Acting Uvalde police chief during school shooting steps down
DALLAS — The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the…
Judge blocks DeSantis law on barring 'woke' education
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Thursday blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron…
Beshear defends legality of his action on medical marijuana
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear expressed confidence Thursday that he’s on solid…
'I thought I was going to die': Abuses widespread in Ukraine
KYSELIVKA, Ukraine — For 10 days, Alesha Babenko was locked in a basement and regularly beaten…
Starbucks workers strike at more than 100 US stores
Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores are on strike Thursday in their largest labor action…
Italy church says 600 sex abuse cases sent to Vatican
VATICAN CITY — Italy’s Catholic bishops provided their first accounting of clergy sexual…
Mental crises excluded from some state abortion exemptions
Mental health advocates say there’s a cruel quirk in abortion bans in several states: There are…
Starbucks workers plan strikes at more than 100 US stores
Starbucks workers at more than 100 U.S. stores say they’re going on strike Thursday in what…
A 'barbed wire curtain' rises in Europe amid war in Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland — The long border between Finland and Russia runs through thick forests and is…