• Russia suspends deal allowing Ukraine to export grain, destabilizing global food markets

    Russia suspends deal allowing Ukraine to export grain, destabilizing global food markets

    Jul 17, 2023 03:49 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAcy6AqJKGE Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wanted to keep the initiative going even without Russia’s safety assurances. “We are not afraid,” he said. “We were approached by companies that own ships. They said that they are ready, if Ukraine gives it, and ...

  • Supreme Court rules for Christian graphic designer who didn't want to work with gay couples

    Supreme Court rules for Christian graphic designer who didn't want to work with gay couples

    Jun 30, 2023 02:30 PM EST

    ... to discriminate, refusing to serve Black, Jewish or Muslim customers, interracial or interfaith couples or immigrants. But Smith and her supporters had said that a ruling against her would force artists — from painters and photographers to writers and musicians — to do work that is against their beliefs. https://www.youtube ...

  • Outlook bleak as time runs out for passengers in Titanic submersible

    Outlook bleak as time runs out for passengers in Titanic submersible

    Jun 21, 2023 03:26 PM EST

    BOSTON (AP) — Time is quickly running out in the search for a missing submersible that lost contact with its mother ship on Sunday as it descended to the wreck of the Titanic with five people aboard. As an international fleet of surveillance vessels and aircraft forges ahead with ongoing search ...

  • Russia bombards Kyiv during the day after nighttime barrage

    Russia bombards Kyiv during the day after nighttime barrage

    May 29, 2023 04:28 PM EST

    Russia’s drone and missile attacks on peaceful Ukrainian cities cannot be seen as usual, no matter how frequent they grow,” he tweeted in English. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_52L47wZDng During the previous night, Ukraine air defenses brought down more than 40 targets as Russian forces bombarded ...

  • Ukraine's Zelenskyy to attend G7 summit as world leaders tighten sanctions against Russia

    Ukraine's Zelenskyy to attend G7 summit as world leaders tighten sanctions against Russia

    May 19, 2023 02:04 PM EST

    ... and sanction more than 300 individuals, entities, aircraft and vessels, said a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the announcement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsYAHX8eEk The official said the other G7 nations would undertake similar steps to further isolate Russia and to undermine ...

  • U.S.-Mexico border sees drop in crossings after prior week's rush as Title 42 expired

    U.S.-Mexico border sees drop in crossings after prior week's rush as Title 42 expired

    May 15, 2023 12:17 AM EST

    Under Title 42, a public-health rule, migrants were denied asylum more than 2.8 million times on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. When it expired, the administration launched a policy to deny asylum to people who travel through another country, like Mexico, to the U.S ...

  • Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city wounds dozens, damages buildings

    Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city wounds dozens, damages buildings

    May 01, 2023 02:04 PM EST

    Missiles also hit three other areas in the region, damaging residential buildings and a school, he said. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Monday that Russia conducted “a group missile strike with long-range precision-guided airborne and seaborne weapons on facilities of Ukraine’s defense industry ... all designated ...

  • Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules

    Supreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules

    Apr 14, 2023 02:07 PM EST

    The appeals court judges in the majority in Wednesday’s decision noted that the Biden administration and mifepristone’s manufacturer “warn us of significant public consequences” that would result if mifepristone were withdrawn entirely from the market under the lower court ruling. But the judges suggested FDA changes making mifepristone ...

  • Exploring the health care challenges rural Americans face across 5 states

    Exploring the health care challenges rural Americans face across 5 states

    Apr 12, 2023 10:11 PM EST

    ... diversity in rural America than we usually think of from the perches in the main media centers. And, you know, we wanted to capture that.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5NG5UHNMuc For Brangham, many of the issues facing rural Americans stem from having a market driven health care system ...

  • Russia bombards Ukraine at grim Bucha anniversary

    Russia bombards Ukraine at grim Bucha anniversary

    Mar 31, 2023 01:58 PM EST

    BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia used its long-range arsenal to bombard anew several areas of Ukraine on Friday, killing at least two civilians and damaging homes as Ukrainians commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha from a brutal occupation by the Kremlin's forces. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that ...