NEW YORK — A memoir Alexei Navalny began working on in 2020 will be published this fall. “Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader’s […]
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says Trump’s hush money criminal trial isn’t about politics
NEW YORK — When he was elected two years ago as Manhattan’s first Black district attorney, Alvin Bragg spoke candidly about his unease with the job’s political demands. A former […]
Federal appeals court hearing arguments on nation’s first ban on gender-affirming care for minors
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as the fight over the restrictions on transgender youths […]
China sanctions 2 U.S. companies over ‘support for arms sales to Taiwan’
China has sanctioned two U.S. companies over what it says is their support for arms sales to Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory to be […]
Biden awards $830 million to toughen nation’s infrastructure against climate change
DETROIT — The Biden administration on Thursday awarded $830 million in grants to fund 80 projects aimed at toughening the nation’s aging infrastructure against the harmful impacts of climate change. […]
Biden to meet with Philippines, Japanese leaders as worry grows about Chinese action in Indo-Pacific
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is bringing together Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Thursday as the […]
Ukraine's parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks Source link
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed, taking hot US inflation data in stride
BANGKOK — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation may be a […]
Scientists are grasping at straws while trying to protect infant corals from hungry fish
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — South Florida researchers trying to prevent predatory fish from devouring laboratory-grown coral are grasping at biodegradable straws in an effort to restore what some call the […]
Voter fraud case before NC Supreme Court may determine how much power state election officials have
RALEIGH, N.C — North Carolina’s highest court could determine whether election officials retain special legal privileges that allow them to defame individual voters and set a precedent for how voter […]