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• Trailblazing Tourist Trip to Orbit Ends with Splashdown
  
  Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast.
• Gov. Justice: W.Va. 'Lining Up Body Bags' Amid Vax Lull
  
  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Friday his state "will keep lining up body bags" until more people get vaccinated against COVID-19.
• Afghan Survivors of Errant US Drone Strike Seek Probe
  
  A survivor of an errant U.S. drone strike that killed 10 members of his family demanded Saturday that those responsible be punished and said Washington's apology was not enough.The family also seeks financial compensation and relocation to the United States or another...
• Indiana U. Loses 125 Workers Due to Vaccine Mandate
  
  More than 125 Indiana University Health workers lost their jobs due to COVID-19 vaccine requirements.
• Facebook: WSJ Allegations Are 'Mischaracterizations'
  
  Facebook Inc on Saturday slammed a Wall Street Journal series of articles about the social media company's platform as containing "deliberate mischaracterizations" and said the articles "conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees."
• NY Rep, GOP Candidate for Gov, Lee Zeldin Has Cancer
  
  New York Rep. Lee Zeldin was reported as having cancer, according to The New York Times' Washington correspondent Maggie Haberman.
• Police Overestimated 'Justice for J6' Rally Security Force
  
  Police vastly outnumbered protesters around the U.S. Capitol on Saturday at a rally by supporters of the people who breached the building Jan. 6, trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.
• Instagram Blocks #naturalimmunity Hashtag
  
  Instagram has blocked the hashtag "natural immunity" over concerns of misinformation, reports the MetroUK.
• Former FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Says CDC Lacked Ability in Early Days of COVID
  
  Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lacked the ability to rise to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as it initially swept the nation.
• Fla. Democrat Abruzzo Hits Biden on Tax Plan
  
  Progressive forces are moving Democrats further away from center, particularly on taxation and spending and the tax hikes in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill, a Florida Democrat lamented Friday to Newsmax.
• US Residents in Afghanistan Hiding From Taliban
  
  Every night in yet another house in Afghanistan's capital, a U.S. green card-holding couple from California take turns sleeping, with one always awake to watch over their three young children so they can flee if they hear the footsteps of the Taliban.
• NC Judges Reject Voter ID Law, Claiming It Is Racist
  
  North Carolina judges struck down the state’s latest photo voter identification law Friday, agreeing with minority voters Republicans rammed through rules tainted by racial bias as a way to remain in power.
• Ken Paxton to Newsmax: Situation at Del Rio Bridge Shows Border Crisis Worsening
  
  The thousands of migrants that have converged under the bridge that connects Del Rio, Texas and Mexico's Ciudad Acuña, creating a makeshift camp with few basic services in intense heat is proof of a continuing problem at the border that is just getting worse under the Biden...
• Taliban Replace Ministry for Women With One Restricting
  
  Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers set up a ministry for the "propagation of virtue and the prevention of vice" in the building that once housed the Women's Affairs Ministry, escorting out World Bank staffers on Saturday as part of the forced move.
• Poll: Virginia Governor Race Neck-and-Neck
  
  The race for Virginia's next governor is neck-and-neck between Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin, according to a Washington Post/Schar School poll.
• Police: Fiancé of Missing Gabby Petito Now Also Missing
  
  The missing persons case of Gabrielle "Gabby" Petito, 22, now gripping the nation has taken yet another bizarre twist with the apparent disappearance of her fiancé Brian Laundrie, a "person of interest" to law enforcement investigating the case.
• Study Links Burnout, Insomnia to Higher Risk of COVID
  
  Lack of sleep, insomnia, and daily burnout are being linked to a higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, suffering from more severe illness, and taking longer to recover, according to an international study of healthcare workers.
• Communists, Observers Report Violations in Russian Election
  
  The head of Russia's second-largest political party is alleging widespread violations in the election for a new national parliament, in which his party is widely expected to gain seats.Communist Party head Gennady Zyuganov said on Saturday.
• Admin Works Plans to Fly Haitian Migrants Back to Haiti
  
  The Biden administration worked Saturday on plans to send many of the thousands of Haitian immigrants who have gathered in a Texas border city back to their Caribbean homeland.
• Notre Dame Cathedral Secured Enough for Rebuild
  
  France's Notre Dame Cathedral is finally stable and secure enough for artisans to start rebuilding it, more than two years after the shocking fire that tore through its roof, knocked down its spire and threatened to bring the rest of the medieval monument down, too.
• Pennsylvania Democrats Sue Over GOP's 2020 Election Audit
  
  Democrats in Pennsylvania's state Senate sued Friday evening in a state court to block a Republican-approved subpoena seeking voter information and to put a stop to what Republicans call a "forensic investigation" of last year's presidential election.Democrats had said they...
• Washington Nationals Fire Two Staffers for Refusing COVID Vaccine
  
  Two former Washington Nationals staff members were fired by the professional baseball team Wednesday for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, according to Breitbart.com.
• McCarthy Urges Biden WH to Deploy National Guard Amid Haitian Migrant Surge
  
  The Biden administration ''must recognize'' the Haitian migrant surge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas, as a national security crisis and deploy the National Guard to help Border Patrol agents with ''more resources to control the situation,'' House Minority ...
• NY Millionaire Robert Durst Guilty of Best Friend’s Murder
  
  A Los Angeles jury convicted Robert Durst on Friday of murdering his best friend 20 years ago, a case that took on new life after the New York real estate heir participated in a documentary that connected him to the slaying that was linked to his wife's 1982...
• Capitol Police Chief Defends Rights of J6 Rally Attendees
  
  U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger said Friday that he supported the rights of people who may attend the Justice for J6 protest rally scheduled for Saturday in Washington.

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