Queen Elizabeth thanked all those involved in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations ahead of four days of pomp, parties, parades and public holidays to herald her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne reut.rs/3NRzg0O
Tens of thousands of royal supporters lined the streets of London to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee and kick off four days of pomp, parties and parades reut.rs/3taHI3x
At least two people caused a disturbance at a military parade in London which launches celebrations for Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, running out in front of marching soldiers before being arrested, TV pictures showed reut.rs/3x2XSgt
Britain's Prince Andrew has tested positive for COVID and will miss a thanksgiving service being held for Queen Elizabeth to mark her 70 years on the throne, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said reut.rs/3t6Q6kD
A beaming Queen Elizabeth waved to cheering crowds outside Buckingham Palace as Britain kicked off #PlatinumJubilee celebrations reut.rs/3PVyiTe
Actor Damian Lewis, author Ian Rankin and former Northern Ireland first minister Arlene Foster were among more than 1,100 people recognized by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in her annual birthday honors reut.rs/3aiGgp0
Britain's Queen Elizabeth, known for her love of horses, will receive one of French President Emmanuel Macron's prize thoroughbreds as a gift to mark her 70 years on the throne reut.rs/3GGd73v
Queen Elizabeth will no longer attend Friday's Service of Thanksgiving for her seven decades as monarch after experiencing some mobility discomfort when she appeared at a military parade on Thursday, Buckingham Palace said reut.rs/3xobhQD
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From the moment kids begin to learn to read English, there are clear differences between how words are pronounced and how they are spelled. Those whose first language is English may not realize that this is virtually unique among the major alphabetic languages 2/9
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Jurors have reached a verdict in the defamation claims brought by actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The decision will be read in Fairfax County Circuit Court at 3 p.m. ET, a court spokeswoman says reut.rs/3zg1Ept
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Tesla's Elon Musk asked employees to return to office or leave the company, in an email.
'Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week .... If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned,' the email read reut.rs/3PUd9c7
Two sources confirmed the authenticity of the email reviewed by @Reuters. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment reut.rs/3PUd9c7
Major tech firms in Silicon Valley do not require workers to return to the office full-time, in the face of resistance from some workers and a resurgence of COVID cases reut.rs/3PUd9c7
A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge Americans to confront the country's gun lobby and pressure Congress to tighten gun laws reut.rs/38g7rAf 1/6
Salvador Ramos, 18, began his rampage when he shot his grandmother, then crashed his car while fleeing near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas 2/6
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Eva Mireles went to a job she seemed to love, teaching fourth grade in the small Texas town of Uvalde, but she never came home, murdered along with 19 pupils and another teacher in the latest mass shooting to plague U.S. schools reut.rs/3NBhEGE 1/4
Mireles, who was trained in bilingual and special education, worked at Robb Elementary School, where a teenager killed them all in a hail of gunfire before being killed himself by police officers 2/4
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Herschel Walker, a former football star endorsed by Trump, wins the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia, Edison Research projects. He will face Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock in November reut.rs/3MPwTM4
Incumbent Brian Kemp wins Republican nomination for Georgia governor race and will face Democrat Stacey Abrams in November, Edison Research projects. He defeated Trump-backed candidate David Perdue reut.rs/3amqdqu
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, backed by Trump, is projected to defeat Republican George P. Bush in a primary run-off election for attorney general, despite a longstanding securities fraud indictment and other legal woes reut.rs/3LIpCwbreut.rs/3LIpCwb