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Ketanji Brown Jackson, Facing Senators for Fourth Time, Knows the Confirmation Playbook
The New York Times - 21 Mar 2022 11:00
In her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week, the judge will draw on her earlier experiences and those of her predecessors.
Florida woman revoked bail after killing 4-year-old girl
New York Post - 21 Mar 2022 04:41
One of the children Morant allegedly struck died -- prompting cops to upgrade charges to felony counts of driving without a license.
Nevada man convicted for torturing and killing seven dogs eligible for parole after case reclassified as 'nonviolent'
NY Daily News - 21 Mar 2022 04:35
A man convicted of torturing, killing and dismembering seven dogs will be eligible for parole early after his case was reclassified as "nonviolent" because his crimes were not committed against a human.
At least 10 people shot outside of spring break party at Dallas venue
New York Post - 21 Mar 2022 07:25
Suspects opened fire outside event venue The Space in Dallas, Texas, late Sunday night after security allegedly wanted to take their guns.
S. Korean slavery victim seeks UN justice as time runs out
ABC News - 21 Mar 2022 06:07
Thirty years ago, South Korean Lee Yong-soo went public for the first time in describing how she was abducted from home at age 16 and forced to provide sex by Japan’s wartime military
Shanghai Disneyland closes as virus rises, Shenzhen reopens
ABC News - 21 Mar 2022 06:36
Shanghai Disney has closed as the city tries to control its biggest coronavirus flareup in two years, while the southern business center of Shenzhen allowed shops and offices to reopen after a weeklong closure
Russian elites planning to overthrow Putin: Ukrainian intelligence
New York Post - 21 Mar 2022 04:17
The intel alleges that the group has already been eyeing Alexander Bortnikov, the Russian Director of the Federal Security Service, as a successor to the president.
How a Book About America's History Foretold China's Future
The New Yorker - 21 Mar 2022 19:38
In 1989, a young Chinese academic spent six months travelling the United States. His insights are now central to Xi Jinping's cultural crackdown.
Russia could be losing ground in battle for Mykolaiv, but it still seeks to crush what it cannot have
CNN - 21 Mar 2022 07:07
This is the final bus out of the last position Ukraine holds on the road to Kherson -- the first and only city Russia has taken.
Inside Russia, a campaign gathers steam against fifth columnists and life under the 'Z'
CNN - 21 Mar 2022 06:48
Look at Moscow through the lens of Russian state television, and everything seems to be going swimmingly for President Vladimir Putin.
Ukraine: Ensure Safe Passage, Aid for Mariupol Civilians
Human Rights Watch - 21 Mar 2022 06:01
Click to expand Image Ganna Kotelnikova, an anesthesiologist, and her family try to get a signal over medium wave radio to get information about the situation inside the city on March 7, 2022 © Ganna Kotelnikova Thirty-...
Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Exacerbates Hunger in Middle East, North Africa
Human Rights Watch - 21 Mar 2022 06:00
Click to expand Image A boy buys bread from a bakery in Sanaa, Yemen, March 2022. Yemen imports at least 27 percent of its wheat from Ukraine and 8 percent from Russia. © 2022 Hani Al-Ansi/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images...
Biden will visit Poland after this week's NATO summit in Brussels, White House announces
The Week - 21 Mar 2022 05:32
The White House announced Sunday night that President Biden will travel to Warsaw, Poland, on Friday to meet Saturday with Polish President Andrzej Duda and discuss "the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia's...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hospitalized With Infection and 'Flu-Like Symptoms'
Time - 21 Mar 2022 05:22
Thomas, 73, has been at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., since Friday after experiencing "flu-like symptoms," the Supreme Court said in a statement.
How NTSB would approach investigation into China Eastern crash with 132 on board
Fox News - 21 Mar 2022 19:51
A domestic Chinese flight with 132 passengers plummeted into the mountains of southern China on Monday. Former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board Jim Hall explains how US investigates such crashes.
Inside the Kyiv junkyard that recycles Russian weapons for Ukrainian forces
CNN - 21 Mar 2022 04:49
The sound of rockets launching in the distance breaks the silence of an otherwise quiet morning in Kyiv.
Highland woman charged in second fatal crash; drove at 93 mph: records
Chicago Tribune - 21 Mar 2022 20:51
In both crashes, Lisa Damico, 51, denied she had a seizure, while police found seizure medication in her vehicle, according to court documents. She tested negative both times for drugs or alcohol.
The 250th Birthday of the U.S. Is Just a Few Years Away. Get Ready for Controversy
Time - 21 Mar 2022 20:44
The Semiquincentennial stands to have a profound effect on the way many Americans understand our shared national past for decades to come
The Man in the Olive Green Tee
The New York Times - 21 Mar 2022 19:28
How Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky transformed the meaning of a piece of cotton.
The Consequences of the Unprecedented Rush of Companies Leaving Russia
The New Yorker - 21 Mar 2022 18:49
Some four hundred corporations have scaled back business in the country, a powerful condemnation of Putin's regime. The campaign could also have severe ramifications for the Russian people.
Fact check: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson child porn sentences 'pretty mainstream'
ABC News - 21 Mar 2022 18:03
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's sentences for child porn offenders are in line with many others handed down by GOP-appointed judges and deemed "mainstream" by experts.
Andrew Garfield says straight actors playing gay characters helps foster 'empathic imagination'
The Week - 21 Mar 2022 17:00
Forbidding straight actors from playing gay characters would mean "the death of empathic imagination," The Amazing Spider-Man and Tick, Tick...Boom! actor Andrew Garfield said in an interview with The Telegraph published...