Blackboard Jungle: With debates raging about vaccinations and mask mandates, at least 1,000 schools in 35 states have already closed for anywhere from a single day to several weeks as the Delta variant of the coronavirus rips through the country.    According to the …

Swept Away: Hurricane Ida killed 25 people in New Jersey, more than in any other state, at least a third of them who had been driving and were drowned in their cars or swept away after they got out.   One woman …

The Day After: At least 45 people are dead after the depleted Hurricane Ida dumped rivers of rain on Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the New York metropolitan area Wednesday night.     The East Coast is draining and digging out. As much as …

Biblical: New York City has been under a state of emergency after the remains of Hurricane Ida drove through, inundating the metropolitan area with several inches of rain.  Subways were flooded, buses caught in several feet of water, and at least …

  The President described the evacuation of more than 120,000 people an “extraordinary success” and despite the danger “the women and men of the United States military, our diplomatic corps and intelligence professionals did their job and did it well.”   Biden …

Phantom Withdrawal: The US military completed its withdrawal from the Kabul airport yesterday, finishing their exit a day early and leaving Afghanistan to control by the Taliban after 20 years of war.  The last C-17 cargo plane, with the call sign MOOSE …

Category 4: Hurricane Ida slammed into the toe of Louisiana as a Category 4 storm yesterday with winds up to 150 miles per hour. The wind hit 70 in the streets of New Orleans and the entire city was without power. …

  “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan,” Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman Central Command said in a statement. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.”   The Muslim extremist Taliban, who now …

The Fatal Shore: The US is reeling after 13 service members died yesterday in an explosion at the Kabul airport. The dead are 12 Marines and a Navy Corpsman. Fifteen Americans were reported wounded.    A double bombing at the airport and …

Leaving Kabul: The US is warning Americans  to stay away from the Kabul airport, telling anyone outside the perimeter to “leave immediately.”   The Biden administration is warning that a terrorist group that’s an enemy of both the Taliban and the US poses a threat in the …