Ida arrives on Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary

At least one person has died from the weather disaster in Louisiana, friends and family members honor those who were killed in Kabul, and actor Ed Asner has died at age 91.

THE BIG STORY   At least one person is dead as Ida leaves a million people without power in Louisiana. A man takes pictures of high waves along the shore of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans as Hurricane Ida nears on Aug. 29. (Gerald Herbert / AP) Hurricane Ida slammed Louisiana on Sunday with 150 mph winds, damaging buildings, causing 911 outages, and becoming the fifth-most-powerful hurricane ever to hit the mainland US.   Ida weakened to a tropical storm early Monday, and is moving to Mississippi as officials warned of life-threatening flash flooding and dangerous storm surges over parts of southeastern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and southern Alabama.   Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has urged residents who haven't evacuated from the storm's path to stay inside. While videos and photos show roofs being ripped off buildings and water flooding into homes, the severity of the storm's destruction remains unknown. (Updating maps monitoring the forecast track and winds from Ida can be found here.)   "There is no doubt that the coming days and weeks are going to be extremely difficult for our state," Edwards said. "Many, many people are going to be tested in ways that we can only imagine today." Weather disasters are inextricably linked to climate change. NASA reports that the planet has already warmed 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, and that's making storms and flooding more extreme and frequent. Ida arrived in Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. STAYING ON TOP OF THIS   Friends and family remember the US service members killed in Kabul.  "My brother was my hero, and I know he is watching over my family in our time of grief."   "His life meant so much more. I'm so incredibly devastated that I won't be able to see the man that he was very quickly growing into becoming."   "There are simply no words to express how deeply he will be missed."   This past Saturday, the Department of Defense released the names of the 13 US service members killed in an explosion outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.   Dozens of Afghan civilians were also killed in the suicide bombing that was believed to have been carried out by ISIS, US officials said. It was the most US service members killed by hostile forces in Afghanistan on a single day since 2011. Grieving family members are sharing the stories of the service members who were killed in the attack. This is what we know about those who died. SNAPSHOTS   Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes might accuse her ex-boyfriend of clouding her judgment from mental and sexual abuse. Recent court documents reveal she may allege that her codefendant and ex "[erased] her capacity to make decisions."   Legendary actor Ed Asner has died at age 91. Asner became a household name as the curmudgeonly boss on The Mary Tyler Moore Show before memorable roles in Elf and Up. A tweet from his account on Sunday confirmed he died "peacefully." Lawyers in the Michigan kidnapping case are seeking information about an FBI agent's cybersecurity company. Citing a BuzzFeed News article, attorneys are looking at the agent's previously undisclosed relationship to the company, which raises new questions about his investigation into the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.   A SISTERHOOD DIVIDED BY RACE   Black sorority members are speaking out against the racism they faced in their chapters. Over the years, sororities and fraternities have made headlines for their apparent racist antics, parties, and membership selection, with members coming under fire for wearing blackface, dressing in racially inappropriate costumes, and allegations of not giving bids to women of color. More broadly, women of color have come forward to share their experiences of thinly veiled microaggressions or even outright racism from within the sorority community.   Now, emboldened by the racial justice movement of 2020, Black sorority members are speaking out. They believe that sororities have a choice: They can either completely reimagine the way they operate or continue to fail their Black members, and they're fighting to make sure their voices are heard.   "There should be more people speaking to the perspective of minorities because that's the only way to make change," said Bria Jones, a former sorority member at the University of Arkansas, told BuzzFeed News. "They don't know what we feel like and they don't care to know what we feel like, they're not asking and nobody's telling." AND WE'LL NEVER BE ROYALS   Lorde, Billie Eilish, and the reluctant pop star. (BuzzFeed News/Getty Images) The old Lorde can't come to the phone right now, writes culture critic Elamin Abdelmahmoud.    Solar Power, the 24-year-old's new release, is the rare type of pop album that's pointedly uninterested in chasing chart records or blaring from stadium speakers. There's a noticeable absence of bangers on it, and that's the point, argues Abdelmahmoud. The scaled-back sounds of Lorde's latest make for an album that's only interested in its own rubric for success, one that exists outside the pop music industrial complex. It's also not on its own: Solar Power fits in with a pop moment where other stars like Billie Eilish are pulling back, no longer expanding their audience at all costs and no longer striving for ubiquity. Welcome to the age of the reluctant pop star. 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