Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s using a Middle East trip to lock in lucrative long-term agreements on military cooperation and seek secure fuel supplies.

Ukraine signed 10-year defense agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar and plans to formalize a similar agreement with the United Arab Emirates, Zelenskyy told reporters on ...Read more

For more than a millennium, the haggadah has been the centerpiece of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The book sets out the ceremony for the Seder meal, when families tell the biblical Exodus story of God delivering the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

Today, thousands of different haggadahs exist, with prayers, rituals and ...Read more

Now that the 2026 midterm elections are less than a year away, public interest in where things stand is on the rise. Of course, in a democracy no one knows the outcome of an election before it takes place, despite what the pollsters may predict.

Nevertheless, it is common for commentators and citizens to revisit old elections to learn...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elizabeth Williams could not understand why the city threw away her tent, her laptop and all her medications — twice. Now, the meticulous receipt-saver is suing Sacramento for $12,239.43 in small claims court.

Trashing her belongings, she argued in court filings, was a violation of her Fourth and 14th Amendment rights, ...Read more

In the summer of 1868, the 14th Amendment was ratified, granting birthright citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States.”

Crafted in the aftermath of the Civil War, the landmark legislation was aimed at providing citizenship to formerly enslaved people. The amendment directly undid the ruling of the 1857 U.S. ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — City leaders made clear earlier this month that speeding drivers clocked by dozens of new cameras surveilling Oakland’s streets would face real penalties, following a brief stretch in which those individuals received only warnings.

All along, however, they have quietly acknowledged that the city currently lacks the ability...Read more

WASHINGTON — It was a beautiful, warm Sunday in Washington, D.C., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski was leaving the Capitol to go “pot some plants.”

The Alaska Republican, along with her Senate colleagues, were in town that day for a rare weekend session to continue extended debate on the GOP’s voter ID bill pushed by President Donald Trump.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Earlier this month, scientists at NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issued an “El Niño Watch” for this summer. They said there is a 62% chance that El Niño conditions will appear from June through August, growing to 83% by October.

That triggered a lot of hype about “Super El Niños,” “...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For decades, Dolores Huerta told an inspiring story about the union she and César Chávez built and how it changed the lives of farmworkers.

The two activists famously formulated a plan for what would become the United Farm Workers in a kitchen in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of L.A. They were partners in decades of labor ...Read more

The U.S. and Israel bombed Iranian nuclear and steel facilities on Friday, while Iran retaliated across the Persian Gulf including a reported hit on a base in Saudi Arabia, as markets reacted to fears of the conflict’s drag on the global economy.

Airstrikes on Friday targeted a heavy water research reactor that’s part of the Arak nuclear ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge ordered a Jefferson family court judge to recall an arrest warrant Friday for former Gov. Matt Bevin after ruling that judge did not have the authority to issue the warrant.

Bevin’s warrant was issued Tuesday after Judge Angela Johnson held him in contempt of court for repeatedly failing to...Read more

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge on Friday denied the release of a man accused of killing Sheridan Gorman, the 18-year-old Loyola University, Chicago student whose shooting death became a lightning rod in the polarizing debate over immigration policy.

José Medina, 25, who is charged with murder and other felonies, appeared remotely for a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a lawsuit on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein victims claiming the bank aided in the late financier’s sex-trafficking.

The parties on Friday presented details of the previously announced settlement to U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan. Rakoff, who must approve the ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will be attending two of several No Kings rallies scheduled across Massachusetts on Saturday as the governor continues to increase her criticism of and actions against President Donald Trump and his policies ever since launching her reelection campaign in January.

“On Saturday, March 28th...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge has dismissed the remaining charges against two Louisville Metro Police Department officers in the Breonna Taylor case.

Senior District Judge Charles Simpson on Friday issued an order dismissing the case against former Louisville Officers Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, one week after the Department of Justice ...Read more