Dec 18 Kherson's rapid fall at start of Russian invasion leaves unanswered questions By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Now that Russia has retreated from Kherson following Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south, residents want to know why Moscow's forces were able to overrun the city so easily. Continue reading
Dec 17 Toddler found among casualties of latest Russian strikes in central Ukraine By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Emergency crews pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search Saturday for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 7:55 News Wrap: Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid government shutdown In our news wrap Friday, President Biden signed a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown by keeping federal agencies open through next week, basketball star Brittney Griner left a medical center in Texas after recovering from her time… Continue watching
Dec 15 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: Three killed by tornadoes in Louisiana, including mother and child In our news wrap Thursday, a storm system impacted the South with tornadoes killing three people in Louisiana, stocks dropped sharply on fears that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates to break inflation even it causes a recession,… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch 6:58 News Wrap: New government in Peru suspends basic rights to quell protests By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Wednesday, the new government in Peru declared a state of emergency and suspended basic rights to quell violent protests, a storm system reached the upper Midwest and the Deep South where tornadoes killed a woman and… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch 4:47 News Wrap: Labor Department report shows inflation is slowing In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. economy is giving fresh hope that the worst of inflation may have passed, stocks surged on the inflation news then eased back to wait for Wednesday's interest rate decision, a French court convicted… Continue watching
Dec 12 Ukraine requests more international military aid to defend against Russian attacks By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other hi-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks, as more Russian shelling was reported on Monday in the eastern regions of Ukraine where Moscow is trying to make battlefield… Continue reading
Dec 10 PHOTOS: Bakhmut 'destroyed' as Russian offensive grinds on in eastern Ukraine By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press Russian forces have turned the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut into ruins, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Ukraine's military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 6:03 News Wrap: Brittney Griner returns to the U.S. amid discussions about more prisoner swaps In our news wrap Friday, Brittney Griner lands in the U.S. a day after Russia exchanged her for a convicted arms dealer, health experts urged older Americans to get COVID boosters before the holidays, Ukraine says Russian shelling in the… Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 5:56 Ukrainians brace for a brutal winter amid Russian attacks on energy grid By Volodymyr Solohub For nearly two months, Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy grid in an attempt to sap and freeze the country’s morale. At one point, more than 10 million Ukrainians had no electricity or heat. Special correspondent Volodymyr Solohub and videographer Pavlo… Continue watching