diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f392b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: CI
+
+# Controls when the action will run. 
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the master branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  code-quality:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        toxenv:
+          - black
+          - flake8
+          - mypy
+          - isort
+    env:
+      TOXENV: ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+    
+    name: "Tox ${{ matrix.toxenv }}"
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.9'
+        
+      - name: Install Requirements [${{ matrix.toxenv }}]
+        run: pip install tox
+      
+      - name: Tox-${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+        run: tox
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  test:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        toxenv:
+          - py38
+          - py39
+          - py310
+        include:
+          - toxenv: py38
+            python-version: '3.8'
+          - toxenv: py39
+            python-version: '3.9'
+          - toxenv: py310
+            python-version: '3.10'
+          - toxenv: py311
+            python-version: '3.11'
+          - toxenv: py312
+            python-version: '3.12'
+    env:
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      TOXENV: ${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+    name: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} | Tox ${{ matrix.toxenv }}"
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+      
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        
+      - name: Install Requirements [Python-${{ matrix.python-version }}]
+        run: pip install tox
+      
+      - name: Tox-${{ matrix.toxenv }}
+        run: tox
+      
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        # see https://github.com/codecov/codecov-action/blob/master/README.md
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v2
+        with:
+          flags: unittests-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          fail_ci_if_error: true  # default = false
+          os: toxenv
+          verbose: true  # default = false
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 047a2c1..889669a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dist
 .idea
 .coverage
 .coverage.*
+coverage.xml
 env/
 .c9/
 .vscode
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 26c3b4c..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-language: python
-cache: pip
-
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - python: "3.7"
-      env: TOXENV=black
-    - python: "3.7"
-      env: TOXENV=flake8
-    - python: "3.7"
-      env: TOXENV=mypy
-    - python: "3.7"
-      env: TOXENV=isort
-    - python: "3.5"
-      env: TOXENV=py35
-    - python: "3.6"
-      env: TOXENV=py36
-    - python: "3.7"
-      env: TOXENV=py37
-    - python: 3.8
-      env: TOXENV=py38
-    - python: 3.9
-      env: TOXENV=py39
-    - python: "pypy3"
-      env: TOXENV=pypy3
-
-install:
-  - pip install tox
-script:
-  - tox
-after_success:
-  - pip install coveralls
-  - coveralls
diff --git a/ChangeLog.rst b/ChangeLog.rst
index 3c642f9..caf2f78 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.rst
+++ b/ChangeLog.rst
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ UNRELEASED
 * Fix #344: indent ``<ul>`` inside ``<ol>`` three spaces instead of two to comply with CommonMark, GFM, etc.
 * Fix #324: unnecessary spaces around ``<b>``, ``<em>``, and ``strike`` tags.
 * Don't wrap tables by default and add a ``--wrap-tables`` config option
+* Remove support for Python ≤ 3.5. Now requires Python 3.6+.
+* Support for Python 3.10.
 * Fix #320 padding empty tables and tables with no </tr> tags.
 * Add ``ignore_mailto_links`` config option to ignore ``mailto:`` style links.
 
 
+
 2020.1.16
 =========
 ----
diff --git a/html2text/__init__.py b/html2text/__init__.py
index c59ae16..e8222ba 100644
--- a/html2text/__init__.py
+++ b/html2text/__init__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.tag_callback = None
         self.open_quote = config.OPEN_QUOTE  # covered in cli
         self.close_quote = config.CLOSE_QUOTE  # covered in cli
-
+        
         if out is None:
             self.out = self.outtextf
         else:
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.tag_stack = (
             []
         )  # type: List[Tuple[str, Dict[str, Optional[str]], Dict[str, str]]]
+        self.emphasis_tag_stack = {}
+        self.remove_space = False
         self.emphasis = 0
         self.drop_white_space = 0
         self.inheader = False
@@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ def feed(self, data: str) -> None:
         super().feed(data)
 
     def handle(self, data: str) -> str:
+        self.start = True
         self.feed(data)
         self.feed("")
         markdown = self.optwrap(self.finish())
@@ -302,10 +305,19 @@ def handle_tag(
     ) -> None:
         self.current_tag = tag
 
+        if tag in ["b","em","i","u"]:
+            if start:
+                if tag in self.emphasis_tag_stack:
+                    self.emphasis_tag_stack[tag] += 1
+                else:
+                    self.emphasis_tag_stack[tag] = 1 
+            elif list(self.emphasis_tag_stack.keys()):
+                self.emphasis_tag_stack.popitem()
+
         if self.tag_callback is not None:
             if self.tag_callback(self, tag, attrs, start) is True:
                 return
-
+        
         # first thing inside the anchor tag is another tag
         # that produces some output
         if (
@@ -372,12 +384,24 @@ def handle_tag(
                 self.p()
 
         if tag == "br" and start:
-            if self.astack:
-                self.space = True
-            elif self.blockquote > 0:
+            for key in list(self.emphasis_tag_stack.keys())[::-1]: 
+                if(key == "b"):
+                    self.o(self.strong_mark)
+                elif key in ["em","i","u"]:
+                    self.o(self.emphasis_mark)
+
+            if self.blockquote > 0:
                 self.o("  \n> ")
             else:
                 self.o("  \n")
+                
+            for key in list(self.emphasis_tag_stack.keys()): 
+                if(key == "b"):
+                    self.o(self.strong_mark)
+                elif key in ["em","i","u"]:
+                    self.o(self.emphasis_mark)
+                self.remove_space = True
+                self.drop_white_space = 1
 
         if tag == "hr" and start:
             self.p()
@@ -642,11 +666,11 @@ def link_url(self: HTML2Text, link: str, title: str = "") -> None:
                     # https://spec.commonmark.org/0.28/#motivation
                     # TODO: line up <ol><li>s > 9 correctly.
                     parent_list = None
-                    for list in self.list:
+                    for item in self.list:
                         self.o(
-                            "   " if parent_list == "ol" and list.name == "ul" else "  "
+                            "   " if parent_list == "ol" and item.name == "ul" else "  "
                         )
-                        parent_list = list.name
+                        parent_list = item.name
 
                 if li.name == "ul":
                     self.o(self.ul_item_mark + " ")
@@ -745,7 +769,7 @@ def o(
             self.abbr_data += data
 
         if not self.quiet:
-            if self.google_doc:
+            if self.google_doc or self.remove_space:
                 # prevent white space immediately after 'begin emphasis'
                 # marks ('**' and '_')
                 lstripped_data = data.lstrip()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6ba62eb..e03cc99 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ classifiers =
     Operating System :: OS Independent
     Programming Language :: Python
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5
-    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9
+    Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
     Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython
     Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ platform = OS Independent
 [options]
 zip_safe = False
 packages = html2text
-python_requires = >=3.5
+python_requires = >=3.7
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
@@ -48,4 +47,4 @@ combine_as_imports = True
 profile = black
 
 [mypy]
-python_version = 3.5
+python_version = 3.7
diff --git a/test/br_inside_a.html b/test/br_inside_a.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b8ad150..0000000
--- a/test/br_inside_a.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<a href="https://example.org/">This is a<br>test</a>
diff --git a/test/br_inside_a.md b/test/br_inside_a.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 8997d9b..0000000
--- a/test/br_inside_a.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[This is a test](https://example.com)
diff --git a/test/new_line_in_emphasis.html b/test/new_line_in_emphasis.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4290ada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/new_line_in_emphasis.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<b>Our multiline<br />bold text</b>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/new_line_in_emphasis.md b/test/new_line_in_emphasis.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df3a7ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/new_line_in_emphasis.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+**Our multiline**  
+**bold text**
+
diff --git a/test/test_new_line_inside_emphasis.py b/test/test_new_line_inside_emphasis.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5d69a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_new_line_inside_emphasis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import html2text
+
+def test_emphasis_with_new_line():
+    h = html2text.HTML2Text()
+    html = "<b>Our multiline<br />bold text</b>"
+    result = h.handle(html)
+    assert result == '**Our multiline**  \n**bold text**\n\n'
+    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_newlines_on_multiple_calls.py b/test/test_newlines_on_multiple_calls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c493ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_newlines_on_multiple_calls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import html2text
+
+# See https://github.com/Alir3z4/html2text/issues/163 for more information.
+
+
+def test_newline_on_multiple_calls():
+    h = html2text.HTML2Text()
+    html = "<p>test</p>"
+    md1 = h.handle(html)
+    md2 = h.handle(html)
+    md3 = h.handle(html)
+    assert md1 == md2 == md3
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index baaf18f..0971292 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ envlist =
     flake8
     isort
     mypy
-    py{35,36,37,38,py3}
-minversion = 1.9
+    py{38,39,310,311,312}
+minversion = 3.24
 
 [testenv]
 commands =
-    pytest --cov=html2text {posargs}
+    pytest --cov=./ --cov-report=xml {posargs}
 deps =
     pytest
     pytest-cov
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ deps =
 [testenv:black]
 basepython = python3
 commands =
-    black --target-version py35 --check --diff .
+    black --target-version py311 --check --diff .
 deps =
     black
 skip_install = true
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ basepython = python3
 commands =
     isort --check-only --diff .
 deps =
-    isort >= 5.0.1
+    isort >= 5.10.1
 skip_install = true
 
 [testenv:mypy]