Hurricane Ida swept across more than a thousand miles of the U.S. So far, at least 58 deaths have been blamed on Ida, including 45 in the Northeast -- and 13 in the South. In Lousiana, an investigation is underway into the deaths of at least four nursing home residents who were taken to a warehouse that was turned into a shelter to ride out Ida. A stabbing spree at a supermarket in New Zealand is now being called a "terrorist attack." A former district attorney, accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation, is now charged with criminal misconduct. Last week, more than 200,000 new pediatric cases were reported across the country. That's a more than five-fold increase over the past month. The average number of COVID patients in America's hospitals is the highest it has been since last winter. The danger is complicating decisions about whether to travel this labor day weekend.
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