RFK Jr. on Friday knocked former President Trump on his response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Trump presided over the greatest restriction of individual liberties this country has ever known. He did not stand up for the Constitution when it really mattered.”
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What are the FLiRT COVID variants and are they more contagious?

The so-called FLiRT variants of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cause COVID19 have been the dominant forms of the virus circulating this year globally, according to WHO. Learn more:
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South Africa’s international relations department on Friday hailed as ground-breaking a ruling by the International Court of Justice that ordered Israel to halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
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President Joe Biden delivered the commencement speech on Saturday at the US Military Academy at West Point, New York, amid conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
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Some 48% of swing-state voters say they trust VP Kamala Harris to fulfill the duties of the presidency if Joe Biden were no longer able to serve, a development that stands to neutralize GOP attacks on Joe Biden’s age.
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DISCOVERY: Searchers have discovered what they believe is the wreckage of WWII ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific.
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US President Biden delivered the commencement speech on Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, amid conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza.
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NASA has carved out more time to talk through problems with its attempt to send up astronauts on Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, which is now targeting June 1 if mission managers give the go for launch.
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Tyler Thompson went to Africa on vacation with family friends. He ended up in a failed coup attempt in Congo:
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Naval Academy graduates that they'll be leading future sailors and Marines “through tension and uncertainty,” noting how two graduates from last year were just aboard the USS Carney in the Red Sea.
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School parents and colleagues of Eric Chipps gathered at Camp Humphreys to remember the elementary school teacher.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Lloyd Austin is scheduled to make an official visit to Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies in Southeast Asia, after holding talks with his Chinese counterpart at an annual security conference in Singapore.

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D-DAY TRAVEL | With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, regional authorities in Normandy, France, are pulling out all the stops to make this year’s program a memorable one.
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.DoDEA Europe D-II/D-III BASEBALL FINAL | It’s all Wildcats for third season in a row

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.DoDEA Europe D-II/III SOFTBALL FINALS | Naples wins third straight small-schools title

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.DoDEA Europe D-II/III SOFTBALL FINALS | Naples wins third straight small-schools title
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D-I BASEBALL FINAL | Ramstein wins annual battle with Stuttgart for bragging rights on who’s the top baseball team in DoDEA Europe.

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EUROPE TRAVEL | Old Wild West is a chain with locations throughout Italy and France. With its abundance of wooden trappings and cowboy-and-Indian decor, it really did give off an Old West vibe. And the food is pretty tasty, too.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv on Friday as it faces intensified Russian air attacks amid an offensive push by Moscow’s forces into the north of the surrounding region.
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A British woman and three children linked to the militant Islamic State group in Syria were handed over to a U.K. delegation that visited the region this week:
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