The death of al-Baghdadi was a milestone in the fight against ISIS, which brutalized swaths of Syria and Iraq and sought to direct a global campaign from a self-declared “caliphate.” A yearslong campaign by American and allied forces led to the recapture of the group’s territorial holding, but its violent ideology has continued to inspire attacks.

As U.S. troops bore down on al-Baghdadi, he fled into a “dead-end” tunnel with three of his children, Trump said, and detonated a suicide vest, killing himself and the children. “He was a sick and depraved man, and now he’s gone,” Trump said. “He died like a dog, he died like a coward.”

In the U.S. firefighters battled destructive wildfires in Northern California wine country and on the west-side of Los Angeles on Monday, trying to beat back flames that forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

The fire that broke out last week amid Sonoma County’s vineyards and wineries north of San Francisco grew to at least 103 square miles (267 square kilometers), destroying 94 buildings, including 40 homes, and threatening 80,000 more structures, authorities said. Nearly 200,000 people were under evacuation orders, mostly from the city of Santa Rosa.

In local news, Ayd Mill Road will undergo an estimated $5.2 million dollar mill and overlay project beginning fall 2019, including the addition of bike and pedestrian infrastructure.

Rae Beaner can be reached at rae.beaner@stthomas.edu