Two gunmen opened fire at police officers manning a roadside checkpoint in the capital, Islamabad, on Monday night, triggering a shootout that killed an officer and both assailants, police said.

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Pakistani policeman, 2 gunmen killed in shootout in capital

The coronavirus hit at a time when already fewer Americans were going to worship services and exacerbated the problems at smaller churches where increasingly lean budgets often hindered them from things like hiring full-time clergy.

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At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets

Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, died Sunday morning in his sleep, according to a family spokesman. He was 102.

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Tuskegee Airman Brig. Gen. Charles McGee dies at 102

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it added the options of transgender male, transgender female, nonbinary and other, when veterans select their gender.

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Veterans can now identify as transgender, nonbinary on their VA medical records

The Department of Veterans Affairs failed to thoroughly vet medical providers for its community care program, resulting in doctors with revoked or suspended medical licenses being approved to treat veterans, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

VA mistakenly approved doctors with revoked or suspended medical licenses to treat veterans

North Korea on Friday fired at least one possible ballistic missile in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea and Japan said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh sanctions imposed by the Biden administration for its continuing test launches.

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N. Korea fires likely missile in 3rd launch this month

Sen. Lindsey Graham told Fox News that he wouldn’t back Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) return as Republican leader in the Senate if McConnell didn’t make nice with Trump.Said Graham: “If you want to be a Republican leader in the House or the Senate, you have to have a working relationship with President Donald Trump.”He added: “He’s the most consequential Republican since Ronald Reagan.

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Lindsey Graham Issues Warning to McConnell

The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job.

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SCOTUS blocks COVID-19 mandate for businesses, allows rule for healthcare workers

The Navy removed the first group of sailors from the service for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine, the Navy said.



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