U.S. Hits ISIS With Drone Strike After Kabul Airport Bombing

By Blake Montgomery

After ISIS took credit for the Thursday attack, Joe Biden vowed, “We will hunt you down.”

School Official’s Response to COVID Crisis: Wear Blue Jeans

By Larrison Campbell

“Our administrators sit in their offices sending out condescending little emails, as if jeans are going to help protect us or our families from getting sick,” one teacher said.

Rachel Nichols Is Out—But ESPN’s Racial Rot Remains

By Tirhakah Love

The Rachel Nichols/Maria Taylor and Kevin Durant/Draymond Green sagas reveal how Black employees are mistreated by largely white management.

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One Body, Then Another: A Mystery of Two Murdered Neighbors

By Michael Daly

It’s been three years since Ana Del Valle was shot to death in her New York City apartment, around the time the man next door was also killed.

This Was a Buzzing College Campus—Then the Taliban Came

By Tom Mutch

Women make up most of the student body at the main university in Herat city. But the overwhelming feeling since the Taliban took over, one resident told The Daily Beast, is “horror.”

Harry and Meghan Search for a New Brand Beyond ‘Royal Feud’

By Tom Sykes

Translating public interest in their feud with the royal family into a positive movement of global compassion could be tricky—as Meghan Markle’s stalled 40x40 initiative shows.

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New Docs Show GOP Convention Cost Park Service Extra $100K

By Roger Sollenberger

New emails obtained by The Daily Beast show that the Republican National Convention cost the National Park Service another $100,000—and it took months before they paid it back.

‘Jeopardy!’ Alums ‘Betrayed’ by Mike Richards, Want Him Gone

By Laura Bradley

“It’s like looking at yourself in the mirror and shooting yourself in the face… You couldn’t intentionally sabotage the show worse than this.”

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1. Texas Dad Who Held Mask Protests Fights for Life With COVID

 UNCONSCIOUS 

Caleb Wallace, 30, has been unconscious, on a ventilator and heavily sedated in an intensive care unit after his lungs were ravaged by the virus.

2. Family of Slain Army Sgt: ‘Shouldn’t Have’ Happened This Way

 DEVASTATED 

The news came as “quite a shock,” Ryan Knauss’ grandmother told The Daily Beast, as they initially didn’t think any Army members were caught in the blast.

3. Former Georgia Sheriff Resigns Over KKK Photo

 BAD LOOK 

Roger Garrison previously said it was just a bad Halloween costume.

4. Kabul Bomber Got as Close to U.S. Troops as Possible: NYT

 MAXIMUM DAMAGE 

He detonated a 25-pound explosive vest just as he was about to be frisked by American troops.

5. RFK Assassin Gets Recommended for Parole

 16TH TRY 

The recommendation came during Sirhan’s 16th parole application.

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