Politics

International Olympic Committee urges sports bodies to cancel events in Russia, Belarus

By Associated Press

The International Olympic Committee has urged sports bodies to cancel or move all events they plan to hold in Russia and Belarus and stop using the countries' flags and national anthems.

WATCH: US will join European allies in imposing sanctions aimed at Putin, White House says

By Adam Kemp

“I would say that a moment where a leader is ... in the middle of invading a sovereign country is not the moment where diplomacy feels appropriate,” Psaki told reporters at a White House briefing. “It does not mean we…

Key inflation gauge hit 6.1 percent in January, highest since 1982

By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press

An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1 percent in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price increases that will likely worsen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

WATCH: NATO secretary general holds briefing on Russia's invasion of Ukraine

By News Desk

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is expected to hold a press briefing in Brussels to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Friday.

Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

In Jackson, Biden delivers on a campaign promise to make the historic appointment and to further diversify a court that was made up entirely of white men for almost two centuries.

Texas clinics battle strict abortion law despite dimming legal hopes

By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press

The nation's strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law.

What steps the U.S. has taken against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The U.S. sanctions and penalties announced so far appear to spare Putin himself from sanctions, and forgo an option long-cited as one of the toughest possible — banning Russia from the SWIFT financial system that moves money around the world.

Russia invades Ukraine on multiple fronts in 'brutal act of war'

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov, Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press

Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides in an attack that could rewrite the post-Cold War security order.

Even as calls for climate action grow, actual greenhouse gas emissions higher than official reports

By News Desk

Oil and gas operators in Texas and a dozen other U.S. states have flared, or burned off, at least 3.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas over much of the last decade, according to an analysis of satellite data by…