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Activists join Senate Democrats outside the Capitol in Washington Thursday to demand action on gun control legislation after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in a Texas elementary school this week. A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas.

Senators talk expanded gun background checks, red flag laws

A bipartisan group of senators is considering how Congress should respond to the horrific shooting of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, restarting gun control talks that have broken down many times before.
Victor Escalon, Regional Director of the Texas Department of Public Safety South, speaks to the press Thursday during a news conference outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Escalon says the 18-year-old gunman who slaughtered 21 people at the elementary school entered the building “unobstructed” through a door that was apparently unlocked.

Biden to console families in Uvalde, press for action

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to console families and honor victims of Tuesday's mass school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed.
Damaged buildings ruined by attacks are seen Thursday in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine.

Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis

Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv's inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products due to the conflict.
FILE - A teacher takes the body temperature of a schoolgirl to help curb the spread of the coronavirus before entering Kim Song Ju Primary School in Central District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2021. According to North Korea, its fight against COVID-19 has been impressive: About 3.3 million people have been reported sick with fevers, but only 69 have died. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

Widespread disbelief over N. Korea's tiny COVID death rate

About two weeks after North Korea acknowledged its first domestic COVID-19 outbreak, it says about 3.3 million people have come down with fever but only 69 have died
Kevin Spacey attends a pretrial hearing at district court in Nantucket, Massachusetts. British prosecutors have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men. The Crown Prosecution Service said Thursday that Spacey “has also been charged with causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.”
Kevin Spacey charged in UK with 4 counts of sexual assault
British prosecutors said Thursday they have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men, an announcement that came as the actor was in court in New York testifying in a different case.
Lawsuit: 13-year-old's hands up when shot by Chicago police
A 13-year-old boy shot in the back by a Chicago police officer was unarmed and had his arms raised to surrender when he was hit by the bullet, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday, saying the incident illustrates deeply flawed implementation of department policy on the pursuit of suspects.
FILE - New York's Lower Manhattan skyline, including the One World Trade Center, left, is reflected in water on April 6, 2013, as seen from Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic, with only Phoenix and San Antonio gaining new residents from 2020 to 2021, according to new estimates released, Thursday, May 26, 2022, by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
US Census Bureau: Big city losses early in COVID pandemic
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic
This image released by Amazon Prime Video shows Ray Liotta in a scene from the series "Hanna." Liotta, the actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in 'Goodfellas' and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in 'Field of Dreams,' has died. He was 67. A representative for Liotta told The Hollywood Reporter and NBC News that he died in his sleep Wednesday night in the Dominican Republic, where he was filming a new movie. (Christopher Raphael/Amazon Prime Video via AP)
'Goodfellas' co-stars, many others pay tribute to Ray Liotta
Tributes are pouring in for actor Ray Liotta, who died at age 67 in the Dominican Republic
Loverie Horat, left, sits by her mother holding her 24-day-old daughter Maylie Dhavavaise as her husband Maximaud Cherizad looks on, at a campground being used to house the large group of Haitian migrants with whom they are traveling, in Sierra Morena in Cuba's Villa Clara province, Thursday, May 26, 2022. A vessel carrying more than 800 Haitians trying to reach the United States wound up instead on the coast of central Cuba, in what appeared to be the largest group seen yet in a swelling exodus from crisis-stricken Haiti. (AP Photo Ramon Espinosa)
'No future for babies:' 842 US-bound Haitians end up in Cuba
Some of the more than 840 Haitians who tried to reach the United States in a boat but ended up in Cuba say Thursday that they fled violence in their country and were charged thousands of dollars by smugglers who ushered them onto a dilapidated boat and later abandoned them at sea
Ex-Danish police employee charged in huge hacking case
A former employee with the Danish police has been charged with hacking and attempted hacking of 140 employees' mobile phones, and accessing more than 100 cases of investigative material, including images of child pornography and private photos from a large number of people
Drummer Alan White plays his drums in this undated photo. White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died. He was 72. (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times via AP)
Alan White, longtime drummer for prog rock's Yes, dead at 72
Alan White, the longtime drummer for progressive rock pioneers Yes who also played on projects with John Lennon and George Harrison, has died
Cary-Grove Freemasons' car show will be at Spring Hill Mall on Sunday
Cary-Grove Freemasons will host their fourth annual car show on Sunday, May 29, in the parking lots of Spring Hill Mall,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Grayslake Central seniors front row, from left Amanda Barry, Bryn Sato, Monica Schleg and Kiara Schmitt and back row, from left Ellie Schulz, Hayley Breines, Caroline Pulford, Hannah Colson and Claire Daley-Jacobsen show off their college selections decorated on their mortarboards at the school’s graduation ceremony Thursday in Grayslake.
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Grant Community High School helds its graduation ceremony in their field house on Sunday, May 22 in Fox Lake.
Grant Community, Deerfield, IC Catholic Prep and Marmion Academy graduation ceremonies
Grayslake North senior Liam McNicholas brought his 10-year-old service dog Hana to his graduation ceremony on Wednesday, May 25 at the school. Hana came prepared with a graduation robe and cap.
Grayslake North, Conant, Glenbard North and Batavia graduation ceremonies
Graduate Madison Betty Heidkamp takes a selfie on stage after receiving her diploma at the Glenbard East High School graduation at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Glenbard East, Schaumburg, Wauconda and West Aurora graduation ceremonies
As classmates gather backstage before the Fremd High School graduation ceremony, graduate Chloe Jraisat holds a rose I’m memory of a friend who passed during sophomore year. She placed the rose on stage during the ceremony at Now Arena in Hoffman Estates on Monday, May 23, 2022.
Fremd, Montini, Aurora Christian, East Leyden, Rosary and Kaneland graduation ceremonies
The St. Francis High School Class of 2022 throws their caps into the air following the commencement celebration on Sunday, May 22 in Wheaton.
St. Francis, Willowbrook, Addiston Trail and Huntley graduation ceremonies
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