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Ukrainian soldiers recover the remains of four killed civilians from inside a charred vehicle in Bucha, outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

EU council head suggests giving asylum to Russian deserters

European Council president Charles Michel says European Union countries should think about ways to offer asylum to Russian soldiers willing to desert Ukraine battlefields
FILE - This photo made available by the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia shows students at a Presbyterian boarding school in Sitka, Alaska in the summer of 1883. U.S. Catholic and Protestant denominations operated more than 150 boarding schools between the 19th and 20th centuries. Native American and Alaskan Native children were regularly severed from their tribal families, customs, language and religion and brought to the schools in a push to assimilate and Christianize them. (Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia via AP, File)

First pope, now US churches face boarding-school reckoning

U.S. churches are bracing for an unprecedented reckoning with their histories operating boarding schools for Native Americans
FILE -- German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach during a press conference on the coronavirus pandemic in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Germany's health minister has backed off a decision to end obligatory isolation for people who test positive for COVID-19, declaring that it was a mistake and sent the wrong signal. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn,file)

German minister backs off ending compulsory COVID isolation

Germany's health minister has backed off a decision to end compulsory isolation for people who test positive for COVID-19, declaring that it was a mistake and sent the wrong signal
FILE - A doctor administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a man, inside the Klunkerkranich restaurant and night club during an ongoing vaccination campaign of the Clubkommission in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. European health officials say it's 'too early' to consider giving a fourth dose of the messenger RNA coronavirus vaccines to most people, but say an extra booster can be administered to people over age 80. In a statement on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said they had reviewed data for a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Inc. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

EU officials say it's too early to consider 4th COVID dose

European health officials say it's too early to consider giving a fourth dose of messenger RNA coronavirus vaccines to most people, but say an extra booster can be administered to people over age 80
A car that crashed into the gates of the Russian Embassy is seen partly covered in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Police in the Romanian capital say a car has crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy, bursting into flames and killing the driver. Police in Bucharest say the sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Car rams Russian Embassy gate in Romania, driver dead
Police in the Romanian capital say a car carrying containers of flammable materials has crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy, bursting into flames and killing the driver
A woman pulls up her mask to get her throat swab at a coronavirus testing site near residential buildings, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Shanghai to allow parents to stay with COVID-infected kids
Following a public uproar, Shanghai will allow at least some parents to stay with children infected with COVID-19
Today in History: April 6, first modern Olympics begin
Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 6, the 96th day of 2022. There are 269 days left in the year.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions from reporters, at a press conference after the close of the NFL owner's meeting, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Attorneys General warn NFL to improve treatment of women
The attorneys general of six states have written to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell , expressing concern over the league's treatment of female employees and admonishing him for a lack of improvement to the league's workplace culture
World War II veteran Art Fishman is interviewed, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Oak Park, Mich. Fishman's dream of a Michigan state World War II memorial is about to take one more step toward reality. Fishman, who sailed on a Navy destroyer in the Pacific theater as an 18-year-old, was to be among those on hand Thursday, April 5 when ground is broken for The Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial in Royal Oak, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
'We fought for liberty:' Michigan WWII vets welcome memorial
Officials in Michigan are set to break ground on one of the few state-specific World War II memorials in the country
FILE -A view of the corpse of a civilian killed, before being transported to the morgue, in the cemetery in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Two former German government ministers have submitted a criminal complaint with federal prosecutors seeking the opening of a war crimes probe against Russian officials over the conflict in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd,file)
German ex-officials file war crimes complaint against Russia
Two former German government ministers have submitted a criminal complaint with federal prosecutors seeking the opening of a war crimes probe against Russian officials over the conflict in Ukraine
File Photo shows a 85-year-old man receiving a booster vaccination in the so called "vaccination express" tram in central Frankfurt, Nov. 4, 2021. German lawmakers who proposed a requirement for all adults to be vaccinated against COVID-19 sought a compromise after struggling to win a majority in parliament, suggesting a less sweeping mandate that would initially oblige everyone aged 50 and above to get shots. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Germany lawmakers weigh compulsory COVID shots for over 60s
German lawmakers are debating whether to require all people aged 60 and over in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus
FILE - People hold posters of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Oct. 2, 2020, marking the two-year anniversary of his death. In a surprise development, the prosecutor in the case against 26 Saudi nationals charged in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi requested Thursday March 31, 2022, that their trail in absentia be suspended and the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File)
Turkey suspends trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi killing
A Turkish court has suspended the trial in absentia of 26 Saudis accused in the gruesome killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and ruled that the case be transferred to Saudi Arabia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Justin Bieber, left, and Hailey Bieber arrive at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sunday, April 3, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Shaykh Mahmoud Ali leads a service at the Masjid Al Huda Midwest Islamic Center Friday, April 1, 2022 in Schaumburg. The first day of fasting for the Islamic holy month will begin Saturday or Sunday based on the lunar calendar and new moon sighting. This Ramadan, in-person services and breaking of the fasts together with family, friends and community members will resume more normally at Chicago-area mosques after two years of pandemic restrictions. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, revered by 1.9 billion Muslims worldwide. Muslims fast, abstaining from food, drink and sensual pleasures, engage in spiritual reflection and take part in charitable deeds in hopes of bettering themselves during this month.
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Jamie Lee Curtis holds up a blue ribbon in support of refugees of Ukraine as she arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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People mingle in the lobby of College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn on Saturday for an announcement party tied to a summer 2023 exhibit focusing on American pop artist Andy Warhol. The college’s Cleve Carney Museum of Art will host 94 works drawn from Bank of America’s “Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop.”
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Paul Pater, right, a nurse from Evergreen Park who works at the University of Chicago Hospital emergency department, delivers boxes of signatures to the front door of the Joint Commission building in Oak Brook Terrace. “We are demanding the Joint Commission mandate safe staffing ratios be part of their accreditation process,” he explained.
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Elgin Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year finalists, including winner Michelle Olsen, turn around to react to audience applause during the awards ceremony Thursday. Olsen, a senior at Larkin High School, received full-tuition scholarships from Judson University and Elgin Community College.
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