Politics Dec 26 New Mexico delegation wants more time for the public and tribes to comment on proposed power line The tribes say longstanding mismanagement by federal land managers has resulted in desecration to sacred sites on the Caja del Rio.
World Dec 26 'I am your new Santa Claus' says imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in message from Arctic prison Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has released a sardonic statement about his transfer to a Arctic prison colony nicknamed the "Polar Wolf."…
World Dec 25 Ukraine celebrates Christmas on Dec. 25 for first time, in effort to distance itself from Russia The change, enacted in legislation signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in July, reflects both Ukrainians' dismay with the 22-month-old Russian invasion and their assertion of a national identity.
World Dec 25 Beijing sees most hours of sub-freezing temperatures in December in more than 70 years A weather observatory in the Chinese capital as of Sunday had recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures since Dec. 11 – the most since records began, in 1951, according to the official newspaper Beijing Daily.
World Dec 25 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in a penal colony near the Arctic Circle, associates say His spokesperson says Navalny is "doing well" and a lawyer has visited him.
World Dec 25 Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian fighter jets, along with missiles and drones Ukraine also observed Christmas on Monday, the first time the country has officially marked the holiday on Dec. 25 rather than the Jan. 7 date followed by some Orthodox countries, including Russia.
World Dec 24 'Our hearts are in Bethlehem': Pope calls attention to victims of war at Christmas Eve Mass Recalling Jesus’ birth in a stable in Bethlehem, Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today" prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world.”…
World Dec 24 Vatican to release previously unpublished homilies by the late Pope Benedict XVI The Vatican next year will publish a collection of never-before-seen homilies delivered by the late Pope Benedict XVI during his private Sunday Masses, most of them penned during his 10-year retirement, officials said Saturday.
Nation Dec 23 One person killed, 1 injured in shooting at central Florida shopping mall, police say Authorities in central Florida issued an arrest warrant Sunday for a 39-year-old man accused of fatally shooting another man at a shopping mall two days before Christmas in which police say the victim was “targeted.”…
Arts Dec 23 Suspect arrested in alleged theft of new Banksy art piece featuring drones on a stop sign A man suspected of stealing an artwork by Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three military drones, was arrested Saturday, London police said. The sign was taken less than an hour after the elusive street artist posted a photo of the…