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Tokens singer Phil Margo dies

NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Phil Margo of The Tokens has died at the age of 79. His family tells The New York Times Margo died Saturday in Los Angeles after suffering a stroke. Margo and his younger brother Mitch…

Accidental gun discharge creates chaos at Atlanta airport

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say they've given the all-clear at Atlanta’s airport after a gun accidentally went off in the facility’s security screening area, causing chaos. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport officials said on Twitter that there was no active shooter at…

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to all adults, and urging them for anyone 50 and older. The decision Friday seeks to simplify what has been a confusing list of who's eligible. Now for anyone 18…

Maryland health officials confirm Monkeypox case

BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland health officials say they’ve confirmed a case of monkeypox in a resident who recently returned from Nigeria. The Department of Health says the person had mild symptoms and is recovering in isolation, but isn’t hospitalized. Officials…

Checkup finds Biden 'vigorous'; Harris briefly in power

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden remains “healthy” and “vigorous” and fit for duty, but is showing some signs of aging. That's according to his doctor, who delivered the report Friday after the oldest president in American history underwent…

Drivers scramble as cash falls from armored truck on freeway

CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say drivers scrambled to grab cash Friday morning after bags of money fell out of an armored truck on a Southern California freeway. The California Highway Patrol says the truck was on Interstate 5 in…

Rittenhouse cleared of all charges in Kenosha shootings

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial…