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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Polish President Andrzej Duda hold a press conference at Belwelder Palace in Warsaw, Poland, March 10, 2022. (Saul Loeb/Pool/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Harris Supports War Crimes Investigation of Russian Bombing of Ukrainian Hospital

WARSAW, Poland — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that Russia’s bombing of a civilian hospital in Ukraine should be investigated as a potential war crime, becoming the … more

Noah Bierman and Tracy Wilkinson / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/10/22

Michael Solomon, photographed at home in New Brighton, Minnesota, Wednesday, July 8, 2020. (Jeff Wheeler/ Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Sentencing Scheduled for 'Boogaloo Bois' Member Who Pleaded Guilty to Weapons Plot

MINNEAPOLIS — Sentencing is Thursday for a member of the Boogaloo Bois extremist group who has pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a plot to leverage street unrest after the 2020 … more

Paul Walsh and Christina Saint Louis / Star Tribune (TNS) | 3/10/22

Jose Andrez Lopez, 37 shows the scar on his arm he says was from the incident with a customs agent on Friday, April 23, 2021, in Calexico, California. Back in 2019, Lopez was crossing the border from Mexicali to Calexico, when he alleges the customs agent asked him to step out of the car and when he did he was forcibly pushed to the ground and handcuffed. The incident caused him facial cuts as well as cuts to his arms. He was eventually released without charges. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)

Customs and Border Protection Officer Accused of Excessive Force Found Guilty

SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was found guilty Wednesday of abusing his law enforcement powers during a violent arrest at the Calexico Port of Entry, and then lying … more

Kristina Davis / The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS) | 3/10/22

A servicewoman reacts during funerals of Dmytro Kotenko, Vasyl Vyshyvany and Kyrylo Moroz, Ukrainian servicemen killed during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on March 9, 2022. (Yuriy Dyachyshyn/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Evacuation Efforts Resume in Ukraine; Power Cut to Chernobyl Plant

KOZELETS, Ukraine — As basic survival grows increasingly precarious, civilian evacuation efforts resumed Wednesday in Ukrainian cities battered by a Russian assault that shows no let-up after … more

Nabih Bulos and Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/9/22

Doctors hold a pig heart that was transplanted into a Maryland man. Surgeons and clinicians from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical Center performed the first successful transplant of a genetically modified pig’s heart to save his life, officials from the health system said. (Courtesy University of Maryland School of Medicine/TNS)

First Person to Receive Transplanted Pig Heart Dies at University of Maryland Medical Center

BALTIMORE — The first person to receive a transplanted pig heart died Tuesday, two months after the groundbreaking surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Officials at the … more

Meredith Cohn / The Baltimore Sun (TNS) | 3/9/22

Adam Fox, arraigned in federal court in Kent County, Michigan, faces charges related to what the FBI says a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Kent County Jail/TNS)

Whitmer Kidnap Plotters Wanted to Help Spark Second Civil War, Feds Say

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Prosecutors marked the start of the domestic terrorism trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday by cataloging the … more

Robert Snell / The Detroit News (TNS) | 3/9/22

South Korean election officials sort voting papers for ballot counting in the presidential election at a gymnasium in Seoul on March 9, 2022. (Hong Yoon-gi/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

South Korea Presidential Race Too Close to Call

South Korea’s presidential race was too close to call as votes were being counted, with an exit poll released minutes after polls closed Wednesday showing conservative candidate Yoon Suk-yeol … more

Jeong-Ho Lee / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 3/9/22

A man has been convicted of scamming immigrants in a California town. (Dreamstime/TNS)

FBI Impersonator Convicted of Defrauding California Immigrants

LOS ANGELES — A 44-year-old man has been convicted of impersonating an FBI agent and wire fraud after scamming immigrants in a California town, authorities said. Ivan Isho, an Arizona … more

Christian Martinez / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/9/22

Ukrainian Refugees gather at the main train station in Przemysl, Poland, on Sunday, March 6, 2022. Thousands of refugees pass through this train station to their next destination. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Ukraine’s Refugee Tally Hits 2 Million; Zelenskyy Calls Russia a ‘Terrorist State’

KYIV, Ukraine — World condemnation of Russia’s war against neighboring Ukraine intensified Tuesday as a trickle of trapped civilians from one city made their way toward relative safety, … more

Nabih Bulos and Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/8/22

Ukrainian soldiers man their trenches in anticipation of a Russian assault on Irpin, a suburb of Kyiv on Sunday, March 6, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

New Russian Cease-Fire Offer Greeted With Scorn as Shelling Continues

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia announced a new cease-fire Monday to allow civilians to escape four Ukrainian beleaguered cities amid deep distrust that its forces will honor the pledge as they hammer … more

Nabih Bulos and Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/7/22

A visitor takes a photo of a "Hope" sign, displayed in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2022, to honor frontline workers who have faced challenges through the COVID-19 pandemic. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Global COVID Deaths Top 6 Million as Omicron Wave Leaves Scars

More than 6 million people worldwide have died from COVID-19 two years after the novel pathogen started spreading globally, despite the distribution of vaccines that slashed fatality rates across the … more

Jinshan Hong / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 3/7/22

A demonstrator holds a United Against Putin sign outside the White House in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2022, during a rally in support of Ukraine. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Lawmakers Offer Legislative ‘Nyet’ to Russia’s Favorable Tariffs

WASHINGTON — The U.S. could join Canada in raising tariff rates on imported Russian goods if Congress approves legislation revoking most-favored-nation treatment that goods receive as lawmakers … more

Ellyn Ferguson / CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 3/7/22

Respiratory Therapist Annette Johnson checks on a COVID-19 patient in the ICU at Rush University Medial Center on Jan. 31, 2022, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/TNS)

COVID Can Shrink the Brain as Much as a Decade of Aging, Study Finds

Even a mild case of COVID-19 can damage the brain and addle thinking, scientists found in a study that highlights the illness’s alarming impact on mental function. Researchers identified … more

Jason Gale / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 3/7/22

Bill Cosby, center, looks to the sound of supporters and detractors screaming at him from the sidewalk of the Montgomery County Courthouse as he makes his way to the entrance for the first day of sentencing hearings on Sept. 24, 2018. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Push to Reinstate Bill Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider reinstating Bill Cosby’s 2018 sexual assault conviction, effectively ending a nearly two-decade legal saga that briefly saw the 84-year-old … more

Jeremy Roebuck / The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) | 3/7/22

Iran's political attache at the permanent mission to the Vienna-based international organizations Khodayar Rouzbahani is seen prior to the start of the quaterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, on March 7, 2022. - The UN nuclear watchdog on March 6, 2022 expressed "deep concern" over reports that communication from Europe's largest nuclear power plant seized by Russia in Ukraine has been disrupted. (Joe Klamar/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

Top Iran Official Says U.S. Delays Hinder Nuclear Agreement

Iran’s top security official accused the U.S. of delaying political decisions needed to revive a key nuclear deal, highlighting the tensions that continue to bedevil talks despite claims by all … more

Golnar Motevalli and Arsalan Shahla / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 3/7/22

Julia Gereasumenko and her pets, Garfield the cat and Yoda the dog, take shelter underground in a subway station on the seventh day of the Russian invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Hundreds Feared Dead in Ukrainian Port City Under Siege From Russian Forces

KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds were feared dead in the embattled Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on Thursday after more than a day of Russian bombardment left buildings in ruins and civilians … more

Nabih Bulos and David Pierson / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/3/22

A "Help Wanted" sign for a mechanic and technician is posted in front of a gas station offering auto care services in Montebello, California on Feb. 3, 2022. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)

U.S. Jobless Claims Fall to Lowest Level Since Start of Year

Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell by more than forecast to the lowest level since the start of the year, as COVID-19 cases decline and restrictions ease. Initial unemployment … more

Raeedah Wahid / Bloomberg News (TNS) | 3/3/22

Protesters display placards in front of the Representative Office of the Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission to protest against Russia's military invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images/TNS)

Watching Ukraine, Taiwan Worries About Its Own Fate

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Growing up in Taiwan, Huang Yu-lin has become accustomed to chatter about potential military conflict with mainland China. But it wasn't until Russia invaded Ukraine that she … more

Stephanie Yang / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/3/22

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 6-3 that the U.S. government can claim a privilege of secrecy even if the information is not a secret. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

Supreme Court Upholds Government's Claim of Secrecy in Case of Prisoner Tortured by CIA

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday the government may invoke the "state secrets" privilege to block former U.S. contractors from testifying about the now well-known waterboarding and … more

David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times (TNS) | 3/3/22

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

House Passes Bill Designed to Help Veterans Exposed to Toxins During Service

WASHINGTON — The House voted 256-174 Thursday to pass a bill that would overhaul benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service, but the many differences with the Senate … more

Ariel Cohen / CQ-Roll Call (TNS) | 3/3/22