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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Ohio was a test case for 2024.  The GOP establishment looks screwed.  —  The conventional view of J.D. Vance's victory in Ohio's Senate primary this week was that it demonstrated the power of Donald Trump's endorsement.  —  But the election results also delivered something else …

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.

Less immigrant labor in US contributing to price hikes  —  Just 10 miles from the Rio Grande, Mike Helle's farm is so short of immigrant workers that he's replaced 450 acres of labor-intensive leafy greens with crops that can be harvested by machinery.  —  In Houston, Al Flores increased …

A 49-year crusade: Inside the movement to overturn Roe v. Wade  —  Antiabortion activists and their Republican allies are on the cusp of reaching a goal they have sought for decades in tossing out the 1973 Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion.  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell still remembers …

Liberty No More  —  How strange it is, the condition of having a body, of being a body.  Consider the sponge of the marrow that makes your blood, the skeleton frame that holds in your organs, the tendons that attach your muscles to bone, the heart that pumps blood through your veins …

Outside Kavanaugh's home, a neighbor rallies for abortion rights  —  Lacie Wooten-Holway walked through Chevy Chase on Wednesday night, pausing to stick fliers on her fence, a tree and utility boxes.  She was advertising an abortion rights protest here, in her neighborhood …

Brazil's Lula Makes Presidential Candidacy Official at Event  —  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially launched his bid to return to Brazil's presidency on Saturday more than a decade after he left office.  —  The widely expected announcement, marked by an official event in Sao Paulo …