Month: March 2022
Weighed down by news from home, Ukrainian athletes soldier on to Paralympic medals
Delegation overcomes heartbreak to win 6 golds and 17 other medals so far; one competitor pulls out of event after learning her father was captured and beaten, coach’s home bombed
Read MoreFrom Lviv’s Garrison Church, veteran military chaplains serve a nation at war
Rector Taras Mikhalchuk and his fellow Ukrainian Catholic priests offer supplies, housing, and prayers to troops fighting for the past eight years
Read MoreEvacuation from Sumy begins as Ukraine says Russian offensive ‘slowed significantly’
Ukrainian rescue services report 21 civilians killed in airstrike on besieged city; Kyiv’s deputy PM charges Moscow ‘has planned to disrupt’ humanitarian corridors
Read MoreRussia’s invasion puts a new light on Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign
With Russia’s brutal invasion and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being hailed as a hero, Trump’s infamous 2019 call to Zelenskyy is put into a very different light. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreRussia’s invasion puts a new light on Trump’s Ukraine pressure campaign
With Russia’s brutal invasion and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy being hailed as a hero, Trump’s infamous 2019 call to Zelenskyy is put into a very different light. (Image credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images)
Read MoreEast Africa is responsible for America’s favorite morning brew
America owes its favorite beverage to East Africa, says a Memphis coffee shop owner whose trip to Ethiopia transformed his understanding of the beverage. (Image credit: Simran Sethi/Simran Sethi)
Read MoreNorthern town of Nof Hagalil welcomes fleeing Ukrainian Jews
Mayor, who posted invitation on Facebook for refugees, says community was built on immigration; new arrivals being housed in hotels and vacant apartments
Read MoreAs misinformation swirls, many N.H. towns will vote on ballot counting machines
Activists contend, without proof, that New Hampshire’s ballot counting machines can be hacked or rigged. So voters in more than a dozen towns will decide whether to revert to hand counts. (Image credit: Josh Reynolds/AP)
Read MoreGasoline prices surge to a national record, with prices topping $4.17 gallon
The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now 4.17 according to AAA. That surpasses the previous record set in the summer of 2008, when not accounting for inflation. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Read MoreShoppers Scramble for Staples as the Food Fallout From the War in Ukraine Spreads Around the World
The shockwaves in global crop markets from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are now spreading to store shelves. Worries about surging sunflower oil prices triggered heavy buying over the weekend in Turkey, as footage of citizens trying to grab tins of
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