The proposal follows a formal apology on International Women’s Day in March to those convicted, vilified or executed under the 1563 Witchcraft Act.
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The Russian military expanded its grab of territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, capturing two villages and vying for control of a key highway.
A leading adviser to the WHO described the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox in the U.S. and other countries as “a random event” that appears to have been caused by sexual activity at two recent raves in Europe.
Four people fell off a Southern California ocean cliff before dawn Monday and a man was killed and two women were critically injured, authorities said.
A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a civilian.
Ukraine’s president says he will meet Sunday in Kyiv with the U.S. secretary of state and secretary of defense.
An advisor to Ukraine’s presidential office says Russian forces have tried to storm a steel plant that is the last defense stronghold in the strategic port city of Mariupol.
Californians who own cars could get up to $800 from the state to help offset record high gas prices under a proposal announced Wednesday by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
In a move that squarely places California’s public universities at the forefront of the national trend to drop standardized tests, the Cal State university system will eliminate SAT and ACT exams from admission requirements, officials decided Wednesday.
President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.
“Come to your squares, your streets. Make yourselves visible and heard,” Zelenskyy said in English during an emotional video address late Wednesday that was recorded in the dark near the presidential offices in Kyiv.
“The relief rally has quickly reversed course,” said Jeffrey Halley of Oanda in a report. “Equities are tanking in Asia.”
President Joe Biden says he plans to speak to the American people Thursday after a meeting of the Group of Seven leaders. More sanctions against Russia are expected.
A $1.2 billion program intended to quickly build housing for Los Angeles’ sprawling homeless population is moving too slowly while costs are spiking.
Ice and snow showers made travel dicey on many of California’s mountain highways Wednesday as a very cold and windy storm moved through.
