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A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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BREAKING: Pres. Biden addresses community of Buffalo.
— ABC News (@ABC) May 17, 2022
"Jill and I bring you this message from deep in our nation's soul: In America, evil will not win, I promise you. Hate will not prevail. And white supremacy will not have the last word."https://t.co/EiAF227UVl pic.twitter.com/dw2AkgqtCn
Ukraine says its soldiers defending the last pocket of Mariupol have stopped fighting, effectively ceding control of the southeastern port city to Russia after one of the bloodiest battles of the war.https://t.co/sszmgdAZ8Z
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 17, 2022
JUST IN: Pres. Biden will meet with Swedish, Finnish leaders at the White House, where they "will discuss Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO applications and European security." https://t.co/Bf5XZQIzVH pic.twitter.com/056fOdfdiN
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 17, 2022
Russia's Lavrov says Finland, Sweden joining NATO makes 'no big difference' https://t.co/peyfqeUcuq pic.twitter.com/4cITPloK38
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2022
Russia has eased safety standards for cars produced on its territory, such as dropping the requirement for airbags, after Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine caused a shortage of electronic components and car parts. https://t.co/mFzKLVnnWL
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 17, 2022
Marianna Vyshemirsky had no idea a photo of her went viral following the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine. Then she started to receive threats.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 17, 2022
Two months later, she's speaking out about the disinformation campaign against her. https://t.co/qBMMBzaoHN pic.twitter.com/iH9SIoIG5J
About 2 years after the U.S. confirmed its first COVID case, more than 1 million people in the nation have now died from the coronavirus, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.https://t.co/RNtkHIbCkf
— Axios (@axios) May 17, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 https://t.co/cLtTrG0zm1
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 17, 2022
Nestle says it is flying baby formula supplies to the U.S. from the Netherlands and Switzerland to alleviate the shortage. https://t.co/OPwN1xix58
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 17, 2022
Prosecutor won't rule out death penalty for California church shooter https://t.co/S6bblQRwp4 pic.twitter.com/D8dFnzgnUu
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 17, 2022
Special counsel John Durham's prosecutors accuse Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann of scheming "to inject the FBI into a presidential election" in 2016 by peddling a tip about former President Donald Trump's Russian ties https://t.co/mAd6YvQRDs
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 17, 2022
Special counsel John Durham's prosecutors accuse Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann of scheming "to inject the FBI into a presidential election" in 2016 by peddling a tip about former President Donald Trump's Russian ties https://t.co/mAd6YvQRDs
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 17, 2022