President Biden, on his first trip to the West Coast as president, surveyed damage from wildfires in California, saying the U.S. could not 'ignore the reality that these wildfires are being supercharged by climate change.'

John Kerry, the U.S. envoy for climate change, warned of the dangerous consequences of a warming planet and announced the start of a partnership with the Indian government to speed up its transition to clean energy.

President Biden will deliver remarks on his administration's response to recent wildfires and how his proposed investments will combat climate change and future extreme weather events.

Gov. John Bel Edwards of Louisiana holds a briefing on Tropical Storm Nicholas, which is expected to make landfall shortly, as well as the cleanup effort from Hurricane Ida.

New York City schools started the 2021 academic calendar fully in-person for the first time since March 2020, when coronavirus restrictions were put in place.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to testify about the government's involvement in Afghanistan and the Taliban's takeover.

New rules introduced in South Africa further eased coronavirus restrictions, with new infections dropping across all provinces. South Africa will, however, keep its evening curfew.

The demonstration, on Sept. 11, followed the violent suppression of protests by some Afghan women demanding equal rights. The timing and the presence of Taliban fighters suggest the march was not just approved by the Taliban but potentially orchestrated by the group.

The Board of Education voted 6-0 to pass the measure, making Los Angeles the first major school district in the United States to mandate coronavirus vaccines for students 12 and older who are attending class in person.

President Biden announced sweeping actions to vaccinate tens of millions of American workers against the coronavirus, including private-sector employees, health care workers and federal contractors.