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Members of the community gather at the City of Uvalde Town Square for a prayer vigil in the wake of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas.

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Guns in America

'Why can't they figure this out?' World aghast at 'everyday horror' of gun violence in U.S.

People evacuate the city of Bakhmut, in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas ,on May 24, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine today: Russia simplifies citizenship for Ukrainians; Moscow's troops close to encircling key cities

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on May 18, 2022.

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World

U.K. Covid ‘partygate’ report blames culture of Boris Johnson’s office

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

After Texas school shooting, Ukraine's leaders see shared pain in loss of young lives

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine today: Russia advances, Biden's 'dark hour' and Kremlin reacts to 'ashamed' diplomat

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Here are five new developments on the war in Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since invasion

Damage in Mariupol, Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

His photos once showed a Mariupol full of life. Now they bring tears to his eyes.

A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya, on May 12, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

As the world watches Russia's war, other global crises see critical support fading

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Biden signs $40 billion Ukraine aid package as Russia steps up assault in the east

Ukrainian frontline in Donbas

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Russian troops are turning eastern Ukraine into 'hell' — and it's helping them advance

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Coronavirus

U.K.’s Johnson faces no further fines over ‘partygate‘ scandal

Russia v Saudi Arabia: Group A - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Dancing with Putin: Has Europe finally had enough of politicians making big money from Russia?

A Russian soldier patrols a destroyed part of the Illich Iron & Steel Works in Mariupol on May 18, 2022.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Biden hosts leaders of Finland, Sweden after NATO bids

NATO holds ceremony to mark Sweden's and Finland's application for membership in Brussels

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World

Soldier pleads guilty in war crimes trial; Nordic neighbors submit NATO bids

Finnish soldiers take part in military drills at the Niinisalo garrison in Kankaanp, Western Finland, on May 4, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

How Putin's war in Ukraine backfired and fueled NATO's Nordic expansion

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World

Fighters evacuate Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant

Mass Shooting in Buffalo New York Leaves 10 Dead

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World

Age-old racist theories have a new audience, and it's creating an 'evolving global danger'

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine has retaken the region around Kharkiv. Here’s why that’s such a big deal.

World

U.K. threatens to break Brexit deal, raising stakes in E.U. feud over Northern Ireland

Mariupol, Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine declares end to battle for Mariupol, ceding control of key port city to Russia

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine evacuates hundreds of fighters from Mariupol steel mill, says mission is complete

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OUT News

English soccer player Jake Daniels says he is gay

Liliya Gritchina, a seamstress, has taken shelter at the Imeni Maselskoho metro station in Kharkiv. She says she has only left the shelter four times since Russia invaded Ukraine

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

In Kharkiv's dark subway stations, a makeshift neighborhood provides safety and community

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Blinken discusses military aid as Finland confirms NATO bid

Belfast Giants winning the UK Elite League Ice Hockey Championship

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World

'It was a family': In divided Belfast, locals find common cause in supporting a hockey team

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Zelenskyy warns Russian blockade could lead to food shortage

Achille Lauro from San Marino

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OUT Pop Culture

How a Eurovision star's song about coming out became a gay anthem

Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Russia's media propaganda turns to 'spine-chilling rhetoric' to intimidate the West

Cover gif Ukraine war crimes trial May 13, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Kyiv opens first war crimes trial

Drivers line up in long queues at a gas station amid the fuel supply cutoff in Kyiv on May 11, 2022.

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Kyiv’s gas crisis worsens, leading to panic-related stockpiling as war leaves uncertainty

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Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Ukraine is a favorite to win Eurovision. Some fans have mixed feelings.