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and entered the U.S.

after the Taliban reclaimed power in 2021.

The two members of the Guard were shot with a .357 handgun.

Beckstrom was from Summersville, West Virginia, about 40 miles away in Webster Springs.

Members of the community held a prayer vigil yesterday for Beckstrom and for Wolf.

As President Trump's special envoy prepares to travel to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin says Ukraine must surrender territory to Russia for any deal to end the war to be possible.

Speaking in Kyrgyzstan yesterday, Putin renewed his threats to seize more territory unless Kiev withdraws.

Ukraine giving up territory to Russia was part of President Trump's 28-point peace plan, which has since been revised after talks between the U.S.

and Kyiv.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff is scheduled to travel to Russia next week to meet with Putin.

Peru's former president, Pedro Castillo, has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for a failed coup three years ago.

Simeon Tegel has more from Lima.

Wall Street futures are higher this morning.

This is NPR News from Washington.

UPS says its fleet of MD-11 cargo planes is expected to remain grounded through the peak of the holiday season because of inspections and potential repairs.

This follows the fiery crash of a UPS MD-11 in Kentucky earlier this month as it was attempting to take off from Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville.

The crash killed the three pilots aboard and 11 people on the ground.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the cargo planes left engine detached as the plane was attempting to get airborne.

MD-11s make up about 9% of the UPS fleet of planes and about 4% of the planes flown by rival FedEx.

In Tennessee, they're marking the 100th birthday of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville.