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Unvaccinated cadets will graduate, but won’t receive commissions, Air Force Academy says

Air Force Academy cadets make their way to their seats as family and friends cheer from the stands during the United States Air Force Academy's Class of 2021 graduation ceremony at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 26, 2021. Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who have refused the COVID-19 vaccine will not be commissioned as military officers but will graduate with bachelor's degrees, the academy said Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Chancey Bush/The Gazette via AP, File)

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Three U.S. Air Force Academy cadets whose refusal to get COVID-19 vaccines threatened their May 25 graduation — along with the risk of a repayment demand for six-figure tuition costs — will be awarded their degrees, officials said Saturday.

In this photo made available by the Turkish Presidency, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 20, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP) **FILE**

Erdogan raises concerns on Finland, Sweden NATO membership in calls with countries’ leaders

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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, not in photo, during their meeting at the People's House in Seoul Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je /Pool Photo via AP)

Biden open to talks with North Korea only if Kim ‘serious’ about curbing weapons programs

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In this file photo, Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, arrives to the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. Sussmann is accused of making a false statement to the FBI during the Trump-Russia probe. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Clinton campaign lawyer peddled anti-Trump claims to CIA after the election, officials testify

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City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Philadelphia is ending its indoor mask mandate, city health officials said Thursday night, April 21, 2022, abruptly reversing course just days after city residents had to start wearing masks again amid a sharp increase in infections.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan, on April 19, 2019. A group of theologically conservative United Methodists planned to launch a new worldwide denomination on May 1, 2022. This will begin the breakup of the third-largest religious body in the U.S. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Steelworker sues for firing after calling gay rainbow symbol ‘abomination’

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In this file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., greet family members before a funeral service for former Rep. John Dingell, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington. Mrs. Pelosi has been barred from Holy Communion, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone announced on Friday, May 20, citing her support for abortion. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) **FILE**

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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, talks with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, not in photo, during their meeting at the People's House in Seoul Saturday, May 21, 2022. (Jung Yeon-je /Pool Photo via AP)

Biden open to talks with North Korea only if Kim ‘serious’ about curbing weapons programs

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In this file photo, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at the People's House inside the Ministry of National Defense, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden signs $40 billion Ukraine aid bill

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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, at the People's House, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. and South Korea open to expanded joint military drills to deter North

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U.S. President Joe Biden, disembarks from Air Force One on his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, Pool)

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Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, center back, celebrates with his partner partner Jodie Haydon, right, and Labor senate leader partner Penny Wong at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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Truckers gather at Hagerstown Speedway as the People's Convoy makes preparations in this Saturday, March 5, 2022, file photo, in Hagerstown, Md. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

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Alabama Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to a GOP club meeting on March 1, 2022, in Opelika, Ala., on May 16, 2022. Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby is a bitter high-dollar fight between three frontrunners battling for a spot in an anticipated runoff. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who won _ and then lost _ former President Donald Trump’s backing in the race faces Katie Boyd Britt, the former leader of Business Council of Alabama and Shelby’s former chief of staff and Mike Durant, the owner of an aerospace company but best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and captured in in the events that inspired “Black Hawk Down.” (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

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Infant formula is stacked on a table during a baby formula drive to help with the shortage May 14, 2022, in Houston. President Joe Biden has invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and has authorized flights to import supply from overseas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

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House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Proposed political maps released by the leaders of New York's Democrat-dominated legislature would give the party an advantage in 22 of of the state's 26 congressional districts and mean re-election trouble for several Republican members of the U.S. House. The congressional map in upstate New York would be realigned to create three Republican super districts — one of them now home to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, the third-ranking House Republican. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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In this March 4, 2019, file photo, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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This file photo shows a big cat sitting in the deep grass in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file) **FILE**

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Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., speaks before the House select committee in Washington, July 27, 2021. Murphy on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021 announced she will not seek reelection next year. The Florida Democrat, a leader of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition and member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, said she is retiring from Congress to spend more time with her family. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

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Crime scene tape surrounds Geneva Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Laguna Woods, Calif. A shooting at the church on Sunday left one dead and five injured. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

California church leaders, shooting survivors join in prayer

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A snowy egret forages in a salt marsh, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Parris Island, S.C. Salt marsh makes up more than half of the base's 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares), and the island's highest point, by the fire station, is just 13 feet (4 meters) above sea level. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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Truckers gather at Hagerstown Speedway as the People's Convoy makes preparations in this Saturday, March 5, 2022, file photo, in Hagerstown, Md. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) ** FILE **

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Alabama Republican Senate candidate Katie Britt speaks to a GOP club meeting on March 1, 2022, in Opelika, Ala., on May 16, 2022. Alabama’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby is a bitter high-dollar fight between three frontrunners battling for a spot in an anticipated runoff. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks who won _ and then lost _ former President Donald Trump’s backing in the race faces Katie Boyd Britt, the former leader of Business Council of Alabama and Shelby’s former chief of staff and Mike Durant, the owner of an aerospace company but best known as the helicopter pilot shot down and captured in in the events that inspired “Black Hawk Down.” (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

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Kristie Graves gives her 6-year-old adopted daughter, Bridget, a kiss while on a bus at Dulles International Airport on Thursday, May 12, 2022, near Dulles, Va. The family arrived at the airport after going to war-torn Ukraine to finalize the adoption of Bridget and bring her home. (Katina Zentz/The Frederick News-Post via AP)

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In this file photo from Jan. 7, 2020, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Damascus, Syria. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hugs his daughters Lily and Abbey at a Liberal Party function in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Morrison has conceded defeat and has confirmed that he would hand over the leadership of the Liberal Party following his party's loss to Labor in today's federal election. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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A protestor wearing body paint that reads &quot;Stop Raping Us&quot; in the color of the Ukrainian is removed from the red carpet at the premiere of the film 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Mito Pereira, of Chile, reacts after missing a putt on the eighth hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Southern Hills Country Club, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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D.C. United forward Taxiarchis Fountas, center, kicks the ball past Toronto FC midfielder Kosi Thompson, left, and goalkeeper Alex Bono (25) during the second half of an MLS soccer match in Washington, Saturday, May 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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