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Alaska voters in 2022 will use a new method to choose their representation in Congress, one that eliminates traditional primaries. The design, called ranked choice voting, is gaining popularity in many places nationwide.  Ranked choice voting is a system by which voters rank candidates in descending order of preference, rather than choosing a single candidate. […]

As the Russian military continues to pound Ukraine, evidence of war crimes keeps mounting. Could perpetrators be held to account under international law? If so, how soon could that happen? And what do past war crimes prosecutions suggest about how such efforts could play out now? Nine experts helped us find out. Who conducts war-crimes […]

In response to President Joe Biden’s decision to lift a Trump-era policy that reduced the number of migrants entering the U.S., Gov. Greg Abbott recently launched new initiatives that he said would address border security. The federal policy, Title 42, allows U.S. border agents to expel immigrants arriving at the border, including asylum seekers, to Mexico […]

Reporting on the Jan. 6 Capitol breach has given House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy a tough couple of days. The New York Times published an article saying that in the days after the attack, McCarthy thought it would be a good idea if President Donald Trump resigned. McCarthy fired back with a tweet saying the […]

The role that the federal government plays in containing future epidemics will hinge on the outcome of an appeal of this week’s court ruling that overturned the mask mandate for travelers on airlines, trains, and the nation’s mass transit systems. A federal court judge in Florida said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had […]

In the days after a deadly missile strike blasted a railway station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, a viral online video — dressed as a news report — sought to pin the blame on Ukrainian forces. The one-minute-27-second video claiming that Ukrainian forces had bombed their own station was stamped with the branding […]

Over the years, some Western New Yorkers have, either seriously or jokingly, attributed the Buffalo Bills’ bad luck, including four straight losses in the Super Bowl, to a curse caused by restless spirits in and around their home stadium.  With recent approval by the state legislature of an $850 million public subsidy, a new Bills […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is going poorly enough that President Vladimir Putin might decide to use what are known as tactical nuclear weapons, according to both Ukrainian and U.S. leaders. In an interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told CNN’s Jake Tapper that all countries should be prepared for the possibility that Putin could use nuclear […]

Quick Take In Missouri, a possible Republican nominee has spooked the party’s establishment, with some in the GOP fearing that a Democratic upset could take a seat that has been in Republican hands since 1987. The possible nominee is former Gov. Eric Greitens. Greitens, a decorated Navy SEAL with stints in Afghanistan and Iraq, won […]

There’s been a wave of social media posts recently warning of a looming food shortage in the U.S.. Some take the conspiratorial path. “They aren’t predicting food shortages, they are planning them,” said an April 3 claim on Facebook. Another points to a clip of President Joe Biden speaking and falsely claims it as proof […]

The scene could be from any large metropolis. A camera pans across the night sky, showing dozens of skyscrapers with many of their windows lit. But the soundtrack is eerie: People are screaming and wailing, horns and sirens are blaring. Posted on social media, the video generated worldwide attention, with journalists seeking to verify its […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has long cited NATO’s expansion into Eastern Europe as a pretext for his country’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Ukraine remains outside of NATO despite its efforts to join the Western military alliance, which was established in 1949 and has swelled to include 30 member countries. In March, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]