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US ends COVID-19 testing requirement for international travel

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights, easing one of the last remaining government mandates meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Inflation in US reaches new 40-year high

WASHINGTON — The cost of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, pushing inflation to a four-decade high and offering Americans no respite.

3 killed, 1 wounded in shooting at Maryland business

The Washington County sheriff’s office said in a news release that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg.

5 Marines killed in aircraft crash in desert, Corps says

The aircraft was based at Camp Pendleton and was part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego.

 
Jan. 6 hearing: Trump behind ‘attempted coup’

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump, saying the assault was not spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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British prime minister survives no-confidence vote

Boris Johnson secured enough support in his party to remain in office despite a rebellion that will likely weaken him as a leader and casts a shadow over his future.

Mix of joy, sadness for WWII veterans at D-Day celebrations

Crowds are back in Normandy to pay tribute to the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and elsewhere who landed there to bring freedom.

Suspect in fatal shooting of retired Wisconsin judge had a hit list

Douglas K. Uhde, 56, who has not been charged, is suspected of killing retired Juneau County Judge John Roemer at Roemer’s house in New Lisbon on Friday, the Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a news release Saturday.

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