Yahoo News, by Jeremy Beaman: A Chicago mother is appealing a court order that revoked her parental visiting rights because she declined to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. When Rebecca Firlit and her ex-husband of seven years participated in a…

CNN, by Jason Hanna and Madeline Holcombe: Hurricane Ida has left catastrophic damage across southeastern Louisiana, killing at least one person, leaving much of the New Orleans area without power, interrupting phone service and sending rescuers scrambling Monday to flooded…

Zero Hedge, by Tyler Durden: One of the defining features of the early phases of the covid pandemic, when public fear was rampant and when few wanted to take chances that supply chains would remain viable, is that for a…

The Christian Post, by Anugrah Kumar: China’s communist regime has ordered citizens in the country’s northeastern region to spy on Christians and report any “illegal religious activities,” including preaching and religious house gatherings. Informants will be rewarded with $150 for…

The Greek Herald, by John Voutos: Greece has enforced mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for hesitant healthcare workers. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordered aged care workers to book in their COVID-19 jab immediately but gave healthcare workers more leeway in his announcement…

USA Today, by John Bacon and Jorge L. Ortiz: At least 22 people were dead and about 20 remained missing Sunday afternoon after record-shattering downpours triggered flooding across parts of the state. Among those killed were twin babies who were…

The Daily Wire, by Jon Brown: Afghan Christians are reportedly fleeing to the mountains in a desperate attempt to escape the Taliban who is going door to door trying to kill them. An underground church that partners with Frontier Alliance…

BBC News: Nearly two million people have been urged to evacuate their homes amid heavy rainfall in parts of Japan. Highest-level rain warnings have been issued in a number of prefectures, including Fukuoka and Hiroshima. One woman has died and…

CNBC, by Natasha Turak: Evacuations from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport picked up pace Wednesday after a frenzied and deadly start to the week as foreigners and Afghans scramble to get out of the country now under control of the…

CNN, by Rachel Ramirez, Pedram Javaheri and Drew Kann: The United States’ largest reservoir is draining rapidly. Plagued by extreme, climate change-fueled drought and increasing demand for water, Lake Mead on Wednesday registered its lowest level on record since the…

AP News, by Evens Sanon and Mark Stevenson: The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti climbed to 1,297 on Sunday, a day after the powerful temblor turned thousands of structures into rubble and set off frantic rescue efforts…

Reuters, by Mert Ozkan and Umit Bektas: A forest fire was coming closer to a power station in southwest Turkey on Friday, local officials said, a day after firefighters brought a blaze under control around another nearby plant, as an…