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The White House is seen at dusk in Washington on Nov. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

White House to start paying its interns in the fall

The Biden White House will start paying its interns in what officials said is a bid to diversify the ranks of young talent and help them afford high living expenses in the nation's capital.

June 3, 2022
An elderly woman sits in a wagon sitting at a train station in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Monday, April 25, 2022, before departing as she flees the war in Severodonetsk and nearby towns. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) ** FILE **

Russians near control of key eastern Ukraine city

Russian forces have taken nearly full control of a key city in the Luhansk part of eastern Ukraine as they pivot to attacks on the Donetsk region in the face of stiff Ukrainian resistance, British intelligence officials said Thursday.

June 2, 2022
Commuters wear face masks and social distance while riding an M Train, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in New York's subway system. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is developing guidance that will ease the nationwide mask mandate for public transit next month. That's according to a U.S. official. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

DOJ appeals mask mandate order for public transportation

The Biden administration has formally appealed its federal mask mandate to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn a lower court's ruling that vacated the mask requirement for public transportation, which was aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.

June 1, 2022
Alyssa Milano arrives at Variety's Power of Women event on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, at the Beverly Wilshire hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) ** FILE **

Alyssa Milano to Biden: Grow a pair of ovaries and protect abortion rights

Actress and liberal activist Alyssa Milano wants President Biden to "grow a pair of ovaries and act" to protect abortion rights before the Supreme Court issues an opinion that is likely to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that established a broad right to the procedure in 1973.

June 1, 2022