8/3: Simone Biles finished with a bronze medal on the balance beam. 70 percent of American adults have now been at least partially vaccinated.

But it's not a time for celebration -- especially in areas where many people still refuse to get the shots. A federal ban on evictions during the pandemic just expired, and the impact can already be seen in courtrooms across America. Nearly seven months after the assault on the capitol, Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan police say two more officers who responded to the riot recently died by suicide. That raises the total of known police suicides to four, since the attack by supporters of former President Trump. More than 46 percent of California is now considered to be in exceptional drought, the highest level. That's up from just over five- percent three months ago.

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