- System failure in Afghanistan
- Biden to address the nation at 3:45 p.m.
- Taliban declare victory in Afghanistan
- U.S. temporarily suspends evacuations at Kabul airport to clear runway
- Scoop: Joint Chiefs chairman moves up terrorist threat in Afghanistan
- Thousands of prisoners freed by Taliban could pose threat to U.S.
- Reports of several dead amid chaos at Kabul airport
- Jake Sullivan: Biden didn't think it was "inevitable" Taliban would take control
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How sports retailer Fanatics achieved "decacorn" status
Data: CrunchBase; Chart: Connor Rothschild/Axios
Fanatics has nearly tripled in value over the last year. Now, the e-commerce giant wants to expand into new businesses like sports betting, ticketing and media.
Driving the news: Fanatics closed a $325 million funding round last week that values the company at $18 billion, making it the world's 12th-most valuable private company, per CB Insights.
Czech cyclist Michal Schlegel tests positive for COVID-19 one day ahead of Olympic opening ceremony
Czech road cyclist Michal Schlegel has tested positive for COVID-19 and will no longer be able to participate in Saturday's road race, the Czech Olympic Committee announced in a statement Thursday.
What they're saying: Schlegel is "[t]he fourth athlete and the sixth Czech member of the team, who did not avoid a positive test for COVID-19 at the Tokyo Olympics..."
The Southwest's climate warning: Drought, wildfire risk and rising temperatures
One of the fastest-warming regions of the U.S. is the Southwest — and that region, plus the broader West, is stuck in its most expansive and intense drought of the 21st century.
Why it matters: Studies show that a warming climate is exacerbating the drought, and in some ways may be triggering it in the first place. That means the Southwest is drying out — and California's large wildfires could start as soon as next month.
Building the AI-enabled factory to perfect manufacturing
A startup is employing AI to streamline and perfect manufacturing.
Why it matters: As valuable as machine learning has been in software, the next phase could be even more disruptive: bringing AI to the often messy process of making things.