Today's Headlines: Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Capture 3 Vital Cities

U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations
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Afghanistan Collapse Accelerates as the Taliban Capture 3 Vital Cities

By Christina Goldbaum, Sharif Hassan and Fahim Abed

Kandahar, Lashkar Gah and Herat have now fallen to the insurgents, who are racing to seize control of the entire country.

U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations

U.S. Is Sending 3,000 Troops Back to Afghanistan to Begin Evacuations

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Helene Cooper, Lara Jakes and Eric Schmitt

With the Taliban sweeping across the country, U.S. officials say Kabul could fall in 30 days.

Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans

Census Shows Sharply Growing Numbers of Hispanic, Asian and Multiracial Americans

By Sabrina Tavernise and Robert Gebeloff

Overall population growth slowed substantially over the past decade, but the number of multiracial Americans more than doubled.

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Taliban Forces Sweep Across Afghanistan

Video Video: Taliban Forces Sweep Across Afghanistan

By McKenzie Marshall, Haley Willis, Lucas Lilieholm and Christiaan Triebert

Over the past week the Taliban have captured more than a dozen of Afghanistan's provincial capitals, positioning them well to attack the capital, Kabul, just weeks before U.S. troops are expected to end their military mission there.

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Video Video: Extreme Weather in the Midwest Leads to Power Outages

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F.D.A. to Authorize Third Booster Shot for the Vulnerable

Video Video: F.D.A. to Authorize Third Booster Shot for the Vulnerable

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The Food and Drug Administration is working with Pfizer and Moderna to authorize a third shot of the companies' coronavirus vaccines for certain vulnerable populations with weakened immune systems.

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