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The U.S. Capitol is blanketed by a thick layer of smoke Thursday in Washington. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.

Air quality alerts extend for third day as smoke from Canadian wildfires pushes south

Officials warned residents to stay inside and limit outdoor activities Thursday as a thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke loomed over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day and was expected to persist as long as the weekend.
Evan Milligan, center, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, speaks with members of the press following 2022 oral arguments outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington. Standing behind Milligan are Milligan’s counsel Deuel Ross, from left, Letetia Jackson, Rep. Terri Sewell, an Alabama Democrat, and Janai Nelson, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black Alabama voters in defense of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population.
The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low.

The S&P 500 is in a bull market. Here's what that means and how long the bull might run

The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low. Here are some answers to questions about bull and bear markets.
President Joe Biden speaks during a 2021 event to commemorate Pride Month at the White House in Washington.

'These are our kids': Biden condemns wave of state legislation to restrict LGBTQ+ rights

President Joe Biden unveiled new initiatives Thursday to protect LGBTQ+ communities but hastily postponed a big Pride Month celebration on the White House lawn with thousands of guests from around the country because of poor air quality from the Canadian wildfires.
People wait in line to early vote for the U.S. Senate runoff election in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock and challenger Herschel Walker in Kennesaw, Georgia. After years of criticizing mail voting and trying to ban so-called “ballot harvesting,” Republicans are reversing course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies.
GOP set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud, Republicans at the top of the party want to change course.
A bottle of Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey is displayed next to a Bad Spaniels dog toy. The Supreme Court sided with whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s Thursday, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the dog toy.
Ruff day in court: Supreme Court sides with Jack Daniel's in dispute with makers of dog toy
The Supreme Court on Thursday gave whiskey maker Jack Daniel's reason to raise a glass, handing the company a new chance to win a trademark dispute with the makers of the Bad Spaniels dog toy.
People ride on a rubber boat Wednesday in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine. Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month.
Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visit
Russian forces Thursday shelled a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding in a catastrophic dam collapse, Ukrainian officials said, forcing a suspension of some rescue efforts hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to the area to assess the damage.
Former President Donald Trump greets supporters before speaking at the Westside Conservative Breakfast in Des Moines, Iowa.
The GOP presidential field is largely set. Here are takeaways on where the contest stands.
A handful of stragglers may jump in later, but as of now there are at least 10 high-profile Republican candidates officially seeking their party's nomination. And with the announcement phase of the primary campaign largely over, several leading Republican contenders will gather in North Carolina this weekend to begin a more aggressive sorting period.
Members of the National Assembly stand and applaud Thursday to pay homage to children victims of a knife attack in a town the French Alps. France’s interior minister Gerald Darmanin said Thursday that an attacker with a knife injured children and others in a town in Annecy, French Alps. In a short tweet, he said police have detained the attacker.
Knife attack at park in French Alps critically wounds 4 young children as people cry for help
As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday, assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said.
Rev. Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93. Robertson’s death Thursday was announced by his broadcasting network.
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was 93.
Pope Francis blesses the faithful Wednesday at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican.
Pope in 'good general condition' after surgery to remove intestinal scar tissue, repair hernia
Pope Francis' was in "good general condition" Thursday, alert and breathing on his own, following a three-hour operation to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the Vatican said.
Water flows Wednesday over the collapsed Kakhovka Dam in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Drone footage of collapsed dam shows devastation, no evidence to back Russian claims
Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation show the ruined structure falling into the flooded river and hundreds of submerged homes, greenhouses and even a church -- and no sign of life.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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.
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