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On his apology tour for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools, Pope Francis travels to the site of an annual pilgrimage that welcomes tens of thousands of Indigenous participants each year.

" Pope Francis issued a historic apology for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's ""catastrophic"" policy of Indigenous residential schools. "

An Indigenous elder and residential school survivor wiped tears away as she watched Pope Francis apologize for the Catholic Church’s role in running boarding schools where Indigenous children were abused and many died: "With my whole heart and soul, I really believe he is my pope."

Pope Francis presided over Mass for an estimated crowd of 60,000 people, his first big open-air event on a trip to Canada centered around apologizing for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools that tried to erase native cultures.

Canadian police are providing an update on a shooting in a Vancouver, British Columbia suburb that killed two people. Police said the suspect was targeting homeless people in the area before he was shot and killed by law enforcement.

" A man was taken into custody by authorities. "

2 killed in shooting in Langley, BC near Vancouver

Homeless people were targeted in a string of Vancouver shootings that happened just this morning.

The suspect shot four people, killing two, before he was shot and killed by police.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Arab League in Cairo that any ships coming to pick up grain from Ukrainian ports would be inspected to make sure they were not carrying weapons.

Russia has announced it will leave the ISS project in 2024.

"Russia to opt out of International Space Station after 2024, focus on building its own station "

Russia's withdrawal from the International Space Station would force NASA and partners to find new ways to keep the space station in orbit.

Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost, the country’s new space chief said Tuesday amid high tensions between Moscow and the West over the fighting in Ukraine.

Russia said it would withdraw from the International Space Station after 2024 to form its own orbital station, but a NASA official said Moscow has not communicated its intent to pull out of the two-decade-old partnership with the U.S.

University of Chicago's Space Historian Jordan Bimm joined the WGN News at 4 to talk about what will happen when Russian leaves the International Space Station

Huntsville played a vital role in the station's creation

The country's space chief says Moscow will focus instead on building its own orbiting outpost, spurring concerns. The announcement Tuesday was expected, amid tensions between Russia and the West over the war in Ukraine. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Russia has announced it will withdraw as a partner in the International Space Station after 2024. Also, WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared in a Russian court and shared a message to her wife.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that the Justice Department's investigation into the events surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is "the most wide-ranging investigation and the most important investigation" the department has ever undertaken.

A new memo from U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland suggests there will not be a federal indictment for former President Donald Trump, pertaining to his conduct on Jan. 6, before the November midterms.

No person is above the law in this country' — AG Merrick Garland gave what are perhaps his most... interesting... comments yet, when it comes to the possibility of Trump facing legal repercussions for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed concerns that he would put political considerations ahead of pursuing a case against Donald Trump, calling the DOJ investigation of Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election "the most wide-ranging investigation, and the most important investigation that the Justice Department has ever entered into."

Russia’s space chief says the country will opt out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting outpost. (July 26)