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Witnesses said the sheep escaped a butcher shop and slaughterhouse on Halsted Street. He clearly had a mission

Nonprofit takes in sheep found wandering Chicago’s West Loop

WBBM, TIKTOK, @MEELAHHARKNESS, @TAYLORSTORM_, @TAHNEELACEY, CHICAGO ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL, CNN, TIKTOK/@meelahharkness, TIKTOK/@taylorstorm_, TIKTOK/@tahneelacey By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — It was sheer madness, or shear madness, in Chicago’s West Loop this week — and we don’t mean “Shear Madness,” the famous whodunit play set in a hair

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The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is seen in Washington

White House orders review of Smithsonian museums and exhibits to ensure alignment with Trump directive

CNN By Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — The White House is conducting a comprehensive internal review of exhibits and materials at the Smithsonian Institution – the organization that runs the nation’s major public museums – in an effort to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive about what should and shouldn’t be displayed. The initiative, a

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A US Air Force airman salutes at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage

White House lands on Trump-Putin summit location as officials race to prepare for historic Alaska meeting

CNN By Kristen Holmes, Kevin Liptak, and David Brooks, CNN (CNN) — American officials scrambling this weekend to identify and lock down a venue for Friday’s summit between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart quickly discovered a major snag: summertime is peak tourist season in Alaska, and options both available and equipped to host

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Palestinians gather near Gaza's Zikim crossing

Armed group posing as aid workers targeted in Israeli strike, Israel says, as international calls mount for more Gaza aid

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military says it struck an armed group posing as aid workers and using a vehicle marked with the logo of the World Central Kitchen (WCK), a US-based non-profit. The strike, which took place last week, killed “five armed terrorists,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Israel

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Trump’s pick for BLS commissioner floated suspending the monthly jobs report before apparently backing off

By Alicia Wallace, David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — EJ Antoni, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is no longer considering suspending the monthly jobs report — one of the most crucial and historic measurements of US economic activity — after proposing the unprecedented action during an interview that published Tuesday.

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People view Mendenhall Glacier from the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center area

A glacier outburst sent a surge of water downstream into Juneau. Flood barriers protected the city from disaster

By CNN Meteorologist Mary Gilbert, Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — For the third consecutive year, a wave of water gushed out of an Alaskan glacial lake, threatening the state’s capital city of Juneau. But, flood barriers installed by the city managed to prevent disaster from unfolding in the picturesque port town despite record-breaking water levels

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The skyline of Washington

Trump claims Washington’s murder rate is higher than Bogotá or Mexico City. Here’s what the stats from those countries say

By Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Germán Padinger, CNN US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of the security situation in Washington, DC, now claiming that the US capital has a homicide rate higher than some Latin American capitals such as Bogotá, Mexico City and Lima. During a press conference on Monday, Trump announced that he

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launch system towards Russian troops near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's Donetsk region on June 8.

Zelensky refuses to cede Donbas, says doing so would give Putin ‘springboard’ for future offensives

By Victoria Butenko and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Tuesday not to give eastern Ukrainian land to Russia, saying that abandoning the Donbas region would open the door for Russian President Vladimir Putin to “start a third war” in Ukraine. Zelensky’s warning comes ahead of Putin’s meeting with US

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