Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding a suspension of all weapons deliveries to Ukraine during a ceasefire proposed by U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The two leaders are set to speak by phone on Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine, with a key objective being the 30-day truce that ...Read more

Just over half the world’s population shares a river or lake basin with at least one other country. To sustainably manage those water resources for the health of people, ecosystems and economies, neighboring countries must work together.

However, many countries have been less willing to cooperate in recent years, even to protect a ...Read more

The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump administration’s campaign to slash federal spending. A joint federal and state program, Medicaid provides health insurance coverage for more than 72 million people, including low-income Americans and their children and people with disabilities. It also helps foot the bill for ...Read more

Victoria Lomasko, a graphic artist and muralist, has spent her career documenting how authoritarianism took hold in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. What she has illustrated – as well as the personal journey she has taken – affords a chance to see how dictatorship can develop and strengthen across a decade.

In 2019, I invited Lomasko �...Read more

Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding a suspension of all weapons deliveries to Ukraine during a ceasefire proposed by U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The two leaders are set to speak by phone on Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine, with a key objective being the 30-day truce that ...Read more

Israel launched overnight airstrikes across Gaza that Hamas said killed hundreds of people, shattering a nearly two-month ceasefire with the Palestinian group.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to act “with increasing military strength,” saying Hamas had repeatedly refused to release its remaining hostages. The move brought to...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Jill Friday said her Spanish language classrooms at Southeast High School in Springfield last year often felt like student living rooms, with kids scrolling on their phones, taking calls from family members and listening to music on headphones.

After weeks of tripping on phone chargers snaking around chairs, Friday ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky’s public universities routinely violate open records law, which guarantees the access and open examination of public records, a Lexington Herald-Leader analysis has found.

The Herald-Leader examined 12 years of open records and open meetings appeals filed with the attorney general’s office, reviewing 156 appeals ...Read more

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp’s legislation seeking to overhaul Georgia’s civil litigation system would impact nearly every industry in the state. That includes health care, which has been facing access, finance and quality challenges, especially in rural areas.

One section of the bill impacts the kinds of lawsuits medical patients can bring ...Read more

For years, teachers and parents at a Liberty, Missouri, elementary school have worried that something in and around their campus may be making people sick, leading to a high number of cancer diagnoses.

That fear — which initially arose after at least six staff members developed breast cancer from 2013 to 2022 — has only intensified after a ...Read more

National Institutes of Health officials have urged scientists to remove all references to mRNA vaccine technology from their grant applications, two researchers said, in a move that signaled the agency might abandon a promising field of medical research.

The mRNA technology is under study at the NIH for prevention and treatment of infectious ...Read more

Linda Bernardi spent four years building her Malibu dream home, putting the finishing touches on the coastal Sunset Mesa estate late last year.

On Jan. 7, she watched it burn to the ground.

“I absolutely knew I would never live in L.A. again,” she said.

The days and weeks after the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires saw mass migration ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado could take a more proactive and permanent role in managing the wild horse herds that roam the Western Slope under a bill in the state legislature.

Advocates hope House Bill 1283 will make the state a model for cooperative management of the charismatic and controversial species. It would permanently give the Colorado ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s health officials want you to take your vitamins.

Mehmet Oz, the nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has fed calves on camera to tout the health wonders of bovine colostrum on behalf of one purveyor in which he has a financial stake. Janette Nesheiwat, the potential surgeon general, sells her ...Read more

Capital One Financial Corp. and Discover Financial Services shares fell after a report that staff at the US Department of Justice had concerns about their $35 billion merger.

Discover slid as much as 12.5%, the most since July 2023, while Capital One shares dropped as much as 7%. Traders attributed the decline to a report by The Capitol Forum ...Read more

CHICAGO — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unlawfully arrested and violated the rights of 21 immigrants and a U.S. citizen during raids in the Chicago area and other Midwestern states during the first days of the second Trump administration, advocates and attorneys said Monday.

The National Immigrant Justice Center and the ...Read more