Month: May 2022
Russian planning to annex Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, US says – The Washington Post
Russian planning to annex Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, US says The Washington Post US: Russia planning east Ukraine annexation KOMO News Ukrainian resistance may destroy Russia’s plans to create sham republic in Kherson Oblast Yahoo News View Full Coverage on Google News
Read MoreFederal judge extends ban on Kentucky abortion law
A federal judge in Kentucky has extended a temporary ban on the enforcement of a new state abortion law. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings is giving the clinics more time to explain their objections to the law.
Read MoreFederal judge extends ban on Kentucky abortion law
A federal judge in Kentucky has extended a temporary ban on the enforcement of a new state abortion law. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Grady Jennings is giving the clinics more time to explain their objections to the law.
Read MoreGreyhound racing nears its end in the U.S.
It’s been a long slide for greyhound racing, which reached its peak in the 1980s. Since then, increased concerns about how the dogs are treated along with an explosion of gambling options have nearly killed the sport.
Read MoreRussia steps up Ukraine assault as US warns of annexation
A woman who fled the besieged city of Mariupol arrives at a registration area for internally displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on May 2, 2022 Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) – Russia on Monday launched a fresh assault on the critical Ukrainian
Read MoreUkrainian civilians desperately try to flee the hellscape of Mariupol amid Russian attacks
The first evacuations from a steel plant in Mariupol, site of the last stand by Ukrainian troops, continued Monday a day after 100 civilians were freed. But more than 100,000 Ukrainians remain in the city, which has now been besieged
Read MoreU.S. acting ambassador to Ukraine on the return of diplomats and the state of the war
In the western city of Lviv, the U.S. chargé d’affaires to Ukraine Kristina Kvien returned on Monday to the country for the first time since evacuating six weeks ago. Kvien joins Nick Schifrin to discuss new shipments of U.S. arms
Read MoreNews Wrap: Jan. 6 committee calls on more GOP House members to testify
In our news wrap Monday, the Jan. 6 congressional committee has asked three more GOP House members to testify, a federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted a retired New York police officer of assault and other charges in the Jan.
Read MoreTrump pushes Republican candidates in the Ohio Senate primary further to the right
Former President Trump’s influence in this year’s midterm elections gets its first big test in Tuesday’s Ohio Senate Republican primary. As John Yang reports, Trump’s surprise endorsement of a one-time self-proclaimed “never-Trumper” has shaken up the race.
Read MoreDavid Petraeus: Top Russian military official getting ‘desperate’ as Putin leans on him to make progress
On Monday, former Gen. David Petraeus told CNN’s Jake Tapper that a key Russian military official is feeling the heat for the ongoing failure of the invasion of Ukraine. “We’re told that the chief of staff for the Russian military
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