Biden orders flags at half-staff to honor victims of Atlanta-area spa shootings
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Washington — President Biden on Thursday ordered flags at the White House and on federal grounds in the U.S. and abroad to be flown at half-staff after eight people, including six Asian women, were fatally shot at spas near Atlanta.
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