August 10, 2021: $1 trillion infrastructure bill, Dixie Fire, Prince Andrew, Cuomo accuser, Taliban

1. The U.S. Senate is set to hand President Joe Biden a $1 trillion victory when it votes to pass one of the largest infrastructure investment bills in decades and then launches debate on a budget framework aimed at setting the stage for $3.5 trillion in additional investments.

2. A raging wildfire in northern California, now the second-largest recorded in state history, expanded to nearly 500,000 acres and has left three firefighters injured.

3. Britain's Prince Andrew was sued in a New York court by Virginia Giuffre, previously known as Virginia Roberts, who alleged that he sexually assaulted her two decades ago when she was 17 years old.

4. Brittany Commisso, a former aide who filed a criminal complaint against New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo last week, alleging that he had groped her, appeared in a television interview, speaking out publicly for the first time.

5. Taliban fighters tightened their grip on captured territory in Afghanistan as civilians hid in their homes and a pro-government commander vowed to fight to the death to defend Mazar-i-Sharif, the biggest city in the north.


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