Pregnant woman, baby die after Russia bombed maternity ward  —  MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A pregnant woman and her baby have died after Russia bombed the maternity hospital where she was meant to give birth, The Associated Press has learned.  Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance …

America's Hesitation Is Heartbreaking  —  “When you're at war, you're at war,” the saying goes, and if so, you have to accept the implications.  So too in the present circumstance.  The United States and its NATO allies are engaged in a proxy war with Russia.

Ukraine dents ‘America First’ thinking deep in the heart of Trump country  —  “It breaks my heart to see this.  It's hard to sit still and not do something.  What can we do as individuals?” one GOP voter said at a town hall.  —  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Here in the middle …

Russian Prosecutors Warn Western Companies of Arrests, Asset Seizures  —  McDonald's and IBM are among those cautioned if leaders there criticize the government or if companies withdraw from the country  —  Russian prosecutors have issued warnings to Western companies in Russia …

Russia Doesn't Need Trolls This Time  —  Bioweapons conspiracy promoted by likely suspects.  —  During the Cold War, the Soviet Union invested heavily in its global disinformation and propaganda efforts.  And back in 2016, the Russians had to go to the trouble of creating a troll farm …

Mayors urge homeless to get off streets as ‘cold-blooded killer’ stalks NYC, DC  —  The mayors of New York City and Washington, DC, urged their cities' homeless populations to seek shelter Sunday as a “cold-blooded killer” who had shot at least five vagrants remained on the loose.

Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia  —  Koch Industries, the conglomerate run by right-wing billionaire Charles Koch, has numerous ongoing business operations in Russia.  Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Koch Industries has given no indications that those business operations have been suspended.

Police enter London mansion reportedly owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska after squatters occupy property  —  Deripaska, a 54-year-old industrialist who founded the aluminium giant Rusal, was added to the UK government's sanctions list on 10 March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Liz Cheney turns to Democrats to save her hide  —  JACKSON, Wyo. — In 2007, in this blue bastion of one of the reddest states in the country, liberal activists wheeled a giant statue of Dick Cheney through town to protest his star role in the Iraq War — before toppling it, Saddam Hussein style, for good measure.

American journalist Brent Renaud shot and killed by Russian forces in Ukraine, police say  —  Washington — An American journalist was killed and another was wounded by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside the capital of Kyiv as they were traveling to film refugees, Ukrainian police said Sunday.

With cases still rising in Hong Kong, 300,000 people are isolating at home, officials say.  —  BEIJING — Two of China's largest cities, Shenzhen and Shanghai, imposed stringent restrictions on Sunday on the movements of their residents, as a coronavirus outbreak continued to spread across much of mainland China.

Tanks, bombs, shootings: Ukrainians describe Russian takeover of villages  —  Witnesses describe soldiers shooting people dead in the street and confiscating phones and laptops  —  Russian soldiers have shot people dead in the street as they took over Ukrainian villages, according to fleeing residents.