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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets audience members Tuesday during a campaign event in Clive, Iowa.

DeSantis plays up his personal side and swipes at Trump in campaign blitz across Iowa

Ron DeSantis begins his first full day of presidential campaigning on Wednesday with a four-stop blitz through Iowa, trying to prioritize personally connecting with voters while proving he has the mettle to take on former President Donald Trump.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks Tuesday at the old Assembly Chambers in Carson City, Nevada. Women from states where abortion has been restricted since the overturning of Roe v. Wade will be protected from potential penalties under a new law signed by Nevada’s Republican governor on Tuesday. Lombardo’s approval adds Nevada to a list of states that have passed similar abortion sanctuary laws this year.

Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in cross-party move

Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers, adding the western swing state to the list of those passing new laws to solidify their status as safe havens for abortion patients.
Elementary school students watch the North Korea side Wednesday from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea. North Korea’s attempt to put the country’s first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un’s push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise.

North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea

North Korea's attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un's push to boost his military capabilities as tensions with the United States and South Korea rise.
Polish soldiers, part of the peacekeeping mission in Kosovo KFOR, guard a municipal building Tuesday in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo. Troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo have used metal fences and barbed wire to beef up positions in a northern town following clashes with ethnic Serbs that left 30 soldiers wounded.

Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests

International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town where recent clashes with NATO-led peacekeepers sparked fears of renewed conflict in the troubled region.
Children draw on the ground with chalk Tuesday at the scene where an apartment building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon in Davenport, Iowa. Five residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and authorities feared at least two of them might be stuck inside rubble that was too dangerous to search.
Some residents of collapsed Iowa building remain missing, while pets were rescued from safer area
Officials said rescue teams entered a part of the building on Tuesday that was deemed a lower risk and they rescued several animals, which were brought to the local Humane Society. A statement from the city said: "Crews continued to search for human activity and none was detected."
The draft of a bill that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California negotiated to raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Changes to food aid in debt bill would cost money, far from savings GOP envisioned
A Republican attempt to expand work requirements for federal food aid in debt legislation moving through Congress would increase federal spending by $2.1 billion over 10 years -- far from the cuts GOP lawmakers had promised.
A woman runs past the government building, decorated with European Union and Moldovan flags, Wednesday in Chisinau, Moldova. Moldova will host the Meeting of the European Political Community on June 1, 2023. Preparations for a major summit of European leaders were still underway in Moldova on Wednesday, a sign of the Eastern European country’s ambitions to draw closer to the West and break with its Russian-dominated past amid the war in neighboring Ukraine.
EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit
European leaders started gathering in Moldova Wednesday on the eve of a sprawling summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in Ukraine and underscore support for the Eastern European country's ambitions to draw closer to the West and keep Moscow at bay.
A worker walks in a Tesla showroom Tuesday in Beijing. China’s foreign minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday and said strained U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect,” while delivering a message of reassurance that foreign companies are welcome.
China's commerce minister meets Tesla's Musk, promises support to foreign companies
China's commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and promised to support the development of foreign companies, the ministry said.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning, shown here in 2022, responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet’s dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft, saying that China would keep taking measures it deems necessary to safeguard its sovereignty.
China responds to U.S. complaint over plane intercept with demand for end to surveillance flights
Beijing responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea by demanding an end to such flights.
Family members watch waves affected by a severe weather system Wednesday in Itoman, Japan, as Typhoon Mawar moves toward the Okinawa islands.
Typhoon Mawar losing strength as it heads toward Japan's Okinawa Islands
Typhoon Mawar appeared to be losing force as it headed Wednesday toward Japan's Okinawa Islands, where the United States maintains a significant military presence, after largely skirting Taiwan and the Philippines.
CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay
The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9% last year, to a median of $14.8 million, according to data analyzed for The Associated Press by Equilar. That means half the CEOs in the survey made more and half made less. It was the smallest increase since 2015.
Former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School School Resource Officer Scot Peterson stands Tuesday during a hearing at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Peterson is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
Jury selection begins in trial of former deputy accused of failing to confront Parkland shooter
Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of a former Florida sheriff's deputy charged with failing to confront the shooter who killed 14 students and three staff members at a Parkland high school five years ago.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Geneva High School senior Allie Soeder takes a photo with fellow graduations before the start of their commencement ceremony on Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
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Burlington Central’s Nolan Milas runs in the Class 2A 100-meter dash final at the IHSA boys state track and field meet in Charleston on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
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Some of the 1,200 Stevenson High School seniors wait in line to enter the Now Arena to participate in their graduation ceremony on Friday, May 26, 2023 in Hoffman Estates.
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