US aid was long a lifeline for Eastern Europe. Trump cuts are sending shockwaves through the region
President Donald Trump’s abrupt freeze of U.S. foreign aid is sending shockwaves through Eastern Europe, leaving pro-democracy groups, independent media, civil society ...
Fear, disease and debt afflict Venezuelans released from prison after post-election arrests
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro labeled them as terrorists on national television. They were plucked from pharmacies, apartment buildings and other locations, and ...
US aid agency is in upheaval during foreign assistance freeze and staff departures
Trump administration changes have upended the U.S. agency charged with providing humanitarian aid to countries overseas, with ...
The DNC’s outgoing chair says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in 2024
As the Democratic National Committee prepares to elect a new chair, its departing leader says Democrats should have stuck with Joe Biden in the 2024 race. In an interview with ...
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and ...
Burke Blue Law Firm celebrates 50th anniversary
For the last 50 years, a local law firm has been helping guide our area’s elected officials through the legal pitfalls of municipal government. On Thursday, ...
Family files civil suit against doctor who removed patients’ liver instead of spleen
In August we told you about a man who died on the operating table, after a surgeon removed his liver, mistaking it for his spleen. His family is now seeking ...
Ovechkin moves within 19 goals of breaking Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring in Capitals’ OT loss
Alex Ovechkin moved within 19 goals of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record, scoring on a late power play in the Washington Capitals’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Ottawa ...
Sacred strokes of color on foreheads are a major display of Hinduism at India’s Maha Kumbh festival
The pilgrims come and go as strangers. They march like a sea of people, walking toward the spot where they take holy baths, ...
Conspiracies, espionage, an enemies list: Takeaways from a wild day of confirmation hearings
Conspiracy theories about vaccines. Secret meetings with dictators. An enemies list. President Donald Trump’ s most ...
PCB officials give more details on back-to-back water main breaks from December
On December 5, a Florida Department of Transportation subcontractor was completing his work when he hit a water line on Panama City Beach Parkway, between ...