Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images Entire Country Goes Into Strict Lockdown Over a Single COVID Case New Zealand Prime Minister Jacina Ardern locked down her entire country after a single case of COVID was reported. By Johnathan Jones August 17, 2021
Naomi Baker / Getty Images Megan Rapinoe Says She's 'Been Thinking About' Retirement 'A Lot' After Olympic Disappointment The 36-year-old women's soccer star and national anthem protester is coming off a disappointing Olympics performance. By Johnathan Jones August 17, 2021
Anna Moneymaker / Getty ImagesCommentary Former CIA Director: Afghanistan Biden's 'Bay of Pigs' Moment, 'Our Credibility Right Now Is in Question' 'It unfolded quickly and the president thought that everything would be fine - and that was not the case.' By Johnathan Jones August 17, 2021
Behrouz Mehri - AFP / Getty ImagesCommentary Veterans Sickened as Biden Allows Taliban to Undo 20 Years of Bloody Sacrifice: 'So This Is How It Ends, Huh?' Veterans of the 20-year war in Afghanistan are struggling to make sense of their sacrifices now that the Taliban is back in control. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
Patrick Semansky / AP Bidens Taking a Long Weekend Getaway at Camp David as World Watches Fall of Afghanistan in Horror Biden took a five-day vacation amid a border crisis, an inflation crisis, a rise in COVID cases and the impending fall of Afghanistan. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
Yuri Cortez - AFP / Getty Images With Border Crisis Still Raging, DEA Reportedly Given Media Blackout Orders on Certain Terms The report comes as the Department of Homeland Security continues to oversee a crisis at the US border with Mexico. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
Drew Angerer / Getty Images Martha's Vineyard Suffers COVID Outbreak Right After Obama's Massive Birthday Party Some are calling Obama's 60th birthday party a 'super spreader' event after an uptick in COVID-19 cases in Martha's Vineyard. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
Wakil Kohsar - AFP / Getty Images Battle for Kabul Imminent: Taliban Overrun Province, Appear Just 8 Miles Away from Afghan Capital As the Taliban continues its aggressive assault to take control of Afghanistan, Kabul seems likely to fall soon. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
@njdotcom / TwitterCommentary New Jersey Prisoner Released Early Due to COVID, 2 Days Later He's Charged with Murder Detectives said the teen was shot to death at an apartment. He was then discarded like trash by his killers. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021
Scott Olson / Getty Images; @Chicago_Police / TwitterCommentary Disgraceful: Lori Lightfoot Botches Name of Slain Chicago Police Officer Ella French Lightfoot, who could not remember the name of French, was one of three city officials to disprespect her in death this week. By Johnathan Jones August 14, 2021