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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Lawmakers press FDA to crack down on vaping, protect children

Members of Congress on Wednesday pressed the acting chief of the Food and Drug Administration to clear the market of flavored vapes and tobacco products that they said entice kids into the habit. "This is the Super Bowl for the FDA's tobacco effort. I'm afraid they're not ready for primetime. I hope they prove me wrong," Sen. Richard J. Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, told members of the House Oversight Committee.

June 23, 2021
People against the July opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, gather to protest around the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building during a demonstration Wednesday, June 23, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo Olympics bans alcohol at events

Olympics organizers said Wednesday they will ban alcohol at the Summer Games in Tokyo, delivering the latest check on an event that's usually marked by crowds and celebrations.

June 23, 2021
Democratic mayoral candidate Eric Adams, left, is joined by former Gov. David Paterson, right, during a campaign event, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Wright and Paterson endorsed Adams. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Eric Adams takes lead in New York City’s mayoral race

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday received nearly a third of top-choice votes to lead New York City out of the pandemic doldrums as mayor under a new "ranked-choice" system that's adding intrigue -- and a long wait -- to a race that hinges on the best person to revive the economy and take on rising crime.

June 22, 2021
Democrat mayoral candidate Kathryn Garcia talks with the media on New York's Upper West Side, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators will be on the ballot, along with other municipal offices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Yang, Garcia try to catch Eric Adams in NYC mayoral race

New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang predicted a "historic victory" Tuesday as he strutted down a Manhattan street in a bid to catch front-runner Eric Adams and lift the Big Apple out of its pandemic doldrums.

June 22, 2021
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gesture as they pose for a family photo with G-7 leaders in Carbis Bay, England, Friday, June 11, 2021. Leaders from left, European Council President Charles Michel, Biden, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Johnson, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi and French President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

G-7 powers pledge 1 billion vaccine doses as summit kicks off in U.K.

President Biden and allied leaders pledged Friday to provide 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the developing world through 2022 as the Group of Seven nations kicked off their three-day summit with handshakes and a "family photo" on the beach in Cornwall, England.

June 11, 2021
Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, left, and U.S. first lady Jill Biden, carrying carrots for the school rabbit, Storm, during a visit to Connor Downs Academy in Hayle, West Cornwall, during the G-7 summit in England, Friday, June 11, 2021. (Aaron Chown/Pool photo via AP)

First lady Jill Biden, Kate Middleton tour Cornwall preschool

U.S. first lady Jill Biden and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, admired drawings, stacked Legos and fed rabbits with about 20 children in a preschool tour Friday designed to showcase early education on the sidelines of the Group of Seven nations summit in Cornwall, England.

June 11, 2021
US President Joe Biden, left, talks with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a walk, with their wives (not pirctured) outside Carbis Bay Hotel, Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, ahead of the G7 summit, Thursday June 10, 2021. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden, Britain’s Johson pledge to tackle pandemic, climate change

President Biden, in England on the first overseas trip of his term, began stamping his brand on U.S. diplomacy in person Thursday, pledging with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to take aggressive action on climate change and gearing up for the Group of Seven summit by offering to give away a half-billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

June 10, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as first lady Jill Biden addresses U.S. military personnel at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, ahead of the G-7 summit in Cornwall on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (Joe Giddens/Pool Photo via AP)

First lady Jill Biden to keep up a busy schedule in U.K.

First lady Jill Biden enjoyed tea with U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's wife, Carrie, on Thursday and will meet with British military veterans and Queen Elizabeth II over the weekend as part of a busy schedule during President Biden's first foreign trip as president.

June 10, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive on Air Force One at Cornwall Airport Newquay, near Newquay, England, ahead of the G7 summit in Cornwall, early Thursday, June 10, 2021. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden to stress strengthening alliances before fraught Putin summit

President Biden arrived in England on Wednesday for his first foreign trip, telling U.S. troops at an air base that he's on a mission to reinforce alliances with the world's leading democracies before his showdown next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

June 9, 2021