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The article reports on how the Ukrainian forces were able to defend the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine against the Russian invaders for 80 days. Topics include how Ukrainian Special Forces fighters have supplied weapons, medicine and satellite internet system to the encircled soldiers at the plant and comments from plant director Enver Tskitishvili on the fighting at the plant.

The article reports on the migrant children across the U.S. who are facing peril and death doing roofing jobs. It presents the case of 15-year old child roofer Antoni Padilla from Honduras who suffered brain injuries after falling from the roof of a beach house in 2022. It reveals the greater likelihood of children working on construction to be killed or suffer severe injuries and workplace accidents due to lack of safety gear. It discusses problems with the enforcement of child labor laws.

The article focuses on the challenges faced by residents, firefighters, and authorities during a devastating wildfire in Chile, highlighting issues with water supply, infrastructure, and government response. Topics include the inadequate water availability at fire hydrants, the impact of extreme climate conditions on firefighting efforts, and the ongoing debate about water rights and privatization in Chile.

The article reports on the excessive force, including firing shotguns at civilians with lethal ammunition, shooting assault rifles at fleeing protesters and killing unarmed people, by security forces in Peru in response to antigovernment protests, based on results of investigation and analysis of videos and images, autopsy and ballistics reports. It presents incidents of protesters shot with assault weapons in Ayacucho and police shooting and killing of civilians during clashes in Juliaca.

The article focuses on the devastating wildfires in northern Quebec, Canada, which have destroyed large areas of spruce forest, cut off transportation to isolated Indigenous communities, and caused evacuations of residents. Topics include the impact of wildfires on Indigenous communities, the government's response, and the link between climate change and the frequency and intensity of the fires.

The article discusses that grew to a size larger than Rhode Island and leveled a Gold Rush-era town. Another swelled to a quarter million acres as it came within a few miles of Lake Tahoe, and burned down 900 buildings and was the first ever to reach a million acres.

The article examines scandals related to oil production at the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, led by tribal chairman Tex G. Hall, that have included allegations of corruption and murder. It analyzes Hall's relationship with James Henrikson, a convicted felon and operator of trucking company Blackstone who was charged with murder for hire in the deaths of two individuals with connections to the reservation's oil business.

The article examines the efforts of the Harvard Business School's administration to improve gender relations among students graduating in the class of 2013. Details are provided on how Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust appointed Nitin Nohria as dean of the business school and created a standard of interaction among both male and female professors and students. Additional information is provided on the gender gap in the student body as well as the salary gap between genders.

The article focuses on the Mexico's president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has struggled to balance a response to the coronavirus with the economic needs of a country in which over half of the population lives hand-to-mouth, working informal jobs, without a safety net; and played down the severity of the coronavirus' threat, allowing soccer tournaments, concerts and preparations for the busy spring tourist season to continue even as neighboring countries shutdown.

The article reports that port city in Ecuador became hotspot in coronavirus pandemic and mentions that government had failed to slow spread of coronavirus and dealt with several bodies that have piled up in aftermath.

The article reports on the decision of the Mexican government to dismantle the caravan at the country's southern border as part of its resolution to get tough on illegal migration.

The article reports that crowd of migrants rushed a bridge at Guatemala's border with Mexico and clashed with Mexican police who used pepper spray and closed the crossing's large metal gates to keep them out.

The article offers information on civil casualties in Chile during protesting against inequality.

The article announces that sergeant Harry Solano declared he no longer supported Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro who block humanitarian aid.

The article reports on the political unrest in Nicaragua, wherein protesters are trying to force President Daniel Ortega to resign.

The article focuses on the World Taxidermy and Fish Carving Championships in Springfield, Missouri in May 2015 which was attended by taxidermists, including more women, across the U.S. and New Zealand. Among the competitors were Amy Ritchie Carter of Statesville, North Carolina, Allis Markham of Los Angeles, California, and Lowell Shapley of Wanette, Oklahoma.

The article reports on the concerns that the city of Chicago, Illinois will no longer be an option to host The Barack Obama Presidential Library. A person close to the Barack Obama Foundation anonymously told local reporters that the foundation officials are concerned about the proposals from the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago., which alarmed several people including John J. Cullerton of the Illinois Senate, Joyce Robinson, and Torrey Barrett.

The article discusses the implications of a trend of increasing numbers of immigrant children migrating to the United States from Central America as of July 20, 2014, focusing on an accelerated process of initial screenings for the immigrants once they are detained by U.S. Border Patrol. Topics addressed include a 2008 U.S. anti-human-trafficking law, young immigrants who are eligible for special juvenile asylum status, and attempts to flee gang violence in Central America.

The article focuses on the views of five rural voters in Iowa regarding the voting population and influence of the people in the state on candidates who want to seek support from the area. It features Sharon McNutt, Jordan Pope, and Kurt Meyer. The voters emphasize the need for candidates to be aware of the concern of rural Iowans regarding important issues such as environmental regulations, energy mandates and agricultural policies.

The article reports that Jerryl Christmas, lawyer of Jeffrey L. Williams, the accused in the shooting of two police officers during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, doubt that his client take part in the incident.

The article reports on the efforts of Lieutenant Jerry Lohr of the Saint Louis County Police in Missoury to ease the volatile protests that occurred in Ferguson on November 26, 2014.

The article focuses on the threat posed by thin metal towers use by wind energy companies in U.S. to determine the best places to put wind turbines for pilots who fly low-powered crop dusters.

COTES DES ARCADINS, Haiti -- It was an immaculately clear midsummer morning, a perfect day for diving. No trash had yet washed up on the beach. A dozen volunteers, all excited, some a bit apprehensive, donned flippers and masks and shimmied into the bathtub-warm sea, eager to join a team of eco-divers responsible for surveying, and perhaps one day helping save, Haiti's endangered coral reefs. Only one thing stood in their way: For most of them -- like Jessika Laloi, 21 -- this was their first time swimming in the ocean. Until a few months ago, Ms. Laloi had not even known how to dog paddle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FREMONT, Neb. -- In this city of 25,000, far from any international border, the fight over illegal immigration has boiled over. This is ordinarily a serene place with polite politics and votes that sail through City Hall 8 to 0. But in a special election Monday, residents will decide whether to ban businesses from hiring illegal immigrants and bar landlords from renting to them. Residents demanded the vote, fighting off challenges by some of their elected leaders all the way to the State Supreme Court. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On television it's hard to miss the wildly popular band of slackers singing ruefully from a shabby apartment or while waiting tables in pirate regalia. The ruined credit that led to their financial misfortune might have been sparkling if only they'd tracked their status on freecreditreport.com. The Federal Trade Commission is not amused. It has long believed that the company that owns freecreditreport.com is deliberately diverting people from a government-mandated site where consumers can get free credit reports by law, and using the reports as a lure for a $14.95 monthly service that alerts subscribers to important changes in their credit status. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When Danna Walker left the second-floor conference room and returned tearily to her desk -- where someone had already deposited a packing box for her belongings -- her first thought was not of the 14 years she had worked for DHL or the loss of her $37,000-a-year salary. It was of Jake. In three months, once her benefits ran out, how in the world would she provide health insurance for Jake, her mountainous, red-headed 21-year-old son, who had learned three years earlier that he had metastatic testicular cancer? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With a friend videotaping, 27-year-old Christopher Lenzini of Dallas took a hit of Salvia divinorum, regarded as the world's most potent hallucinogenic herb, and soon began to imagine, he said, that he was in a boat with little green men. Mr. Lenzini quickly collapsed to the floor and dissolved into convulsive laughter. When he posted the video on YouTube this summer, friends could not get enough. ''It's just funny to see a friend act like a total idiot,'' he said, ''so everybody loved it.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the key role to be played by unmarried suburban women swing voters called 'soccer moms' in determining the results of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. Also cited are the key issues in the elections like the coronavirus pandemic, education, and high crime rates, and the strategies by candidates to appeal to said voters like Democratic senatorial candidate John Fetterman's focus on abortion rights in his race against Republican Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania.

The article discusses the evidence indicating that Russia was responsible for the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam from within, raising questions about the escalating conflict in Ukraine.

The article reports on the videos shared online by members of the Ukrainian military unit Azov regiment, showing the trapped civilian women and children at the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, Ukraine who are pleading for help.

CARACOL, Haiti -- On the first anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, in a sleepy corner of northeast Haiti far from the disaster zone, the Haitian government began the process of evicting 366 farmers from a large, fertile tract of land to clear the way for a new industrial park. The farmers did not understand why the authorities wanted to replace productive agricultural land with factories in a rural country that had trouble feeding itself. But, promised compensation, they did not protest a strange twist of fate that left them displaced by an earthquake that had not affected them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs that several nations including India, Mexico, and Russia ended the coronavirus lockdown despite rise in COVID-19 cases and struggling to balance economic damage with coronavirus risk.

The article discusses the amount of money that the city of Chicago, Illinois has paid to various families in the aftermath of several police shootings involving victims such as Calvin Cross, and it mentions police brutality involving the Chicago, Illinois Police Department, as well as the claim that the majority of complaints against police officers in the city do not result in discipline. A video recording depicting the police shooting death of teenager Laquan McDonald is also assessed.

The article discusses the impact of a lack of decision in the grand jury trial over a potential indictment of police officer Darren Wilson's shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown within Ferguson, Missouri. Topics addressed include school closures and a decline in business activity, as well as preparations for possible protests that could follow the ruling.

The article discusses reaction to Missouri police officers' disclosure that the Ferguson, Missouri officer who shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is named Darren Wilson, noting that the police also released a surveillance tape suggesting that Brown was a suspect in the robbing of a convenience store. Topics addressed include the reactions of Ferguson police chief Thomas Jackson and Missouri State Highway Patrol captain Ronald S. Johnson, as well as criticisms of the police's actions.

The article discusses explosions that took place at the site of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts on Patriots' Day, April 15, 2013. Topics addressed include the number of people that were injured or killed by the explosions, attempts to find suspects related to the bombings, and the effects of the explosions on the city of Boston.

The article reports that Louis Head, stepfather of African American teenager Michael Brown who was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri in August 2014, was under investigation for allegedly inciting a riot after a grand jury decided not indict the officer.

The article reports that Darren Wilson, a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri who shot dead African American teenager Michael Brown in August 2014, is said to have no intention of returning to duty in the city's police department, according to people close to him on November 21, 2014.