EVACUATION

An evacuation order will be in effect for some Flagler County residents starting Wednesday at 1 p.m., according to county officials.

As of 8 p.m. Tuesday night the bridges leading to the barrier islands in Manatee County were closed.

Mariupol authorities postpone a planned mass evacuation because of continued bombardment.

Tensions are escalating over a breakaway region, as rebels say they have ordered people to evacuate.

Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

The president said the situation for those seeking to leave Afghanistan was always going to be painful, and he emphasized that refugees will face careful screening before coming to the U.S.

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, stopped in Chicago on June 23, 2021, as part of the White House’s “We Can Do This” vaccination bus tour aimed at jump-starting falling vaccine rates.

Three men were shot, at least one fatally, in the Wentworth Gardens housing complex on June 23, 2021.

An evacuation was ordered for northern Illinois near Rockford as a chemical fire at Chemtool Inc., in Rockton, grew to an extra-alarm fire.

Whitney Young High School holds its graduation ceremony at Soldier Field.

Leak forces partial evacuation of International Space Station An ammonia leak forced the evacuation of the American section of the International Space Station. Astronauts are taking shelter in the Russian section. Charlie Rose reports.