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Ukraine appears to have started its next big move against Russia
wknofm.org...Ukraine appears to have started its next big move against Russia Ukraine appears to have started its next big move against Russia, and Pentagon... ...JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: I'm in the eastern city of Kramatorsk. It's not far from the front line.... ...Ukrainian forces have been defending Bakhmut for more than 10 months, but the Kremlin says its forces, along with private mercenaries - they've now... ...It would be devastating for Ukraine if Russia gained control of the sky, so that's why you have the air defenses....

2 more Oath Keepers are sentenced to prison terms for the Jan. 6 ...
wknofm.org...District Judge Amit Mehta sentenced Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, to eight years and six months behind bars and sentenced Kenneth Harrelson... ...6 Capitol attack WASHINGTON -- Two Army veterans who stormed the U.S.... ...A federal jury acquitted Watkins and Harrelson of the seditious conspiracy charge that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was found guilty of in... ...Mehta agreed with the Justice Department that Rhodes and the other Oath Keepers" actions could be punished as "terrorism," increasing the recommended...

A drought triggered by climate change has led to famine in the Horn ...
wknofm.org...Daud Jiran is the Somalia country director for the aid organization Mercy Corps.... ...millions of people suffering in the Horn of Africa. ... ...We've reached him in Nairobi. Thanks so much for being with us. Thank you for hosting me today. You have recently been in the area.... ...Somalia doesn't have many industries and honestly is not a contributor to some of the actions associated with - leading to the climate change, but...

A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state ...
wknofm.org...A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A judge put South Carolina's new law banning... ...Henry McMaster signed the bill into law without any notice, which had left dozens of people seeking abortions in limbo and created the potential... ...Ringer, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood in South Carolina.... ...The South Carolina measure joins stiff limitations pending in North Carolina and Florida, states that had been holdouts in the South providing wider...

Morning news brief
wknofm.org...Caitlin Bernard went public about performing an abortion for a 10-year-old rape victim who'd come to her from Ohio.... ...ALICE MORICAL: Objection. This testimony would be immaterial and irrelevant for this proceeding.... ...Caitlin Bernard by Indiana's Republican attorney general, Todd Rokita, and other prominent conservatives nationally.... ...You know, she came to attention last July, just days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, when Dr....

A boy, 11, called police in Mississippi. A cop shot him
wknofm.org...A cop shot him Aderrien Murry, 11, called 911 for help at his home in Indianola, Miss., last weekend.... ...Aderrien's mother, Nakala Murry, says she told her son to call her mother and the police after the father of one of her other children appeared at... ...The officer involved is Sgt. Greg Capers, according to Murry's attorney, Carlos Moore.... ...Indianola City Attorney Kimberly Merchant confirmed the name to local newspaper The Enterprise-Tocsin this week, saying he has been removed from...

'American Born Chinese' is a window into what's changed for the ...
wknofm.org...(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "AMERICAN BORN CHINESE") BEN WANG: (As Jin Wang) What's going on? JIMMY LIU: (As Wei-Chen, speaking Mandarin).... ...(As Jin Wang) Oh, so sorry.... ...(As Wei-Chen) Oh. JENNIFER IRWIN: (As Principal Finney) Well, this is Wang Chung. (As Wei-Chen) Wei-Chen.... ...He's the Monkey King. (As Jin Wang) OK, cool. (As Wei-Chen) Jin, wait. I know it's hard to believe, but it's real....

Gold Star children on life without their heroes
wknofm.org...Bailey Donahue's father was killed in Afghanistan in 2014. Maria Rossi lost her dad in 2016. They"re called Gold Star children.... ...“In the civilian world, I feel like they have no idea who we are,” Maria Rossi says.... ...Maria Rossi, who lost her father, Major General John Rossi, to suicide in July 2016.... ...Thomas Brennan, Founder and Executive Director of The War Horse, a non-profit online newsroom focused on military service....

Turkish voters will head back to the polls for Sunday's presidential ...
wknofm.org...President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to win a clear majority in the first round, so he faces a runoff against just one challenger.... ...PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.... ...MUSTAFA AKYOL: It's not the economy here. It's identity politics and culture war.... ...Even strong supporters of the challenger, veteran politician Kemal Kilicdaroglu, say they just don't think two weeks is enough time to make up the...

20 of the world's richest economies, including the U.S., are fueling ...
wknofm.org...The report released this week by Walk Free, an international human rights group, found that countries belonging to the Group of 20 major economies... ...The G-20 includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South... ...The 10 countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery are North Korea, Eritrea, Mauritania, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Tajikistan, United Arab...