Russia strikes Ukraine’s Kharkiv with aerial bombs for the first time since 2022

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia struck the northeastern city of Kharkiv with aerial bombs Wednesday for the first time since 2022, killing at least one civilian and wounding 16 others, local officials said. The airstrikes caused widespread damage, hitting several residential buildings and damaging the city’s institute for emergency surgery. Russia has escalated its attacks … Read more

My 2 Favorite Stocks to Buy Right Now

I have a simple approach to diversification: I buy a specific dollar amount of any new stock I acquire. After that point, I can opportunistically add (usually in steps) to my position but only to a point where my dollar investment is twice my entry level. I’ve done just that with Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL) … Read more

March Madness ratings tick up, Final Four picks and could new rule lead to super sized football staffs?

Subscribe to the College Football Enquirer Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast by reacting to March Madness TV ratings and why this year’s tournament has exceeded most people’s expectations. Forde believes the combination of early upsets coupled with big time programs and storylines moving on to the second weekend … Read more

Coachella Valley Unified faces layoffs as federal pandemic-era relief funds come to an end

In recent weeks, Coachella Valley Unified School District issued — and rescinded — reduction in force notices to educators due to the district’s decision to cut positions funded by expiring pandemic relief grants, known as ESSER. School districts across the country have until Sept. 30 to obligate those remaining monies, and prepare for a future … Read more

Old video shows fight outside Turkish embassy in Tokyo, not Kurds ‘causing mayhem in Saitama’

An old video of Turks and ethnic Kurds brawling outside the Turkish embassy in Tokyo has resurfaced in posts that falsely claim it shows Kurdish migrants “causing mayhem” in Saitama while they demanded Japan loosen its immigration policies. The video has in fact circulated since October 2015 in reports about scuffles outside Turkey’s embassy, where … Read more

Election denier who Trump wanted to take over DOJ invokes the 5th in disbarment hearing

WASHINGTON — An environmental lawyer whom Donald Trump wanted to take over the Justice Department in the days before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol repeatedly asserted his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a disbarment hearing Wednesday. Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department civil lawyer with no criminal law experience, had wanted … Read more