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Rioters face off with police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. A growing number of Capitol riot defendants are pushing to get their trials moved out of Washington. They claim they can’t get a fair trial before unbiased jurors in the District of Columbia.

Judges keeping Capitol riot trials in DC amid bias claims

A growing number of Capitol riot defendants are pushing to get their trials moved out of Washington. They claim they can't get a fair trial before unbiased jurors in the District of Columbia.
FILE - Police officers detain demonstrators in St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 24, 2022. When President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine, a massive wave of outrage and anti-war sentiment swept Russia. The Kremlin in response insisted that what it called a 'special military operation' in Ukraine attracted overwhelming public support, and moved swiftly to suppress any dissent. (AP Photo, File)

Some Russians won't halt war protests, despite arrest fears

Despite a massive government crackdown on protests of the invasion of Ukraine, some Russians persist in speaking out against the invasion
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, center, take part in a cabinet meeting, in Downing Street, London, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. (Ian Vogler/Pool Photo via AP)

UK's Johnson vows to stay in office after top ministers quit

A defiant British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is battling to stay in power after his government was rocked by the resignation of two top ministers
An Australian Army Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle drives through a flooded street in McGrath Hills on the outskirts of Sydney, Monday, July 4, 2022. More than 50,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Tuesday as Australia's largest city braces for what could be its worst flooding in 18 months. (CPL David Cotton/Australian Defense Dept. via AP)

Homes of 85,000 people at risk, but rain eases around Sydney

Floodwaters have inundated or are threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney
A man paddles his kayak through a flooded street at Windsor on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 5, 2022. Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
EXPLAINER: Factors behind Sydney's recent flood emergencies
Parts of Australia's largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year, leaving weary residents questioning how many times they can rebuild
Geese raised by Ikhlas Helmy stand next to her houseboat in Cairo, Egypt on June 27, 2022. A government push to remove the string of houseboats from Cairo's Nile banks has dwindled their numbers from a several dozen to just a handful. Helmy stands to evicted, and the boat moved or demolished. The tradition of living on the Nile River dates back to the 1800s, and the removal of the boats has drawn criticism in Egypt. The government says it plans to develop the waterfront. (AP Photo/Tarek Wagih)
Cairo's historic Nile River houseboats removed in govt push
An Egyptian government push to remove the string of houseboats that dot Cairo's Nile River banks has seen their numbers dwindle from several dozen to just a handful
Today in History: July 6, Richard III is crowned
Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 6, the 187th day of 2022. There are 178 days left in the year.
Youth and adult volunteers from Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton repaired homes during their mission trip to Kentucky.
Youth from Wheaton's Gary UMC help fix homes in Appalachia
Youth from Gary United Methodist Church traveled to Floyd County, Kentucky this summer to serve with the Appalachia Service Project.
Brooke and Matt Strauss leave flowers Wednesday along the route of the Highland Park Fourth of July parade.
Waukegan man identified as seventh parade shooting victim
Authorities this morning identified a 69-year-old Waukegan man as the seventh person killed in Monday's mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade.
Dozens of mourners gather for a vigil near Central Avenue and St. Johns Avenue in downtown Highland Park, one day after a gunman killed at least seven people and wounded dozens more by firing an AR-15-style rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd attending Highland Park's Fourth of July parade, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 in Highland Park, Ill.. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Police: Parade shooting suspect contemplated 2nd shooting
The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there
A local resident uses a wheelbarrow to transport the young children of a woman who fled drought-stricken areas as she arrives at a makeshift camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia Thursday, June 30, 2022. The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises and Somalia is perhaps the most vulnerable as thousands die of hunger amid the driest drought in decades. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)
Ukraine's shadow: Deadly crises like Somalia starved of aid
The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from longer-running humanitarian crises
Dr. Wendy Binstock Rush
'What can I do to help?': Highland Park doctor jumps in to help wounded along parade route
Dr. Wendy Binstock Rush was among the medical professionals at the Highland Park parade Monday who sprung into action in the immediate aftermath to help the wounded. "There were dozens of people who jumped and identified themselves as a nurse, as an EMT, as a physician, and said, 'What can I do to help? What can I do to help?'"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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