A police officer lauded for his bravery during the U.S. Capitol riot testified Monday at a trial for two men accused of storming the building. He said one of the men carried a Confederate battle flag and jabbed at him with the flagpole before joining the mob that chased him up a staircase.
Russian forces tightened their grip on the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk on Monday, according to a regional governor. The destruction of bridges in the area cut off the last evacuation routes in a scene that echoed last month's siege of the port of Mariupol.
As Russia makes its steady advance in eastern Ukraine, countless elderly Ukrainians are forced to rely on an ad hoc network of drivers and aid groups to get them out of the danger zone.
After the arrest of more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group near a northern Idaho Pride event, including one identified as the group's founder, LGBTQ advocates say that polarization and a fraught political climate are putting their community increasingly at risk.
Mo Donegal finished first and filly Nest was second, giving trainer Todd Pletcher a 1-2 finish at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday for his sixth victory in the Triple Crown race in New York.
Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday on charges linked to her assumption of office in 2019 amid violent protests that led to the resignation and exile of her predecessor, Evo Morales.
A Nevada woman has lost her bid in a U.S. court to force international soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 US in hush money she received after claiming he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.
A Strange Loop, the story of a Black gay man and his mental struggles as a playwright, won the Tony award for best new musical on Sunday as Broadway honoured its first season since the long pandemic shutdown.
