Moscow test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, with two boats launching a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy warship about 60 miles away. The ministry said the target was successfully hit by two Moskit cruise missiles. The Moskit, whose NATO reporting name...
Push for $20 Minimum Wage Begins as Inflation Erases Worker Gains
Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation. New York City resident Anthony Rivera, 20, who sorts packages at a United Parcel Service facility...
Rare Beetle Species Named After Former Gov. Jerry Brown
Scientists are naming a rare species of beetle in honor of former California Gov. Jerry Brown after finding one at his ranch. Bembidion brownorum was last seen in 1966, but it hadn't been named or described until one was collected near a creek on Brown's ranch in Colusa County, about...
Ukraine President Extends Tour of War’s Front-Line Areas
Ukraine’s president visited the Sumy region in northern Ukraine on Tuesday, continuing his tour over recent days of areas of the country that have felt the brunt of Russia’s full-scale invasion and as the stage increasingly looks set for a Ukrainian counteroffensive. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with officials and local people in...
Israel Tensions Ease as Netanyahu Pauses Judicial Overhaul
Israel’s political factions opposed to embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began setting up negotiating teams Tuesday after he paused a controversial judicial overhaul plan that had triggered unprecedented street protests and a spiraling domestic crisis. But compromise seemed elusive and Netanyahu's legacy was on the line in a standoff over...
California Lawmakers OK Potential Fines for High Gas Prices
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Monday approved the nation's first penalty for price gouging at the pump, voting to give regulators the power to punish oil companies for profiting from the type of gas price spikes that plagued the nation's most populous state last summer. The Democrats in charge...
Police Say Woman Who Killed 6 at Nashville Christian School Was Former Student
Authorities say they believe the 28-year-old female shooter who killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday was a former student. The violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth grade, marks the latest in...
3 Children Killed in Shooting at Nashville Christian School
Three children and three adults were killed in a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville on Monday, police said. The female suspect was killed by police during a confrontation after the violence at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool through sixth...
Wisconsin School Bans ‘Rainbow’ Song From First Grade Class Concert
Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary school stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial." Students at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha had prepared a rendition of “Rainbowland" for their spring concert, but school officials...
Billionaire Football Team Owner Targets Rising Antisemitism in New Campaign
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faced the camera during a video call, pointing to a small, sky-blue lapel pin on his blazer. The pin is the symbol of a $25 million “Stand Up to Jewish Hate” campaign launched Monday by the 81-year-old billionaire through his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism,...