South Africa ends quarantines and contact tracing, and authorizes booster shots.

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2 dead in submerged car as California storm worries spread

Upstate Man Is Fatally Shot by State Trooper

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A Miami man smacked a 3-year-old to the ground in a store. Cops are looking for him

In an Evolutionary Race to Dominate the Seas, Ichthyosaurs Were the Winners

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President Biden defends administration's response to Omicron

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