Economy Dec 13 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried indicted on battery of fraud charges Federal prosecutors unveiled a battery of charges against Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX. They include wire fraud, money laundering and lying to investors. Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday in the Bahamas just hours before he was scheduled…
World Sep 16 Ukraine examines bodies from mass graves discovered after regaining territory from Russia A gruesome scene played out in Ukraine on Friday as authorities began examining bodies buried in what Kyiv calls the largest mass grave of the war. It was discovered near the city of Izium which is in the Kharkiv region…
World Sep 08 Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, dead at 96 Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch in history, has died at the age of 96. Elizabeth was 25 years old when she assumed the throne in 1952 following the death of her father, King George VI. This year marked…
Politics Jun 08 Families of mass shooting victims testify before Congress as lawmakers debate legislation As negotiations on gun legislation continued on Capitol Hill, lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee heard wrenching testimony from those affected by recent mass shootings. Democrats on the committee cited these witnesses as motivation to push for stricter gun laws.
Nation Jun 02 What we know about the shooting at a Tulsa medical center President Biden is speaking to the nation in primetime Thursday urging Congress to address mass shootings that have traumatized communities across the U.S., including in New York, Texas and Oklahoma. A shooting in Tulsa Wednesday left at least four people…
Nation May 27 Anger, torment grip Uvalde residents as details emerge on police response to the shooting Friday was supposed to be the first day of summer break for students in Uvalde, Texas. Instead the community is still reeling from the shooting that left 19 children and two school teachers dead. Days after the attack, new details…
World May 03 Russia launches assault on Mariupol as Ukraine unveils evidence of war crimes outside Kyiv Russian forces on Tuesday are besieging the Azovstal steel plant, the final holdout of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians in Mariupol. This as Ukraine’s top prosecutor unveiled the preliminary results of her investigation into war crimes in the Kyiv suburb of…
World May 02 Ukrainian 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…
World Apr 29 As Ukrainian forces hold off Russian advances, the roar of artillery remains relentless Desperate attempts to evacuate the besieged city of Mariupol continue Friday, with the United Nations trying to strike a deal with Russia that would allow more than 100,000 civilians to leave the port city. Fighting raged elsewhere in Ukraine's east…
Politics Apr 27 Hundreds gather to celebrate the life of Madeleine Albright, a quintessential American At Washington's National Cathedral Wednesday nearly 1,500 people gathered to remember former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died late last month at age 84. The first woman to hold that post was memorialized by two presidents, one of her…