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DW News The Ukrainian president once again pressed home his country’s urgent need for more powerful military equipment and supplies, as the fighting bogs down to a grinding war of attrition in the country’s south-east.
Placeholder while article actions load This is the start of a new investigation by the Star News into segregation of New Hanover County Schools in North Carolina:
Steven S. Koblik gave a gift to subsequent presidents of Reed College: in 1995, he declared that the college would no longer cooperate with U.S. News & World Report on its college rankings. Colin Diver, who succeeded Koblik, writes that when he arrived at Reed in 2002, he thought, “I’m no longer subject to the […]
When an opening for bishop arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were offering to be candidates. None were. She knew that since its founding 140 years earlier by Black Methodists emerging from slavery, the denomination had never elected a woman bishop. “I was […]
Romanian F-16 Fighting Falcons fly in formation with a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle above the Black Sea during a 2021 exercise. (Romanian Air Force/DVIDS). With President Joe Biden warning that war between Russia and Ukraine is potentially “days” away, the situation in Europe appears to be growing only more dangerous. Into that mix the US […]
Kherson, a key port city on the Black Sea, in southern Ukraine, was overrun by Russian forces in the early hours of Wednesday, after days of heavy bombardment and shelling. The Ukrainian flag was still hoisted on government buildings, and the mayor of the city, Ihor Kolykhaiev, remained in his post. On Saturday, Kolykhaiev announced . […]
(WHNT) — For the first time in 14 years, the national average price of gas broke $4 per gallon. The current national average even nears the all-time high of $4.103 per gallon, according to GasBuddy. GasBuddy reported the record breaking price on Saturday, stating, “Prices have spiked across the country due to the Russian war […]
Dorothy Rhau sees herself as someone who will always have a reason to laugh. “When I die I want people to see me in the coffin with a smile,” she laughed, speaking from her LaSalle borough office. “I used to tell my mother that if I stop laughing, it’s because something is wrong with me.” […]
Posted: Oct 24, 2021 / 01:01 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 24, 2021 / 01:01 PM EDT A car flooded on a local street as a result of the remnants of Hurricane Ida is seen in Somerville, N.J. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) (WSYR)- Another year, another potentially record-breaking number of natural […]
Sign up for our Daily Email newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest local news throughout Philadelphia. For years, academics, community organizations, nonprofits, and the media made Kensington the epicenter of Philadelphia’s overdose crisis and white suburbia its face. According to Andre Reid, such a focus comes at a cost. “Nobody’s thinking about West Philly,” […]