CNN — Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited unannounced Ukraine Thursday – making his second visit to the country’s capital since the start of the war with Russia more than six months ago. While in Kyiv, Blinken met Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and visited a children’s hospital. His trip comes as Ukraine has launched … Read more
CNN — The State of Texas, which for several months has thousands of buses of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York and Washington, DC, has defined a new metropolitan area as destination: Chicago. Undocumented migrants on a charter bus from Texas arrived in Chicago on Wednesday evening, according to the office … Read more
CNN — West Point, the United States Military Academy, has a plaque with the name Ku Klux Klan writing and a hooded figure displayed at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, the science center on the campus of the military academy, according to a new report from the Congress Naming Commission. The Commission, which was created … Read more
CNN — Most people in the United States take it for granted that when you turn on a tap, you get clean water. Residents of Jackson, Mississippi are now facing what happens when There is no water for drinking, cooking, washing or even flushing the toilet. The capital of Mississippi has long had a water … Read more
CNN — The South Carolina House of Representatives moved forward on Tuesday legislation it would ban nearly all abortions at all stages of pregnancy, after adding a last-minute amendment that includes exceptions for certain cases of rape and incest. The amendment, which adds an exception for rape and incest up to 12 weeks after conception … Read more
CNN — Widespread ice loss from Greenland blocked nearly a foot of global sea level rise it should happen in the near future – and new research suggests there’s no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing global warming emissions today. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found … Read more
CNN — The teachers’ union in Columbus, Ohio, voted on Sunday to ratify a agreement with Columbus City Schoolswhich will allow students to resume in-person learning on Monday after a day-long strike over classroom conditions and teacher pay. A majority of members of the teachers’ union, Columbus Education Association, voted to accept the deal, union … Read more
CNN — Ukrainian forces began “shaping up” operations in southern Ukraine to prepare the battlefield for a major Ukrainian counteroffensive, two senior U.S. officials briefed on the intelligence told CNN. Make-up operations are standard military practice prior to an offensive and involve striking weapons, command and control systems, ammunition depots, and other targets to prepare … Read more
Seoul, South Korea CNN — Two US Navy warships entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit of the waterway since US-China tensions rose this month during a visit to the island of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruisers were making the trip Sunday “through … Read more
CNN — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves declared a state of emergency On Saturday, as weather and emergency management officials now anticipate the Pearl River Ridge in Jackson on Monday – about 24 hours earlier than originally expected – after record rainfall this week. “If the forecast proves accurate, the Pearl River is expected to crest … Read more
