First lady Jill Biden visits Ukraine in rare trip to war zone  —  The U.S. president's wife celebrated Mother's Day with the Ukrainian first lady as Russia continued to wage war in the country  —  UZHHOROD, Ukraine — First lady Jill Biden crossed the border into Ukraine on Sunday …

Russian Airstrike Kills Villagers Taking Shelter at School, Ukraine Says  —  Attack in Luhansk comes as Mariupol defenders remain holed up in Azovstal plant and Ukraine warns of heavy bombing on Russia's Victory Day  —  KHARKIV, Ukraine—A Russian airstrike is believed to have killed …

At Harvard, Facts Are For Losers  —  It turns out that nobody's SAT scores can provide immunity to propaganda. … Twenty-five years later, I still remember the theatrics involved with becoming an editor at the Harvard Crimson, the newspaper produced by Harvard undergraduates every day for the past century and a half.

Midterms' Biggest Abortion Battleground: Pennsylvania  —  The leading Republicans running for governor in the state want to outlaw abortion.  The presumptive Democratic nominee promises to veto any ban.  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Jan Downey …

Putin sends Mariupol survivors to remote corners of Russia as investigation reveals network of 66 camps  —  Thousands of Ukrainians have been sent to remote camps up to 5,500 miles from their homes as Vladimir Putin's officials follow Kremlin orders to disperse them across Russia, i can reveal.

Only disabled actors should play Richard III, says outgoing Royal Shakespeare Company boss Gregory Doran  —  Gregory Doran's late husband Sir Antony Sher played the notorious English king in a 1984 production of Richard III but the outgoing artistic director said that would “probably not be acceptable” now.

CIA director says China ‘unsettled’ by Ukraine war  —  Bill Burns tells FT conference that invasion may have affected Xi Jinping's calculations over Taiwan  —  The director of the CIA said that Chinese president Xi Jinping has been “unsettled” by the war in Ukraine, which had demonstrated …

Taliban orders head-to-toe coverings for Afghan women in public  —  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Muslim women in Afghanistan must cover from head to toe in public, according to a Taliban ruling announced Saturday, its latest move to constrain the lives of women since taking control of the country last year.

A South Philly GOP ward leader has been ousted over ‘ballot harvesting’ concerns  —  GOP ward leaders voted to oust one of their own Saturday, hours after an Inquirer story highlighted his role in diverting dozens of mail ballots for Republican voters in South Philadelphia to a P.O. box under his control …

There Is a TikTok Challenge We All Need to Face Up To  — Give this article- - - Read in app  —  At the core of the frenzied interest in Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter is an intuition that I think is right: The major social media platforms are, in some hard-to-define way, essential to modern life.

Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A San Francisco judge tossed out former President Donald Trump's lawsuit challenging his permanent ban from Twitter.  —  U.S. District Judge James Donato said Friday that Trump failed to show Twitter violated his First Amendment right to free speech.

Oklahoma abortion clinics turn patients away under new ban — a glimpse into a post-Roe future  —  On Wednesday morning, Andrea Gallegos answered a call from a patient who was running late for her appointment at the Tulsa Women's Clinic, one of four abortion clinics in Oklahoma.

Judge spares Clinton camp in Sussmann ruling  —  A federal judge has turned down a request from Special Counsel John Durham for a ruling that a lawyer facing trial on a false statement charge was part of a wide-ranging “joint venture” involving Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign …

Jewish gangsters once took on Nazis in the streets of NYC  —  In 1938, New York City had a Nazi problem.  —  At the time, there were about 12 million German immigrants in the US, and most were happily assimilating.  But about 1 in 500 were members of the German-American Bund …

Sinn Fein hails ‘new era’ as it wins Northern Ireland vote  —  BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein, which seeks unification with Ireland, hailed a “new era” Saturday for Northern Ireland as it captured the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time in a historic win.