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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, listens as NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a statement to the media Thursday at Oslo City Hall during a meeting of NATO’s foreign ministers.

NATO presses Turkey to approve Sweden's membership, eyes Ukraine security plan as summit looms

NATO on Thursday ramped up pressure on member nation Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden's membership as the military organization seeks to deal with the issue by the time U.S. President Joe Biden and his counterparts meet next month.
Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.

DeSantis barnstorms New Hampshire and Trump returns to Iowa as rivalry intensifies

Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.
Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida’s theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws, that’s not stopping organizers from encouraging visitors from around the world to come and visit.

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off Florida’s Atlantic Coast.

Coast Guard suspends search for Carnival Magic passenger who went overboard off Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who was reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship off of Florida's Atlantic Coast.
Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the federal court in Sydney, on June 9, 2021. Australia’s most decorated living war veteran, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, committed a slew of war crimes while in Afghanistan including the unlawful killings of unarmed prisoners, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says
Australia's most decorated living war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, a judge ruled Thursday in dismissing the claims by Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith that he was defamed by media.
Maria de Fatima da Costa, mother of Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira, who confessed to the killings of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips, stands in the doorway of Amarildo’s home in Sao Gabriel, Brazil. Da Costa is also the mother of Oseney da Costa de Oliveira, also arrested and accused of the murders of Pereira, an expert on Indigenous communities and Phillips, a British journalist.
In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice
One year ago on a Friday afternoon, Bruno Pereira, an expert on Indigenous peoples, and Dom Phillips, a British journalist, motored along the Itaquai river in far western Brazil, to the settlement of Ladario. The line of wooden houses here marks a boundary -- between the sprawling Javari Valley Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon and the non-Indigenous world.
Farmer Pravinbhai Parmar cleans a solar panel installed at a farm in Dhundi village of Kheda district in western Indian Gujarat state, India. The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening.
India pauses plans to add new coal plants for five years, bets on renewables, batteries
The Indian government will not consider any proposals for new coal plants for the next five years and focus on growing its renewables sector, according to an updated national electricity plan released Wednesday evening.
This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a launch of the newly developed Chollima-1 rocket carrying the Malligyong-1 satellite at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground Wednesday. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.
North Korean leader's sister says US hypocritical for criticizing failed satellite launch
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday accused the United States of "gangster-like" hypocrisy for criticizing her country's failed launch of a military spy satellite and insisted a successful launch will be made soon.
Mike Brennan, Director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks Wednesday during a news conference in Miami. Brennan and FEMA Director Deanne Criswell discussed preparedness for hurricane season, which begins June 1.
The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here's what to know.
It's time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season gets underway on Thursday.
Students at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics from left: Nikki Reed, William Onderdonk, Jeffrey Natter and Joshua Lindberg study an engine on a Cessna 310 aircraft in West Mifflin, Pennslyvania. Students graduating from PIA have been awed by how much they’re in demand. Recruiters are desperately seeking more aircraft mechanics for the airlines, airplane manufacturers, and repair shops that need them.
A wave of retirements is leaving some U.S. industries desperate to hire
A surge of retirements, along with a slowdown in immigration that began during the pandemic, are the primary factors behind the labor shortages that continue to bedevil some employers.
In a vote Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring.
Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera
Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.
U.S. turns up pressure on air bag inflater company that refuses a recall despite deaths
The U.S. government is turning up the pressure on ARC Automotive to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators by ordering the company to answer questions under oath and threatening fines if it doesn't respond.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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A funeral service was held Thursday for Hudson, a police dog with the Kane County sheriff’s office, at Kaneland Harter Middle School in Sugar Grove. Hudson was killed in the line of duty on May 24th.
Funeral service for Kane County Sheriff's police dog, Hudson.
Geneva High School senior Allie Soeder takes a photo with fellow graduations before the start of their commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
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Elgin High School held its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates.
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Attendees honor the playing of taps during the first stop of Naperville’s Memorial Day observances at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial Monday.
Memorial Day parades and ceremonies in the suburbs
Burlington Central’s Nolan Milas runs in the Class 2A 100-meter dash final at the IHSA boys state track and field meet in Charleston on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
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Grayslake Central’s Brannon Duffin wins the 100-meter wheelchair race at the IHSA boys state track and field meet in Charleston on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
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