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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Rubble from the damaged Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theatre sits after the March 16, 2022, bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine, in an area now controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces. The bombing of the theater, which was used as a shelter, stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date in the Ukraine war.

AP evidence points to 600 dead in Mariupol theater airstrike

Amid all the horrors that have unfolded in the war on Ukraine, the Russian bombing of the Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in Mariupol on March 16 stands out as the single deadliest known attack against civilians to date. An Associated Press investigation has found evidence that the attack was in fact far deadlier than estimated, killing closer to 600 people inside and outside the building. That's almost double the death toll cited so far, and many survivors put the number even higher.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks Wednesday during a debate on the social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.

EU takes major step toward Russian oil ban, new sanctions

The European Union's top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target the country's biggest bank and major broadcasters in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine.
FILE - Parents of transgender children and other supporters of transgender rights gather in the capitol outdoor rotunda to speak about transgender legislation being considered in the Texas House and Senate, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Austin, Texas. A five-year study published in the journal Pediatrics on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 suggests children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity at least throughout childhood. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Early transgender identity tends to endure, study suggests

Children who begin identifying as transgender at a young age tend to retain that identity for several years
South African President, and African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa, venter, attends a May Day rally in Rustenburg, South Africa, Sunday, May 1, 2022. Ramaphosa who faces daunting political challenges including being defied within his party over his anti-corruption drive and derided as ineffective by the opposition, was forced by angry, striking mineworkers to abandon his Workers Day speech on May 1. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa's president confronted by daunting challenges

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces daunting political challenges including being defied within his party over his anti-corruption drive and derided as ineffective by the opposition
FILE - An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish "Legal Abortion" during a rally outside Congress as lawmakers debate a bill that would legalize abortion, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020. In Argentina, lawmakers in late 2020, passed a bill legalizing abortion until the 14th week. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
As US poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access
As women in the United States find themselves on the verge of possibly losing the constitutional right to access abortion services, courts in other parts of the world, including in many historically conservative societies, have moved in the opposite direction
Actor Amber Heard speaks with her attorney in the courtroom at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Va., Wednesday May 4, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post in 2018 referring to herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." (Elizabeth Frantz/Pool Photo via AP)
Amber Heard takes stand in Johnny Depp's libel lawsuit
Actor Amber Heard told jurors how difficult it has been for her to relive her troubled marriage to Johnny Depp as part of a libel lawsuit he filed against her
British Virgin Islands premier granted bond in US drug case
A federal judge in Miami has ruled that the premier of the British Virgin Islands can be released on a $500,000 bond, following his arrest on drug-smuggling charges in a U.S. government sting in South Florida
Burundian peacekeepers in Somalia killed in jihadi attack
The African Union says a number of Burundian peacekeepers were killed in Tuesday's attack by Islamic extremist rebels who targeted a remote military base in Somalia
FILE - Dave Chappelle appears during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)
Dave Chappelle tackled during Hollywood Bowl comedy show
Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night
A slurry bomber dumps the fire retardant between the Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak Fire and homes on the westside of Las Vegas, N.M., Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Several types of aircraft joined the fight to keep the fire away for the Northern New Mexico town. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
Fire crews take stand against destructive New Mexico blaze
Fire crews in New Mexico are taking a stand in their fight against the largest wildfire burning in the U.S., trying to keep the flames from pushing any closer to the town of Las Vegas and other villages scattered along the blaze's shifting fronts
A fisherman pulls his net back onto his boat in the waters surrounding Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Friday, March 11, 2022. A prize winning marine biologist is working to bring together fishermen from Haiti and the Dominican Republic and find a solution that will not only save their livelihoods but also vital marine resources in a region under extreme pressures from climate change. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
For marine biologist, Haitian gangs make work dangerous
Powerful gangs in Haiti are making it difficult for marine biologist Jean Wiener to do on-the-ground conservation work aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change
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Glendale Heights man held without bail in Schaumburg shooting
A Glendale Heights man is being held without bail on attempted murder charges stemming from a shooting early Monday in a Schaumburg parking lot.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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