Evening Edition: At least 6 reported dead in Ore. as fires rage across the West Coast

California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen; The advantages of incumbency are crumbling away for Trump; Bernie Sanders expresses concerns about Biden campaign; Vaccine trial resumes in U.K. after week-long pause; Robot cleaners are coming, this time to wipe up your virus germs; Alexei Navalny was once a mere annoyance to the Kremlin. His poisoning shows how much that has changed.; Emboldened on an international stage, the Taliban begins first official peace talks with the Afghan government; Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally; Protesters and police have the same message for the Rochester mayor: resign ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (Reuters) At least 6 reported dead in Ore. as fires rage across the West Coast The blazes have engulfed more than 1 million acres in Oregon, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. But officials reported some progress against the fires as the tinderbox conditions began to give way to cooler and more moist weather. U.S. WILDFIRES ●  By Derek Hawkins and Hannah Knowles ●  Read more »   California's wildfire smoke plumes are unlike anything previously seen Plumes have reached 55,000 feet in height with embedded thunderstorms, lightning and tornadoes. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   The advantages of incumbency are crumbling away for Trump The president, caught in controversies of his own making, is losing valuable time to overtake Joe Biden. The Take | Analysis ●  By Dan Balz ●  Read more »   Bernie Sanders expresses concerns about Biden campaign The senator and runner-up to Joe Biden in the Democratic primary has urged the candidate's team to intensify its focus on pocketbook issues. By Sean Sullivan ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Vaccine trial resumes in U.K. after week-long pause A committee and regulators investigated a possible adverse event and found it was safe to continue testing the vaccine candidate being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. Other trials, including one in the United States, have not yet resumed. By Carolyn Y. Johnson ●  Read more »   Robot cleaners are coming, this time to wipe up your virus germs Hospitals and airports need to keep things clean. People need to stay away from each other. Cleaning robots could be a solution, but some think they aren't ready. By Rachel Lerman ●  Read more »   Alexei Navalny was once a mere annoyance to the Kremlin. His poisoning shows how much that has changed. The authorities painted the Russian opposition leader as a marginal figure even as they worked for years to silence him. By Robyn Dixon ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Emboldened on an international stage, the Taliban begins first official peace talks with the Afghan government The negotiations are expected to fundamentally reshape Afghanistan. By Susannah George ●  Read more »   Confederate statue taken down in Charlottesville near the site of violent 2017 rally Crowds cheered at a distance behind metal barricades as the bronze figure of a Confederate soldier known as "At Ready" was taken down after 111 years outside the Albemarle County courthouse. RACE & RECKONING ●  By Gregory S. Schneider ●  Read more »   Protesters and police have the same message for the Rochester mayor: resign Mayor Lovely A. Warren is in the throes of a political crisis after police body camera footage was made public showing a hood being placed on the head of Daniel Prude, a Black man having a mental health crisis, in March. He died a week later. By Shayna Jacobs, Chris Libonati and Tim Craig ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out National News email alerts for breaking news email alerts for major national and political news whenever it breaks. Sign up »

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