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 …

Abortion rights protesters, led by women dressed as handmaids, gather at State House  —  The demonstration opened with five minutes of silence before Carol Deanow, 79, spoke and described the illegal abortion she had in 1965.  —  Four years ago, a group of women upset over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination …

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.

CIA: Putin believes he “can't afford to lose” in Ukraine  —  We still don't have any confirmation as to whether or not Vladimir Putin plans to “officially” declare war on Ukraine tomorrow as Russians celebrate the anniversary of their victory over Hitler's forces in World War 2 on Victory Day.

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 …

Biden wants to sell infrastructure.  His problem: Few buyers.  —  WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden ramps up his efforts to help Democrats in the midterm elections, he's focused on a selling point that, so far, voters aren't: his plan to rebuild the county's infrastructure.

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.

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.

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 …

‘The New York Times’ can't shake the cloud over a 90-year-old Pulitzer Prize  —  The New York Times is looking to add to its list of 132 Pulitzer Prizes — by far the most of any news organization — when the 2022 recipients for journalism are announced on Monday.