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Let's get to this morning's need to know headlines. So let's talk about burning man and what a mess that was. Thousands of people are finally on their way home from burning man after nearly an inch of rain on Friday cause dangerously muddy conditions over the weekend. That's according to event organizers, 72,000 people were at the festival on Sunday. Officials recommended conserving food and water as attendees waited for the road to dry out the festival's signature burning of the man. That's a giant sculpture was postponed twice but finally happened just a few hours ago. At midnight, the ban on driving out of the festival was lifted yesterday afternoon. As of this morning, the wait time to exit is five hours. Look at that traffic. All right, one death at the festival is being investigated by local authorities but burning man. Organizers say it was not related to the weather. And our first lady, Jill Biden did test positive for COVID-19. Yesterday. The White House confirmed in a statement, Joe Biden's office said, quote, she's currently experiencing only mild symptoms but she'll remain at their home in Rao, Beth Beach, Delaware. So it comes after The Bidens traveled to Florida on Saturday to aid in the recovery from hurricane Adalia. The White House said President Biden tested negative and will continue to be tested throughout the week. The president is scheduled to travel to India this week for the G 20 summit and scientists have spotted a concerning new COVID-19 variant. The B A 286 variant has been linked to 29 cases worldwide. Preliminary studies show it is significantly different than the current dominant strains allowing it to easily evade antibodies from vaccinations or previous infections. However, studies from two US, labs suggest B A 286 could be less transmissible. So that's some good news right now. The dominant strain in the US at least is eg five because of its similarity to previous versions of the virus. The World Health Organization says its public health risk is low. The White House announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to meet with Russia's President Vladimir Putin to talk about an arms deal. A Russian defense minister traveled to Pyongyang in July where the possibility of North Korea providing weapons for Russia's war in Ukraine was discussed. A US National Security Council spokesperson said last week that the two leaders have since communicated by letter, actively advancing negotiations and it would be Kim's first trip outside of North Korea since the pandemic while the Kremlin hasn't confirmed or denied this potential meeting to a shocking new statistic. There have been more, there have been 485 mass shootings in the US. That's just this year alone, five of which happened within the first four days of this month. That's according to data from the gun violence archive. Just a reminder, it is September 5th which this defines a mass shooting as an incident where at least four victims are shot or killed. This number averages out to about two mass shootings per day in 2023. So far, the archive reported 645 mass shootings in 2022 689 mass shootings in 2021 elsewhere, a surgical tool, the size of a dinner plate was found found inside a woman's abdomen a year and a half after her baby was delivered by Cesarean section. The unnamed woman from New Zealand gave birth in 2020 at Auckland City Hospital and after the birth, she suffered months of chronic pain with doctors unable to detect what was wrong during several check ups. Well, finally, in 2021 doctors found an a wr or retractable cylindrical device inside her abdomen after doing a CT scan device is used to draw back the edges of a wound during surgery. And the group director of operations at the wa health, New Zealand have apologized for the error. Adding that incidents like these are extremely rare and five people were killed three others were injured during a labor day crash on interstate 85 in Duluth, Georgia, that's just outside of Atlanta. The three vehicle crashed happened just around 4 a.m. yesterday on the southbound lanes of the major interstate in Gyne County. Police said one of the vehicles went over a wall and fell onto traffic. Five people died at the scene. Three others were taken to the hospital. Three of the victims who died went to the same high school in Dekalb County. Those who were injured are said to be in stable condition. That's according to police, Steve Harwell, the lead singer of the Grammy nominated band smash mouth has died at 56 years old. The manager Robert Hayes said in a statement that the singer passed peacefully and comfortably. And yesterday at his home in Boise, Idaho surrounded by his friends and family. Hayes also confirmed that Harwell died from acute liver failure. His band achieved global fame with their hit All Star which featured was featured in the film Shrek, also known for songs like walking on the Sun and then in the morning.