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In the Town Square in Uvalde, Texas, 21 crosses stand in rows, each bearing the name of someone killed by the gunman who stormed Robb Elementary School on May 24. They’re about two feet high, with baby blue, heart-shaped plaques

Time is fast running out for the thousands of people still in the besieged city of Severodonetsk and the odds are very much against them. 

A vet who contracted monkeypox during the largest outbreak in US history almost 20 years ago has said new cases of the disease are a wake-up call for the world.

LONDON — Indian writer Geetanjali Shree and American translator Daisy Rockwell won the International Booker Prize on Thursday for “Tomb of Sand,” a vibrant novel with a boundary-crossing 80-year-old heroine. Originally written in Hindi, it’s the first book in any

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to skip NRA convention, return to Uvalde, instead  NBC News Musicians cancel performances at upcoming NRA convention in wake of Uvalde shooting  CNN Maker of gun used in Uvalde school shooting, Daniel Defense, pulls out of NRA event

Uvalde, Texas School Shooting: Latest News Updates  The New York Times Texas school mass shooting: 10-year-old survivor recalls hearing shots and screams as gunman opened  FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth Uvalde, Texas shooter entered school undisrupted through unlocked door, DPS official says  Fox News

Uvalde mass shooter was not confronted by police before he entered the school, Texas official says  CNN Salvador Ramos moved out of mother’s home due to fight over WiFi months before shooting at Robb Elementary  New York Daily News Texas school mass

Multiple people hurt in Pottstown house explosion, authorities say  FOX 29 Philadelphia 2 Killed In Pottstown House Explosion, Officials Say  CBS Philly Pennsylvania house explosion: 4 killed, several people trapped after home is leveled  Fox News Pottstown, Pennsylvania explosion on Washington Street leaves

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has authorised charges against Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey for sex offences including assaults on three men following an investigation by police in London, said on Thursday. Police said the alleged offences had

By Pavel Polityuk and Conor Humphries KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow to end its “senseless war” in Ukraine, adding his country would remain independent,