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In this photo taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, a Russian serviceman frisks a Ukrainian soldier after he left the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol

The Russian military says that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol have surrendered
Buffalo Bills' Josh Allen visits the scene of Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Man charged in Buffalo massacre due back in court

The white man accused of slaughtering 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket was scheduled to appear in court Thursday as authorities continue to investigate the possibility of hate crime or terrorism charges
FILE - A sign stands outside the National Security Administration (NSA) campus on in Fort Meade, Md., on June 6, 2013. The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd's murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America's intelligence agencies. Shortly after his death, employees of the National Security Agency had a call to speak to their director about racism and cultural misunderstandings. One by one, officers spoke about examples of racism that they had seen in America's largest intelligence service.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Spy agencies urged to fix open secret: A lack of diversity

The national reckoning over racial inequality sparked by George Floyd's murder two years ago has gone on behind closed doors inside America's intelligence agencies
Gabe Kipers, a neighbor of Dr. John Cheng, kneels at a memorial for him outside his office building on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Aliso Viejo, Calif. Cheng, 52, was killed in Sunday's shooting at Geneva Presbyterian Church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Alleged gunman sent diary to newspaper before church attack

The man accused of opening fire on a Southern California church congregation because of his political hatred for Taiwan sent a newspaper a seven-volume diary before the attack
A worker wearing a protective suit administers a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
WHO: COVID deaths dropped by 21% last week but cases rising
The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21% in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization
Media gather outside a police station following a report that police arrested a man who has allegedly gambled away 46.3 million yen ($360,000) in COVID-19 relief aid mistakenly deposited into his bank account in Yamaguchi prefecture, western Japan, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Police said they arrested Sho Taguchi, a 24-year-old jobless resident, in the town of Abu town in western Japan, on suspicion of computer fraud, on Wednesday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Man in Japan gambles COVID town funds mistakenly sent to him
The money was supposed to be COVID-19 assistance for low-income households in a small Japanese town, but police say it was mistakenly wired to a bank account of a resident who refused to return it and spent most of it on online gambling
Prague Zoo gets Taiwanese pangolins after fallout with China
Prague's zoo has introduced to the public a pair of critically endangered Chinese pangolins
FILE - Laurette Eugene assembles a body armor vest at the Point Blank Body Armor factory in Pompano Beach, Fla., Sept. 19, 2014. When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York,May 14, 2022, its security guard tried to stop him. At least one of the guard's shots hit the gunman, but it didn't stop the deadly rampage because the gunman was wearing body armor. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)
Buffalo is latest mass shooting by gunman wearing body armor
When a shooter attacked a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, over the weekend, its security guard tried to stop him
This March 2022 photo provided by Morgan Fabry shows her with her daughter in Chicago. Some U.S. moms looking for baby formula that is in short supply are dealing with another layer of stress - people asking why they don't just breastfeed. Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for the first six months of life by major medical entities like the World Health Organization, giving rise to the saying, 'breast is best.' But breastfeeding doesn't work for everyone, and that mantra is only adding to the stress Fabry and other parents feel as the shortage drags on. (Morgan Fabry via AP)
Moms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed
Some U.S. moms looking for baby formula that is in short supply  are dealing with another layer of stress - people asking why they don't just breastfeed
FILE - A pedestrian passes Britain's Houses of Parliament on the bank of The River Thames in London, Aug. 29, 2019. A U.K. Conservative lawmaker has been released on bail while police investigate allegations of rape and sexual assault against him. The legislator was arrested Tuesday May 17, 2022, on suspicion of indecent assault, sexual assault, rape, abuse of position of trust and misconduct in public office. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Lawmaker's arrest is latest sex claim to roil UK Parliament
A U.K. Conservative lawmaker has been released on bail while police investigate allegations of rape and sexual assault against him
FILE - Flowers sit outside crime scene tape at Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 17, 2022, in Laguna Woods, Calif., where a shooting at the church on Sunday left one dead and five injured. Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in the church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, FILE)
Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link
Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in a Taiwanese Presbyterian church in Laguna Woods
Germany: 1 person wounded, 1 detained in school attack
German police say they have detained a suspect in connection with an attack at a high school in the northern city of Bremerhaven in which one person was injured
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Palatine finished in first place during the boys state gymnastics final at Hoffman Estates High School Saturday.
Saturday's photo coverage of the IHSA state boys gymnastics championships
Palatine’s John Pirone and Hersey’s Nate Mabry, right, after the last performance of the night at the state boys gymnastics all-around competition at Hoffman Estates High School on Friday, May 13, 2022.
Friday's coverage of the IHSA state boys gymnastics meet
Replica ruby slippers that will be on display as part of the Gail Borden Library’s “The Wizard of Oz” educational exhibit bear many of the hallmarks of those worn in the movie, including being numbered and having Judy Garland’s name written inside.
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