State Department, White House holding up charter planes in Afghanistan, top New Yorker editor says

The executiveand foreign-policy are holding up charter planes at an airport in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif that would transport 19 Americans and 40 SIV holders to Albania, David Rohde, the executive editor at NewYorker.com said in an interview Monday. “I want to repeat that,” he said. “It is the State Department and the White House” holding up…

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New Orleans police chief says 'numerous' arrests made over weekend for looting in wake of Hurricane Ida

Police officers have made “numerous” crime” target=”_blank”>arrests< as the city continues relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ida, officials said Monday.  Police Chief Shaun Ferguson spoke briefly about reports of looting during a public safety update alongside city leaders and officials during a news conference. “We continue to make numerous looting arrests throughout the…

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‘The Wire’ actor Michael K. Williams found dead in NYC apartment

“The Wire’’ actor Michael K. Williams was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment Monday afternoon, law-enforcement sources told The Post. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER Drug paraphernalia was found in the five-time Emmy nominee’s apartment, suggesting the acclaimed 54-year-old actor may have fatally OD’d, possibly from heroin or fentanyl, sources said….

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South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh to resign from firm, enter rehab after wife and son shot dead

The prominent us-regions lawyer who was crime” target=”_blank”>shot< on Old Salkehatchie Road near Varnville, S.C., on Saturday, authorities said. His car was stopped when a truck passed by before turning around and someone from inside opened fire, his lawyer said, citing information from Murdaugh’s brother. He sustained a superficial wound to the head, authorities said.  In…

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Dem Sen. Blumenthal 'furious' over Biden admin delaying Americans trying to leave Afghanistan

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is “furious” over the Biden administration delaying flights with Americans trying to escape conflicts after joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden’s< from us-regions issued a press release on Monday eviscerating the Biden administration for delaying flights out of the Mazar-e Sharif airport in Afghanistan following reports of the administration not giving the evacuation flights…

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