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News Wrap: DHS secretary tests positive for COVID-19

News Wrap: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas tests positive for COVID-19

10/19/2021

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News Wrap: DHS secretary tests positive for COVID-19

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News Wrap: DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas tests positive for COVID-19

In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive for COVID-19. He's fully vaccinated and is isolating at home with mild congestion. Kidnappers in Haiti who abducted 17 members of a U.S. missionary group are demanding a million dollars for each captive. North Korea stoked new tensions after firing a short-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.

10/19/2021

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