Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — As many as 12 missiles were fired Sunday toward the U.S. consulate in Iraq's northern city of Irbil, Iraqi security officials said.  A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran.

Justice Thomas slams cancel culture, ‘packing’ Supreme Court  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said he's concerned efforts to politicize the court or add additional justices may erode the institution's credibility, speaking Friday in Utah at an event hosted …

The Things I'm Afraid to Write About  —  One evening, I sat on the brown-leather couch of a younger man who admired me for my writing, and maybe other things, if the salty text messages were true.  He came from a different generation, but I was pleased to discover that he shared …

Police investigated ‘unlawful entry’ onto property of White House national security aide … Law enforcement officials have been investigating an incident in which someone accessed the property of a top White House official working on U.S. sanctions against Russia, according to a police report and people familiar with the matter.

Kremlin arrests FSB chiefs in fallout from Ukraine chaos … A Russian spy chief is said to have been placed under house arrest in a sign that President Putin is seeking to blame the security services for the stalled invasion of Ukraine.  —  Sergey Beseda, head of the FSB's foreign intelligence branch …

Using a New Cyber Tool, Westerners Have Been Texting Russians About the War in Ukraine  —  Website developed by hackers is new initiative in West's battle to counter Russia's propaganda campaign  —  People around the world are using a new website to circumvent the Kremlin's propaganda machine …

A Jewish girl was saved by a Ukrainian family during World War II.  Now her grandchildren are returning the favor.  —  Cousins and Ukrainian refugees Lesia Orshoko and Alona Chugai are among the millions who are running for their lives as Russian forces invade their country.

Saudi Arabia executes 81 men in 24 hours  —  Officials say those executed were convicted of charges including terrorism and holding ‘deviant beliefs’  —  Saudi Arabia has executed 81 men over the past 24 hours, including seven Yemenis and one Syrian national, on charges including terrorism and holding …

Did masks really help slow COVID-19 spread in schools?  Study says ...  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) — Some skeptical parents and anti-mask advocacy groups questioned the necessity of forcing students and teachers to wear masks for the majority of the 2021-22 school year.

Intelligence points to heightened risk of Russian chemical attack in Ukraine, officials say  —  MUKACHEVO, Ukraine — The United States and its allies have intelligence that Russia may be preparing to use chemical weapons against Ukraine, U.S. and European officials said Friday …

Police: Woman stabbed date in revenge of Iranian's killing  —  HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — A woman stabbed her date whom she had met online in retaliation for the 2020 death of an Iranian military leader killed in an American drone strike, police said.  —  Nika Nikoubin, 21 …

HALLELUJAH!  —  The women of America just won a major decision in Federal Court!  —  All of us don't have to be afraid to speak up, to protest against mistreatment, abuse, or worse.  And didn't we already know—three weeks ago!—that the best civil rights attorney in the world—Robbie Kaplan …

American Voters Now View Ukraine as Favorably as France, Germany and Japan  —  American voters' perceived friends and adversaries  —  As recently as a year ago, many Americans did not know what to make of Ukraine — if they knew anything about it at all.  One-third of voters couldn't say whether …

War in Ukraine: How Russia is recruiting mercenaries  —  Social media channels and private messaging groups are being used in Russia to recruit a new brigade of mercenaries to fight in Ukraine alongside the army, the BBC has learned.  —  The BBC has spoken to a serving mercenary …

Ukraine Live Updates: Desperation Grows in Cities Under Continued Russian Assault  —  France and Germany unsuccessfully pressed Moscow to agree to a cease-fire, as cities and towns in Ukraine came under sustained bombardment.  In one southern city, hundreds took to the streets to protest …

Living in a Florida we no longer recognize  —  TALLAHASSEE — Elections police.  Thought police.  Censoring teachers.  Banning books — then cynically calling it parental involvement.  —  Welcome to America's culture war capital.  —  This is no longer the Florida where you chose to go to college, launch a new career or retire.

U.S. Veterans Start a ‘Resistance Academy’ in Ukraine.  Will It Backfire?  —  Three days after the Russian invasion, Hannibal told me he was setting up a group of international military volunteers to fight for Ukraine.  —  Hannibal — who asked that Rolling Stone not reveal his name …

Florida fails to pass condo safety measures following Surfside collapse  —  In the nine months since 98 people died in the collapse of a Surfside, Florida, condominium, state lawmakers have pledged to pass measures that could help avoid a similar disaster.  —  On Friday, they failed.

After 2 Years of Pandemic Life, Turn Toward Normalcy Is a Shake-Up  —  As the Omicron variant recedes, cities and states with the longest mask and vaccine mandates are rapidly lifting them.  The abrupt shift has unsettled the most vigilant Americans.  —  It was two years ago …

POLITICO Playbook: Trump descends on S.C. — and splits its Republican Party  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PALMETTO STATE INTRIGUE — As President DONALD TRUMP heads to his latest political event this evening — a rally in Florence, S.C. — POLITICO's lead GOP politics reporter, Alex Isenstadt …

Democratic campaign chair Sean Patrick Maloney faces toughest job in politics … PHILADELPHIA — Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) has spent years preparing to helm the Democratic political operation.  —  Maloney led an investigation into the disappointing 2016 campaign.

That Russian Business You're Boycotting Isn't Actually Russian  —  The consumer activism that makes a vodka C.E.O. say: 'Do you know we're Latvian?'  —  They poured the liquid out — blueberry-flavored, orange-flavored and the original, face-puckering unflavored version …

Ukraine at ‘turning point’, Zelenskiy says as Russians regroup near Kyiv … Ukraine was at a turning point in the war with Russian forces appearing to be regroup for a possible assault on Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, as the United States imposed new sanctions on senior Kremlin officials and Russian oligarchs.