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TOP STORIES

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VIRUS OUTBREAK-BIDEN — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden ordered sweeping new federal vaccine requirements for as many as 100 million Americans — private-sector employees as well as health care workers and federal contractors — in an all-out effort to curb the surging COVID-19 delta variant. Biden sharply criticized the tens of millions of Americans who are not yet vaccinated, despite months of availability and incentives. By Zeke Miller. SENT: 1,230 words, photos, video. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-BIDEN-ANALYSIS — Biden’s war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated; VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLANCE. Also see VIRUS OUTBREAK-EMPLOYER MANDATES below.

UNITED STATES-AFGHANISTAN-ENDANGERED ALLIES — U.S. veterans, lawmakers and others say the relaunch of evacuation flights from Kabul has done little to soothe fears that the U.S. might abandon countless Afghan allies who risked their lives working alongside American troops. By Ellen Knickmeyer, Julie Watson, Bernard Condon and Padmananda Rama. SENT: 1,060 words, photos. With UNITED NATIONS-AFGHANISTAN — UN envoy: World must prevent Afghanistan economic collapse; UNITED-NATIONS-AFGHANISTAN-POVERTY — UN: Afghanistan teeters on brink of universal poverty; AFGHANISTAN-THE LATEST. Also see AFGHANISTAN-WYOMING-20 YEARS below.

HURRICANE IDA — Supply trucks are again delivering beer on Bourbon Street and the landmark Cafe Du Monde is serving up coffee and fried dough covered with white sugar, even if there weren’t many tourists or locals around to partake of either this day. With nearly all the power back on in New Orleans 11 days after Hurricane Ida stuck, the city is showing signs of making a comeback from the Category 4 killer. By Stacey Plaisance and Jay Reeves. SENT: 810 words, photo, video. With HURRICANE IDA-ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS — Oil-soaked birds found near oil spill at refinery after Ida.

SEPT 11-A WORLD UPENDED — The terrorist attacks on the United States nearly 20 years ago brought profound change in America and the world. The death and devastation stirred grief, rage and war. It also sparked solidarity, not only in the United States but among its allies — even some rivals. Two decades later, that global goodwill is long gone. Many of the legacies of Sept. 11, 2001, have come undone, partly because of the way the U.S. conducted 9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Calvin Woodward, Ellen Knickmeyer and David Rising. SENT: 1,960 words, photos. An abridged version of 1,000 words is also available. For more 9/11 anniversary coverage, click here.

ISRAEL-SETTLER VIOLENCE — Tareq Zubeidi says he was abducted and beaten by a group of Israeli settlers after they found him and his friends eating snacks near an evacuated hilltop settlement in the occupied West Bank. More than three weeks after the Aug. 17 incident, he says he can barely walk and is afraid to leave his home. By Jack Jeffery and Imad Isseid. SENT: 890 words, photos.

BURYING BLACK MORTICIANS — Since the start of the pandemic, about 130 Black morticians have died from COVID-19. The deaths have left some of their successors struggling to fill a role of prominence that in many African American communities extends far beyond laying bodies to rest. By National Writer Adam Geller. SENT: 2,000 words, photos, video. An abridged version of 990 words is also available.

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