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News brief: Ill. shooting probe, Georgia subpoenas, U.K. government resignations

6:39am July 06, 2022

The Highland Park shooting suspect is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. A Georgia grand jury subpoenas top Trump allies. Two key U.K. senior ministers quit Boris Johnson's government.

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2 senior ministers quit British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government

5:13am July 06, 2022

Two of Britain's most senior Cabinet ministers resigned on Tuesday. Can Prime Minister Boris Johnson survive the latest round of resignations from his Cabinet?

Five Just Stop Oil activists spray paint the wall and glue themselves to the frame of the painting The Last Supper on Tuesday at the Royal Academy in London.

Climate protesters in England glued themselves to a copy of 'The Last Supper'

7:35pm July 05, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Activists from the same group have glued themselves to other paintings at U.K. art galleries in recent days, calling on the government to end all new oil and gas licenses.

Large Hadron Collider starts 3rd run to unravel more mysteries about the Universe

5:26pm July 05, 2022

After a few years of upgrades, the Large Hadron Collider in Europe is smashing particles together once again to discover more about the Universe.

British PM Boris Johnson's government is in turmoil as 2 Cabinet ministers resign

4:56pm July 05, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

To lose one Cabinet minister may be seen as a misfortune, but to lose two looks like carelessness. That's what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces after two key members of his Cabinet quit.

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From left, British Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrive at No. 9 Downing Street for a media briefing in 2021. Two of Britain's most senior Cabinet ministers have quit, a move that co

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2 key U.K. senior ministers quit Boris Johnson's government

2:39pm July 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The two ministers resigned after a day in which the prime minister acknowledged he had changed his story on how he handled sexual misconduct allegations against a government official.

Dr. Peter Higgs was part of the team that correctly predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson particle over 60 years ago.

The Large Hadron Collider will embark on a third run to uncover more cosmic secrets

1:16pm July 05, 2022

by Juliana Kim

Ten years ago, the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle helped make sense of our universe. But in doing so, it unlocked a whole host of new questions.

Russia controls coal mines in Ukraine in a wider attempt to cripple its economy

7:19am July 05, 2022

by Nathan Rott

Ukraine's long-declining coal industry is finding itself in the middle of Russia's invasion. Many mines have been taken over while Ukrainian officials are promising to ramp up extraction.

A rescue helicopter hovers over the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, Monday, July 4, 2022.

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Rescuers are using drones to help search for avalanche survivors in Italy

5:30am July 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The terrain being searched is still so unstable that rescue crews are using drones to try to find any survivors while helicopters searched overhead.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at the end of a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Thursday, June 30, 2022.

NATO poised to sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland

4:48am July 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

The anticipated approval by the 30 NATO allies for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday will send the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.