World Dec 29 Russian poet receives 7-year prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine The OVD-Info rights group says that between late February 2022 and earlier this month, nearly 20,000 people in Russia have been detained for speaking out against the war.
Nation Dec 29 North Dakota governor declares emergency for ice storm that left thousands without power The ice storm that struck this week also shut down segments of interstate highways, including from Grand Forks to the Canadian border. Roads were so slick in North Dakota's capital city of Bismarck that people donned ice skates in some…
Politics Dec 29 Read the full ruling from Maine removing Trump from state's Republican primary ballot Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. Read the full decision here.
World Dec 29 China appoints new defense minister following unexplained firing of predecessor The uncertainty surrounding the leadership of the world’s largest standing military comes as Washington and its Asian allies are offering stronger resistance to China’s bid to assert itself as the dominant military power in the region.
World Dec 27 Poland's president defies new government in battle over control of state media Poland's political battle over state media continued Wednesday as the president filed a revised spending bill in defiance of the new pro-European Union government's goal of freeing the media from political control.
World Dec 27 Russian presidential hopeful loses appeal against election officials' refusal to register her for the race A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials' refusal to accept her nomination for the country's presidential race that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win.
Arts Dec 27 Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86 The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.
Economy Dec 27 The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft over the use of its stories to train chatbots The New York Times is suing OpenAI and Microsoft, trying to end the practice of using its stories to train chatbots.
World Dec 27 China sanctions U.S. research firm, 2 individuals over reports on Xinjiang human rights abuses China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights abuses committed against Uyghurs and other Muslim minority groups native to the country’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang.
World Dec 26 Mexico's army-run airline takes to the skies, with first flight to the resort of Tulum The airline combines Lopez Obrador's reliance on the military — which he claims is the most incorruptible and patriotic arm of the government — and his nostalgia for the state-run companies that dominated Mexico's economy until widespread privatizations were carried…