At least 52 people were killed Friday when a missile hit a crowded train station in the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. According to the Associated Press, the station was occupied mostly […]
Dozens killed in missile strike
Jackson wins high court vote
On a slightly bipartisan vote, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed Thursday as a new associate justice on the U.S Supreme Court. Three Republican senators joined all 50 Democrats to confirm Jackson, […]
A welcome to our Little Kyiv
“Here is the hospitality which forever indicates heroes.” – Walt Whitman Our cities here in Orange County have sometimes been imagined as strongholds of white middle class folks, as homogenized as Wonder […]
Death toll rises; war moves east
Over 5000 civilians have died in Mariupol since the siege of the Ukrainian city began, the mayor has reported. According to the Associated Press, officials are also gathering evidence of more Russian […]
Near-total abortion ban wins
A law that would ban nearly all abortions was passed by Oklahoma state legislature on Tuesday by a vote of 70-14 by that state’s House of Representatives. The only exception would be […]
Russians blamed for atrocities
A backlash against Russia for the death of civilians in Ukraine is building cross the world. Associated Press is reporting that in addition to the 410 dead civilians found in towns around […]
Russians accused of war crimes
Withdrawing Russian troops have left behind the bodies of over 400 Ukrainian civilians in the area around Kyiv. According to The New York Times, the Ukrainian government is terming the deaths to […]
Residents rally for Ukraine
A rally in support of the people of Ukraine and against the Russian invasion drew a crowd to the patio at the front of the Stanton Civic Center on Saturday afternoon. Dozens […]
Did Ukraine attack Russia?
Russia, which has sent 150,000 troops in an invasion of neighboring Ukraine, complained Friday that the Ukrainians had launched a helicopter attack that resulted in the destruction of a fuel depot in […]
Russians give Chernobyl back
Perhaps the world’s strangest real estate deal took place on Thursday, when Russian forces relinquished control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to the Ukrainians. An accident there in April 1986 in […]
