Official: Biden to require vaccines for federal employees, ask many private businesses to mandate shots or testing; First flight leaves Kabul airport after Taliban cleared Americans & others to leave the country; CNN finds new campaign of torture, detention & execution in Tigray; Justice dept sues Texas over restrictive abortion law

Fauci: Case rate needs to be 15 times lower than current rate to suppress virus; L.A. County to vote on vaccine requirement for eligible students; WH to require all federal workers be vaccinated, no testing option; Microsoft & AMEX postpone U.S. return to work plans; Army vet helps evacuate Americans out of Kabul; Source: More flights expected once Kabul airport is operational; Forensic examiner: Some victims’ corpses piled up for months; United Kingdom lawmaker: CNN findings bear “All the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and genocide; Campaign by Ethiopia and allied forces bears hallmarks of genocide as defined by the U.N.; TX Gov responds to DOJ lawsuit: “Confident that the courts will uphold and protect that right to life”; Whistleblower: Migrant children at HHS facility burned with scalding water and lacked clean underwear; Third whistleblower alleges migrant children mistreated at Fort Bliss facility, HHS watchdog launches review

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