How Ketanji Brown Jackson's path to the Supreme Court differs from the current justices  —  Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee to fill an upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, faces four days of Senate hearings starting Monday that are sure to include questions about her career.

Virginian-Pilot reporter among those killed in Granby Street shooting in downtown Norfolk  —  Saturday would have been Sierra Jenkins' turn to cover the breaking news shift for The Virginian-Pilot.  —  When an editor learned early Saturday that several people had been shot in downtown Norfolk …

Russia's war for Ukraine could be headed toward stalemate … Russia's attempt to conquer Ukraine could be headed to a stalemate as heavy casualties and equipment losses take a toll on unprepared Russian forces that have failed so far to achieve any of their initial objectives, Western officials and military experts say.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 19  —  Frederick W. Kagan, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko  —  March 19, 3 pm ET  —  Ukrainian forces have defeated the initial Russian campaign of this war.  That campaign aimed to conduct airborne and mechanized operations to seize Kyiv …

Who's Unhappy With Schools?  The Answer Surprised Me.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Tucked into a New Yorker article by Jill Lepore about the spate of school board fights over just about everything was a statistic that caught my eye.  Despite all the ink spilled lately …

Informant: Whitmer kidnap suspect wanted to blow up COVID-19 vaccine plants, kill doctors  —  The masks and shutdowns were one thing.  —  But it was the COVID-19 vaccines, and the thought of them becoming mandatory, that really pushed the alleged Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plotters over the edge …

Another Covid Surge May Be Coming.  Are We Ready for It?  —  “We've been wearing rose-colored glasses instead of correcting our vision,” one scientist said.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  Scarcely two months after the Omicron variant drove coronavirus case numbers …

Russian cosmonauts arrive at ISS in colours of Ukraine flag  —  Three Russian cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station last night in flight suits made in the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag, in what appeared to be a daring statement against the war.

Fury greets Boris Johnson's claim Ukraine fight is like Brexit  —  Prime minister says vote is ‘famous recent example’ of ‘instinct of the people ... to choose freedom’  —  Boris Johnson has caused fury among political leaders across Europe - and outrage among opponents of Brexit at home …

Mariupol residents are being forced to go to Russia, city council says  —  Near Vinnytsia, Ukraine (CNN)Residents of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are being taken to Russia against their will by Russian forces, the Mariupol City Council said Saturday.  —  “Over the past week …

Ukraine war: Putin has redrawn the world - but not the way he wanted  —  Vladimir's Putin's invasion of Ukraine has changed the world.  We are living in new and more dangerous times - the post-Cold War era that began with the fall of the Berlin Wall is over.

Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Races to Outpace Western Sanctions  —  Billionaire businessman with ties to Putin tries to move chunks of his wealth out of reach of expanding dragnet  —  For years, Roman Abramovich braced for the day the West might turn on him.

A General Fights to Destigmatize Mental Health Issues: 'There's a Shame if You Show Weakness'  —  The military has struggled to meet the mental health needs of troops, lawmakers and service members say.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  WASHINGTON — Brig. Gen. Ernest Litynski …

The omicron wave's unequal toll … Two brothers in rural Virginia were hospitalized within days of one another, their airways inflamed.  A barber in southeast D.C. went on life support as his lungs and kidneys failed.  And a grandfather in suburban Maryland — the stoic breadwinner …

For the U.S., a Tenuous Balance in Confronting Russia  —  Navigating between aiding Ukraine and avoiding an escalation with Moscow has led to a tangle of decisions and sometimes tortured distinctions over weapons and other elements of policy.  — Give this article- - - Read in app