1. Hurricane Ida Knocks Out 911 Systems, Claims First Victim

  DEADLY FURY 

System weakens to a tropical storm 16 hours after making landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, with a ton of rain still to come.

2. U.S. Delayed Closing Kabul Airport Gate Before Blast: Report

 PRECIOUS TIME 

A plan to close the gate was reportedly pushed back to allow British allies to carry on with their evacuation schedule.

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4. ‘It Let Loose’: 1000s Flee as Fire Races Toward Lake Tahoe

 BLAZING SPEED 

Fire crews sound pessimistic about slowing down the massive Caldor Fire.

5. Female Reporter Who Grilled Taliban Chiefs Flees Afghanistan

 ‘I FEAR THE TALIBAN’ 

Beheshta Arghand carried out the unprecedented interview days after Taliban fighters took Kabul.

6. Give Yourself a Break With This At-Home Shiatsu Massager

 KNOT TOO BAD 

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7. Death of Woman on Hike With Cop Is Ruled Accidental

 KILLER HEAT 

Angela Tramonte traveled from Massachusetts to Arizona to meet a man she met on Instagram.

8. U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Kills 9 Family Members: Report

 ‘THEY WERE IN PIECES’ 

“We are not ISIS or Daesh and this was a family home,” a brother of one of the people killed told CNN.

9. COVID Claims Life of Third Anti-Vaxx Conservative Radio Host

 ANOTHER ONE 

Marc Bernier was publicly against the vaccine, comparing the U.S. government to Nazis for urging people to get vaccinated.

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10. Kid Rock Cancels Shows as Band Gets COVID After Sturgis Set

 CAUSE AND EFFECT? 

The singer says the situation is “out of my hands.”

11. Notorious North Korea Nuke Reactor Back Up and Running: WSJ

 UH OH 

The International Atomic Energy Agency calls the apparent resumption of activity at the facility, dormant since 2018, “deeply troubling.”

12. ‘Donda’ Is Finally Here, and Kanye’s Complaining About It

 OF COURSE 

The mercurial hip-hop star says the label released the album without his okay, and, briefly, without its most controversial track.

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13. Watch: Hurricane Ida Rips Off Roof of Louisiana Hospital

 ‘OH MY GOD!’ 

Video footage captured the incident, and an eyewitness could be heard screaming, “Oh my god!”

14. Reggae Giant Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry Dies at 85 in Jamaica

 R.I.P. 

Keith Richards once called him “the Salvador Dali of music.”

15. British Troops Save 200 Dogs and Cats, Leave 1,000 Afghans

 ANIMAL HOUSE  

British troops spent Sunday loading more than 200 rescue dogs and cats owned by a former military officer on a charter plane despite lamenting leaving 1,000 Afghans behind.

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