ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years as they try to recover an endangered species that for decades has been the focus of political strife and litigation. While a population cap would be …
Read More »Judge blocks DeSantis’ redistricting plan; state appeals
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge’s ruling that a new congressional map drawn by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ staff is unconstitutional has been appealed by the state. Thursday’s notice of appeal came hours after Circuit Judge Layne Smith issued an injunction to prevent the DeSantis map from being used …
Read More »Israeli Police Attack Mourners Before Funeral for Shireen Abu Akleh
JERUSALEM — In life, Shireen Abu Akleh, an acclaimed Palestinian American broadcaster, was one of the leading chroniclers of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Her death, while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, turned her into one of the conflict’s most prominent recent victims. Palestinian witnesses and …
Read More »West Ups Pressure on Putin, Including Sanctions on Reputed Girlfriend
KRAKOW, Poland — President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia faced fresh setbacks Friday over the Ukraine invasion, as Sweden became the second neutral country in two days to move toward joining NATO and the West devised ways to reroute Ukrainian grain past a Russian naval blockade. New signs of a …
Read More »Abortion looms as large as Donald Trump in Republican primaries
WASHINGTON—On a debate stage in Pennsylvania last week, surging Senate Republican primary candidate Kathy Barnette got personal. “I am the by-product of a rape. My mother was eleven years old when I was conceived, my father was 21. I was not just a clump of cells. As you can see, …
Read More »House subpoenas its own, grave new norm after Jan. 6 attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee’s remarkable decision to subpoena House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other congressional Republicans over the deadly insurrection at the Capitol has deepened acrimony and distrust among lawmakers and raises questions about what comes next. The outcome is certain to reverberate beyond the immediate …
Read More »Ukraine Begins Trial of Russian Soldier Accused of a War Crime
KYIV, Ukraine— The Ukrainian judicial authorities on Friday began a case against a Russian soldier accused of shooting a civilian, the first trial involving a suspected war crime by a Russian service member since the invasion began in February. The soldier, Sgt. Vadim Shysimarin, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old …
Read More »Val Broeksmit, Who Blew the Whistle on Deutsche Bank, Dies at 46
After a while, his parents began visiting occasionally. In 1985, when Val was 9, Alla, who had remarried and moved to New Jersey, was granted custody and her new husband, William Broeksmit, adopted Val. (Alla Broeksmit declined to comment on her son’s death.) Val was expelled from the Dublin School …
Read More »Long Island police release 911 call in human remains mystery
OAK BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who disappeared in a beach community on New York’s Long Island more than a decade ago, sparking an investigation into a possible serial killer, said “there’s somebody after me“ in a newly released 911 tape. But Suffolk County police said Friday they still …
Read More »Ukraine Is Favored to Win Eurovision as Commentator Broadcasts From Bunker
As Europe gears up for the final round of the glimmering, camp-filled extravaganza that is the Eurovision Song Contest, Ukraine’s commentator for the show has been broadcasting from a place far less glamorous — a bomb shelter. A photo posted by the Ukrainian public broadcasting company, Suspilne, showed the veteran …
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