• World powers move to block some Russian banks from global SWIFT transaction system

    World powers move to block some Russian banks from global SWIFT transaction system

    Feb 26, 2022 11:24 PM EST

    ... around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTq5vVEuwzQ Allies on both sides of the Atlantic also considered the SWIFT option in 2014, when Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea and backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Russia declared then that kicking it out of SWIFT would be ...

  • WATCH: U.N. Security Council holds emergency meeting as Russia begins attack on Ukraine

    WATCH: U.N. Security Council holds emergency meeting as Russia begins attack on Ukraine

    Feb 24, 2022 01:02 AM EST

    ... hold Russia accountable.” Biden said he planned to speak to Americans on Thursday after a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders. More sanctions against Russia were expected to be announced Thursday. A full-blown Russian invasion could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine’s democratically elected government. And the ...

  • What is the drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case?

    What is the drug behind Russia's Olympic doping case?

    Feb 17, 2022 12:50 AM EST

    BEIJING (AP) — Kamila Valieva was back on the Olympic ice at the Beijing Games for the individual competition Tuesday, skating into the lead hours after details of her legal defense in a doping case were revealed. Lawyers for the 15-year-old Russian figure skater argued contamination from the heart ...

  • Clay Aiken, 'American Idol' runner-up, aims for Congress again

    Clay Aiken, 'American Idol' runner-up, aims for Congress again

    Jan 11, 2022 12:24 AM EST

    RALEIGH, N.C. — Former “American Idol” runner-up Clay Aiken announced Monday he's running for Congress again in North Carolina, this time seeking to succeed the retiring U.S. Rep. David Price. In a video announcing his bid in the 6th District, Aiken said he's joining the already ...

  • WATCH: U.S. rushes in troops to speed up evacuations in Afghanistan

    WATCH: U.S. rushes in troops to speed up evacuations in Afghanistan

    Aug 13, 2021 04:26 PM EST

    ... U.S. mission on Aug. 31, insisting the American and NATO mission that launched on Oct. 7, 2001, has done what it could to build up a Kabul-based Afghan government and military that could withstand the Taliban when Western troops finally withdrew. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAOhKy3XDY

  • In California’s agricultural heartland, thousands of wells could soon run dry

    In California’s agricultural heartland, thousands of wells could soon run dry

    Jul 20, 2021 09:22 PM EST

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACDfnAH3to0 To cope with its current circumstance, Teviston has relied on bottled water deliveries paid for by State Water Resources Control Board contracts, while trucks haul thousands of gallons of water from as far away as Fresno to refill storage tanks that help maintain ...

  • Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests

    Russia moves to extinguish pro-Navalny 'flashlight' protests

    Feb 14, 2021 06:03 PM EST

    Several independent online outlets reported that instructions to record videos in support of Putin came from the Kremlin and the governing United Russia party, and that people featured in some of the recordings were invited to shoots under false pretenses. The Russian president's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Kremlin ...

  • California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

    California funeral homes run out of space as COVID-19 rages

    Jan 02, 2021 09:15 PM EST

    ... certainly in the surge after Christmas travel and gatherings” and added, “As we enter this new year, our first resolution should be to follow guidelines.” https://youtu.be/GSpwm_-dHZ0 In Louisiana, a funeral was being held Saturday for a congressman-elect who died of COVID-19 complications. Republican Luke ...

  • Breaking the cycle of childhood trauma in rural Montana

    Breaking the cycle of childhood trauma in rural Montana

    Dec 15, 2020 11:30 PM EST

    ... CHW program is now connecting patients all across Montana with mental health care via telehealth -- a badly needed solution to transportation and access issues in rural areas. On a warm, fall day, Grace brought her guitar down to a creek that runs behind the log cabin where her family used ...

  • Poet uses runaway slave ads to tell a story of resistance

    Poet uses runaway slave ads to tell a story of resistance

    Nov 29, 2020 06:30 PM EST

    come GEOFFRY slave falls intolerable against you you living temples you gilded wards come STEPHEN JOHNSON come WILL NORRIS come BAR come NATthis day and every day belongs to your longing to your shortened years your worn joints your smooth black laugh toward peril https://youtu.be/cDurGAUKvWk