm In Louisiana
NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicated that the eye of Ida made landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana near Port Fourchon around 11:55 AM Central Time.
National News
Louisiana Hospitals Brace for Hurricane Ida While Filled with COVID-19 Patients
Gov. John Bel Edwards says evacuation of hospitals is something that would normally be considered, but that’s impractical now because hospital beds are filled with COVID-19 patients.
Thousands of Voting Rights Advocates March in Washington, DC
Thousands of voting rights advocates rallied in Washington and across the country Saturday to call for sweeping protections against a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Biden: Another Attack on Kabul Likely, Pledges More Strikes on Islamic State
President Joe Biden is warning that it’s “highly likely” an Islamic State affiliate will try another attack in Afghanistan.
U.S. Airstrike Targets Islamic State Member in Afghanistan
The United States military struck back at the Islamic State in Afghanistan on Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden’s vow to hit the extremists in retaliation for a suicide bombing claimed by IS that killed as many as 169 Afghans and 13 American service members at Kabul airport Thursday.
Is New Orleans Better Protected from a Hurricane Since Katrina in 2005?
New Orleans finds itself in the path of Hurricane Ida 16 years to the day after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Moves to Rehab Hospital, Wife in ICU for COVID-19
Family members say the Rev. Jesse Jackson has been transferred to a hospital focused on physical rehabilitation after receiving treatment for a breakthrough COVID-19 infection.
U.S. Forces Continue Evacuations from Afghanistan Despite Threat of New Attack
American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another attack are racing to complete the evacuation from Kabul’s airport, the day after a suicide bombing at the gates wrote a devastating final chapter to the war in Afghanistan.
RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan Wins Parole with Support of Kennedy Sons
U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin has been granted parole after two of RFK’s sons spoke in favor of Sirhan Sirhan’s release and prosecutors declined to argue he should be kept behind bars.
U.S. Supreme Court Allows Evictions to Resume During Pandemic
Landlords and real estate agents from Alabama and Georgia had asked the high court last week to halt the latest version of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) moratorium on certain residential evictions.
