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Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to local residents during a meet and greet in Des Moines, Iowa.

Justice Department says it won't charge Pence over handling of classified documents

The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence 's legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers his speech Friday at the Helsinki City Hall, Finland.

Blinken says no cease-fire until Ukraine gains upper hand in war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday the United States won't support peace talks in the war in Ukraine until Kyiv holds the upper hand, possibly after a Ukrainian counteroffensive that appears to be taking shape.
President Joe Biden says “I got sandbagged” in talking about falling earlier in the day Thursday at the U.S. Air Force Academy, as he walks from Marine One upon arrival on the South Lawn of the White House.

Deal approved, Biden will address budget, debt agreement from Oval Office Friday evening

President Joe Biden planned to discuss the contentious, just-passed budget deal in a speech to the nation Friday night, ready to sign the agreement averting the country's first government default, which would have sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economies.
A statue of St. Anthony holding the infant Jesus is reflected in a wall in St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Detroit. In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways. The divisions are epitomized in the country’s largest denomination – the Catholic Church. National polls repeatedly show that a majority of U.S. Catholics believe abortion should be legal in all or most case, yet the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops supports sweeping bans on the procedure.

America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal

In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America's religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways -- some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed the law of the land in ways they consider oppressive.
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at an April press briefing at the White House in Washington. The White House is ready to have talks with Russia without preconditions about a future arms control framework as the last treaty between the two nuclear powers has faltered. Two senior administration officials said that Sullivan will speak of the administration’s desire for talks on building a new framework during a Friday address to the Arms Control Association.
White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world
The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even while taking countermeasures in response to the Kremlin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.
The new Fort Liberty sign is displayed outside the base on Friday in Fort Liberty, North Carolina. The U.S. Army changed Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty as part of a broader initiative to remove Confederate names from bases.
Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army base rebranding
Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
The nation’s employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.
US hiring jumped last month, but so did unemployment. So how healthy is the economy?
The nation's employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.
State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue
In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues -- one about abortion, and one about all other reproductive care.
Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.
DeSantis barnstorms New Hampshire and Trump returns to Iowa as rivalry intensifies
Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate.
Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida’s theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws, that’s not stopping organizers from encouraging visitors from around the world to come and visit.
LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival
Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park rides, mingle with costumed performers, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside at hotels during Gay Days, a decades-long tradition.
In a vote Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission is ordering Amazon to pay more than $30 million in fines over privacy violations involving its voice assistant Alexa and its doorbell camera Ring.
Amazon to pay $31 million in privacy violation penalties for Alexa voice assistant and Ring camera
Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child privacy law and deceived parents by keeping for years kids' voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.
Students at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics from left: Nikki Reed, William Onderdonk, Jeffrey Natter and Joshua Lindberg study an engine on a Cessna 310 aircraft in West Mifflin, Pennslyvania. Students graduating from PIA have been awed by how much they’re in demand. Recruiters are desperately seeking more aircraft mechanics for the airlines, airplane manufacturers, and repair shops that need them.
A wave of retirements is leaving some U.S. industries desperate to hire
A surge of retirements, along with a slowdown in immigration that began during the pandemic, are the primary factors behind the labor shortages that continue to bedevil some employers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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A funeral service was held Thursday for Hudson, a police dog with the Kane County sheriff’s office, at Kaneland Harter Middle School in Sugar Grove. Hudson was killed in the line of duty on May 24th.
Funeral service for Kane County Sheriff's police dog, Hudson.
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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Elgin High School held its graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 27, 2023 at the Now Arena in Hoffman Estates.
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Attendees honor the playing of taps during the first stop of Naperville’s Memorial Day observances at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial Monday.
Memorial Day parades and ceremonies in the suburbs
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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