KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian private army chief Wagner says his forces lost more than 20,000 fighters in the long battle for Bakhmutwith about 20% of the 50,000 Russian convicts he recruited to fight in the 15-month war dying in the city in eastern Ukraine. The figure contrasts sharply with widely disputed claims by Moscow … Read more
Florida Governor Ron DeSantisan outspoken cultural conservative long considered Donald Trump’s main rival for the Republican nomination, is set to launch its 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday. The 44-year-old Republican governor plans to announce his decision in an online chat with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. They … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is talking about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense attorneys cringe. A recent sample: In a March interview on Fox News, the former president said he had “the right to take” classified documents with him to his Florida compound and would not say he didn’t. … Read more
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Residents stockpiled supplies, closed windows and abandoned wood and tin houses for emergency shelters as Guam was buffeted by rains and winds Wednesday from Typhoon Mawar, the strongest storm to approach U.S. Pacific territory in decades. The US military has turned ships away, President Joe Biden has approved an emergency declaration … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) — Abortion will soon be severely restricted in one of the last bastions of legal access in the southern United States. The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would ban most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy — before most people know they are pregnant — and sent … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man rented a U-Haul truck Monday night and then crashed it into a security fence across from the White House hours later, authorities said Tuesday. The truck driver crashed into the barrier near the north side of Lafayette Square around 10 p.m. Monday, the Secret Service said in a statement. … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops and security forces battled for a second day on Tuesday against an alleged cross-border raid that Moscow blamed on Ukrainian military saboteurs but Kiev described as an uprising against the Kremlin by partisans Russians. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border, said forces continued to … Read more
LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and torched cars and rubbish bins in Cardiff during local unrest that erupted after two teenagers were killed in a road crash, officials said Tuesday. . Police said a “large-scale disorder” had broken out after officers were called to the scene of an accident in … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces in the use of F-16 fighter jets – and possibly supplying the aircraft themselves – seemed like an abrupt shift in stance, but it was actually a shift that came about after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies. … Read more
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) – A school shooter serving a life sentence out of parole for killing a freshman on a South Carolina playground when he was 14 is asking a judge to reduce his sentence so he can possibly get out of jail. Jesse Osborne’s lawyer asked Judge Lawton McIntosh on Monday to reconsider his … Read more
