Gov. Kathy Hochul's #2, Brian A. Benjamin, resigned on Tuesday as Lt. Gov. just hours after he was indicted over an alleged scheme to funnel illegal donations to his past political campaigns and then cover it up.
Beneath the ancient beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains, a quiet monastery in the western Ukrainian village of Hoshiv has transformed itself into a giant playground for a dozen children who’ve been displaced by the war with their families.
An Oklahoma mayor who faced scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic for her support of mask mandates and business closures lost to a Navy veteran who on the campaign trail stressed "personal freedoms."
Videos surfacing on social media in the past week from Shanghai – and rapidly deleted on government-controlled sites like Weibo – show mounting desperation as a poorly planned coronavirus lockdown leaves the heart of China’s economy with rotting food and a lack of basic necessities.
Democrat President Joe Biden is reportedly set to announce a new crackdown on gun rights this week with one of the most extreme far-left anti-gun activists set to attend the event.
