1. ‘This Was Nuts’: Taliban Threatens to Pistol-Whip CNN Team

  LINE OF FIRE 

Clarissa Ward’s team was confronted by two aggressive Taliban fighters on Wednesday.

2. Private Eye Serves GOP Candidate With $100K Order at Debate

 NOWHERE TO HIDE 

Cox, who was criticized early this year for campaigning with a 1,000-pound bear, has disputed the bill.

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4. Taliban Opens Fire on First Street Protests Against Takeover

 ‘GUNFIRE, WHIPS, STICKS’ 

Shocking photos also showed women and children covered in blood at one Kabul checkpoint.

5. Schools Skirt Abbott’s Ban by Adding Masks to Dress Code

 YOUR MOVE, GREG 

The Texas governor tested positive for COVID Tuesday after attending a maskless GOP event.

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7. Family of 3 Found Dead With Dog on California Hiking Trail

 NO EXPLANATION 

Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office said there was no obvious cause for their deaths.

8. Wildfire Razes Yet Another Northern California Town

 NOTHING SPARED 

Fifty homes have been left in ashes in Grizzly Flats, as well as the town’s elementary school, church, and post office.

9. Announcer Apologizes for Racist Joke About Shohei Ohtani

 ‘utmost respect’ 

“I did not intend for any offensive thing and I apologize if I did,” Hall of Famer Jack Morris said after his offensive comment about the Japanese superstar.

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10. Anti-Vaxxers Go Off the Rails at CA Meeting: ‘Heil Fauci’

 ‘PIT OF HELL’ 

One man invoked both “the wind of time” and the Nuremberg Codes in his arguments against vaccine mandates.

11. Purdue Pharma Heir Threatens to Tank $4.5B Settlement

 MY WAY OR NO WAY 

David Sackler said any settlement agreement would need to give his family legal immunity or they would leave negotiations.

12. Power Cut to 51,000 in California to Prevent More Wildfires

 ROLLING BLACKOUTS 

Earlier this month, PG&E said its equipment may have started a wildfire that eventually became part of the Dixie Fire.

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13. TSA to Extend Public Transit Mask Mandate Through January

 MASK UP 

The agency confirmed the news to The Daily Beast.

14. Calif. VTA Worker Dies by Suicide Months After Mass Shooting

 TRAGIC 

The worker was found dead on Monday morning at the site of the May mass shooting, police said.

15. Sheriff: Inmate Escaped Because Jail Staff Ravaged by COVID

 OUT SICK 

“When 30% of your staff is out with COVID you operate with less staff and less security for escorts,” the Maries County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement.

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