August 2021

Calendar, August 26

Published on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:30pm

    EDITOR’S NOTE: The Enterprise has not confirmed if these groups are still meeting, in light of coronavirus concerns. Contact your local group to confirm events.

 

Thursday, August 26

• Emotions Anonymous Group, Peer Solutions Drop-In Center, 104 W. Clark St., 4-5 p.m. Call 222-3332.

• Bars and Brothels: Livingston’s Lively Legacy tour, begins at the corner of Park and Main Streets, in front of the Livingston Bar and Grille, 5:30 p.m. Tickets available eventbrite.com or pay cash prior to departure.

Briefs, August 26

Published on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:29pm

• There will be a block party from 6 to 10 p.m. at Neptune’s Brewery, 119 N. L St., Friday, Aug. 27. Music will be by The Fossils, with food from Follow Yer’ Nose BBQ.

 

Kabul attack kills 60 Afghans, 12 US troops

Published on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:28pm
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover. At least 60 Afghans and 12 U.S. troops were killed, Afghan and U.S. officials said.

U.S. officials said 11 Marines and one Navy medic were among those who died. They said another 12 service members were wounded and warned the toll could grow. More than 140 Afghans were wounded, an Afghan official said.

Virus surge breaks hospital records amid toll on children

Published on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:27pm

Kentucky and Texas joined a growing list of states that are seeing record numbers of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in a surge that is overwhelming doctors and nurses and afflicting more children.

Intensive care units around the nation are packed with patients extremely ill with the coronavirus — even in places where hospitalizations have not yet reached earlier peaks.

Daisy Donuts

Published on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 3:26pm
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Story and photos by Lydia Ely
Enterprise Staff Writer

 

Everything’s coming up daises — rather, Daisy Donuts — for Pamela van Giessen. 

Gaza Palestinians are resuming demonstrations on Israeli border

Published on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 4:24pm
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hundreds of Palestinians on Wednesday demonstrated near the Israeli border in the southern Gaza Strip, calling on Israel to ease a crippling blockade days after a similar gathering ended in deadly clashes with the Israeli army.

The Israeli military, which had beefed up its forces ahead of the demonstration, said it was using tear gas and live fire to disperse the crowd. Palestinian medics reported at least nine wounded, though details of their injuries weren’t immediately known.

German show traces Nazi-era artists’ success after the war

Published on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 4:23pm
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BERLIN (AP) — A new show examining how some of the Nazis’ favorite visual artists were able to successfully continue their work in postwar Germany is set to open in Berlin this week.

“Divinely Gifted. National Socialism’s favored artists in the Federal Republic” opens Friday at the German Historical Museum. It traces the careers and works of many who figured on a list of “Divinely Gifted” artists, compiled in 1944 on behalf of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels.

Serena Williams pulls out of US Open, citing torn hamstring

Published on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 4:22pm
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(AP) — Serena Williams added herself to the list of big-name withdrawals from the U.S. Open on Wednesday, pulling out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament because of a torn hamstring.

Williams hasn’t competed since injuring her right leg in the first set of her first-round match at Wimbledon in late June.

Broncos name Teddy Bridgewater their starting quarterback

Published on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 4:18pm
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos are going with the steady over the spectacular. 

Coach Vic Fangio informed the team Wednesday morning that Teddy Bridgewater has edged incumbent Drew Lock to win the starting quarterback job.

For much of training camp, the QB clash was a drudging one in which neither passer strung together stellar performances from one day to the next, and sometimes not even from one drill to another. But they elevated their play in the exhibition blowouts at Minnesota and Seattle.

House passes $3.5T Biden blueprint after deal with moderates

Published on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 4:17pm
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Striking a deal with moderates, House Democratic leaders have muscled President Joe Biden’s multitrillion-dollar budget blueprint over a key hurdle, ending a risky standoff and putting the party’s domestic infrastructure agenda back on track.

The 220-212 vote Tuesday was a first move toward drafting Biden’s $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan this fall, and the narrow outcome, in the face of unanimous Republican opposition, signaled the power a few voices have to alter the debate and the challenges ahead still threatening to upend the president’s agenda.