Seven US deputies charged with murder of man in custody
Prosecutors accuse the deputies of suffocating 28-year-old Irvo Otieno earlier this month.
Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Next Up: Social Studies.
The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has typically been an administrative affair, drawing the attention of education experts, publishing executives and state bureaucrats. But in Florida, textbooks…
How Peru Used Lethal Force to Crack Down on Anti-Government Protests
At 7:51 p.m., CCTV footage shows a group of people dragging two young men who were fatally shot out of the police’s line of sight. In cellphone footage of the…
Ukraine Burns Through Ammunition in Bakhmut, Risking Future Fights
The Ukrainian military is firing thousands of artillery shells a day as it tries to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, a pace that American and European officials say is…
Covid Worsened a Health Crisis Among Pregnant Women
KOKOMO, Ind. — Tammy Cunningham doesn’t remember the birth of her son. She was not quite seven months pregnant when she became acutely ill with Covid-19 in May 2021. By…
Pregnancy and Covid: What Women Need to Know
Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, and new government data show that maternal mortality rose sharply in 2021, the second year of the pandemic. Here’s what women need to…
New Questions About Goldman Sachs’s Work With Silicon Valley Bank
As an adviser to Silicon Valley Bank, Goldman Sachs tried to pull off a last-minute capital raise last week to save the bank from collapse. But the Wall Street giant…
No, ‘Wokeness’ Did Not Cause Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse
WASHINGTON — A growing chorus of conservative pundits and politicians have said the failure of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of the bank’s “woke” policies, blaming the California lender’s…
Stock Markets Tumble as Bank Fears Go Global
Shares fell sharply, with banking stocks taking a beating, as Tuesday’s rally quickly faded.
Ukraine war: Florida Ron DeSantis invited to visit after remarks
“While the US has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural,…