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  • A woman cries as she leaves the Uvalde Civic Center, Tuesday May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing multiple children and a teacher and wounding others, Gov. Greg Abbott said, and the gunman was dead. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

    Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers at Texas elementary school

  • This March 2022 photo provided by Manny Renfro shows his grandson, Uziyah Garcia, while on spring break in San Angelo, Texas. The 8-year-old was among those killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in Uvalde, Texas. (Manny Renfro via AP)

    'The sweetest little boy that I've ever known;' families mourn after Texas mass shooting

  • People crowd around a makeshift memorial at the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

    Texas shooting continues state's grim run of mass shootings

  • 1.1 million small kids in Afghanistan will face severe malnutrition this year: UN

  • Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces members train on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Max Pshybyshevsky)

    Ukraine: Russia must withdraw to pre-war positions for talks

  • A fenced property is pictured in Honiara, Solomon Islands, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. Solomon Islands police have found three bodies in a burned-out building and arrested more than 100 people in this week's violence sparked by concerns about the Pacific nation's increasing links with China. (Gary Ramage via AP)

    China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. A report into lockdown-breaching U.K. government parties says blame for a "culture" of rule-breaking in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office must rest with those at the top. Senior civil servant Sue Gray's long-awaited report was published Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

    UK 'partygate' report blames culture of Johnson's office

  • People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file image, at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, its neighbors said, hours after President Joe Biden wrapped up his trip to Asia where he reaffirmed U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North's growing nuclear threat. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

    North Korea launches ballistic missiles after Biden leaves Asia

  • President Joe Biden speaks to the nation about the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, from the White House, in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, as first lady Jill Biden listens. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

    Biden says 'we have to act' after Texas school shooting

  • Residents protest against police near the Getulio Vargas Hospital after the police raided Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Police raided the favela before dawn Tuesday in an operation that prompted a fierce firefight and state officials said at least 11 people died. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

    Police shootout at Rio de Janeiro favela kills more than 20

  • President George W. Bush speaks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Medal of Honor Museum , Friday, March 25, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. (Amanda McCoy/Star-Telegram via AP)

    Feds: Ohio man plotted visit to Texas to kill George W. Bush

  • View of a shelled section of the Barabashovo market in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

    Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins

  • Former Vice President Mike Pence, headlines a Get Out the Vote Rally with Governor Brian Kemp, on the eve of Georgia's primary at the Cobb County International Airport on Monday, May 23, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

    Kemp wins Georgia GOP gov's race in stinging rebuke of Trump

  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, second right, meets with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, left, in Guangzhou, southern China's Guangdong Province on Monday, May 23, 2022. China opposes "politicizing" human rights and imposing double standards, its foreign minister said in comments at the start of a visit by a top United Nations official focused on allegations of abuses against Muslim minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang. (Deng Hua/Xinhua via AP)

    China claims sabotage as UN rights official visits Xinjiang

  • Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, speak with reporters after a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Pentagon, Monday, May 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine

  • Courtney Martin, left, a nurse at the University of Washington Medical Center, gives the first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Ani Hahn, 7, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

    Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5

  • The United Nation flag waves in the wind on the top of an UN building in Geneva, Switzerland Monday, June 14, 2021. A veteran Russian diplomat to the U.N. Office at Geneva says he handed in his resignation before sending out a scathing letter to foreign colleagues inveighing against the "aggressive war unleashed"by President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. Boris Bondarev, 41, confirmed his resignation in a letter delivered Monday morning at the Russian diplomatic mission after a diplomatic official passed on his English-language statement to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File )

    Russian diplomat quits job over invasion of Ukraine