‘It’s campaign footage for them’: Expert on Trump’s Georgia trial being televised
The Fulton County, Georgia, judge overseeing the sprawling 2020 election interference racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants has confirmed that all...
One of Louisiana’s only pediatric cardiologists has left the state over anti-LGBTQ legislation
When Jake Kleinmahon and his husband, Tom, decided to move back to New Orleans in 2018, they had plans to live there forever....
Houston-area elections office dismantled as contentious Texas law takes effect
Critics have cast the laws as a power grab by Texas’ Republican-led legislature, aimed at disrupting how elections are run in an increasingly blue part...
U.N. seeks stable grain deal
The U.N. proposes terms to Russia for renewal of the vital Black Sea grain deal...
Retired teacher sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after tweeting criticism
A Saudi court has sentenced a retired teacher to death over his comments online, say his brother and advocacy group Human Rights Watch....
Condemnation over Gabon’s military coup
Jim Bittermann reports on the international fallout from Gabon’s coup, as the military general who led the coup is set to be sworn in...
Hurricane Idalia survivors can request disaster relief, but it’s not always easy to get
Hurricane Idalia is over, but the rebuilding effort has just begun. Residents in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas can access federal, state and local assistance,...
Inside the cash crunch facing Trump’s Georgia co-defendants amid mounting legal bills
Some of Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sprawling election subversion case in Georgia are trying all sorts of ways to fund their mounting legal bills...
What to expect from the jobs report
Last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics delivered a jobs report that only Baby Bear could offer: not too hot, not too cold, but just...
Ukrainian forces penetrate ‘first line’ of Russian defenses on southern front
Ukrainian forces said they had penetrated the “first line” of Russian strongholds in the Zaporizhzhia region, in a sign that Kyiv is edging closer to...