The country is in a good place in the pandemic, but we should prepare for an unpredictable future, according to the latest assessment from the new White House coronavirus boss.
Read more ...South Dakota's attorney general is impeached over a fatal crash National News
The state's House impeached Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 fatal crash in which he initially told authorities he thought he had struck a deer or another large animal.
Read more ...U.S. calls for the immediate release of a vocal Kremlin critic detained in Moscow National News
Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 15 days in jail for disobeying police orders on Tuesday, the day after his arrest. The opposition leader has been speaking out against Russia's war in Ukraine.
Read more ...A dictator's son runs for Philippines president in a bid to revive his family's power National News
Ahead of presidential elections taking place in May, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is banking on voters' nostalgia for his late father's period of dictatorial rule in the 1970s and 1980s.
Read more ...Teen drug overdose deaths rose sharply in 2020, driven by fentanyl-laced pills National News
While adult overdoses surged in the last decades, teens hadn't seen the same kind of death rates. But now fatal overdoses nearly doubled in one year and continued to rise in 2021.
Read more ...'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID National News
In his new book, ProPublica reporter J. David McSwane says a shocking number of companies that received funds at the beginning of the pandemic to distribute protective gear had no experience doing so.
Read more ...An expert says it may be hard, but not impossible, to prove genocide in Ukraine National News
Should the atrocities in Ukraine be called war crimes, ethnic cleansing or genocide? The terms can be tricky to differentiate, but experts say the separate labels are crucial when seeking justice.
Read more ...Holocaust museums in 4 countries condemn Russia's actions in Ukraine as war crimes National News
The group of 17 Holocaust museums from the U.S., U.K., Canada and South Africa are supporting an international investigation into whether Russia committed war crimes and genocide in Ukraine.
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