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In our news wrap Friday, an attack at the U.S. Capitol left one police officer dead and another wounded. Authorities said a man drove into the officers at a barricade, then stabbed one with a knife before police killed him.

Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Travel With Low Risk, C.D.C. Says  The New York Times COVID Rates in NYC Are At a ‘Worryingly High Level’ | NBC New York Coronavirus Update  NBC New York Fully vaccinated people can travel at low risk to

Noah Green, the man who killed a Capitol Police officer Friday, played football at Alleghany High School  WSLS 10

President Biden is barreling ahead with bold, expensive measures, betting that he can build bipartisanship from voters. Here’s the latest from Washington.

The United States announced Friday that it will join indirect talks with Iran beginning next week in Vienna, Austria. The ultimate goal is to have nations return to a 2015 deal in which Iran curbed nuclear activities in exchange for

The move served as a warning to Republicans in other states who are trying to restrict voting, and is likely to put new pressure on other organizations and corporations to consider pulling business out of Georgia.

US secretary of state to Foreign Minister Ashkenazi: ‘Israelis and Palestinians should enjoy equal measures of freedom, security, prosperity and democracy’

Retired Philly police officers apologize for fund-raising effort blaming George Floyd for his own death  The Philadelphia Inquirer

Florida elementary school teacher accused of online sex solicitation, traveling to meet 2-year-old  KTLA

There is a lot of information packed into the 300-page report on the origins of the pandemic released this week. Here are three key points that haven’t received a great deal of media attention. (Image credit: Noel Celis/AFP via Getty