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Protesters in Boston call for a ban on Russian oil at a rally for Ukraine on March 6.

Biden announces Russian oil import ban and warns gas prices could increase even more

President Biden described the move as a critical step to punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, but said as a result, Americans should prepare for price hikes at the pump.

In this photo illustration, free iHealth COVID-19 antigen rapid tests from the federal government sit on a U.S. Postal Service envelope after being delivered on Feb. 4, 2022.

You can order free COVID tests from the government again

More than half of U.S. households have ordered at-home COVID-19 tests to be shipped to their homes. Now they can get more.

Services at Church of St. George on Sunday in Lviv, Ukraine.

Some of Ukraine's Orthodox churches want to break away from their Russian patriarch

At church, Ukrainians pray for an end to war. But a rift is forming: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has defended Moscow's invasion. Some in Ukraine want to break away from his leadership.

McDonald's says it is temporarily closing all of its 850 restaurants in Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.

McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Starbucks join a corporate exodus from Russia

The big American companies are the latest to suspend their operations in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As It Was: Ingenuity Delivers Mail in 1920 Siskiyou Winter

The winter of 1920 in Siskiyou County, Calif., was destined to become a severe one.By mid-November, travel over Salmon Mountain was closed to trucks and…

LGBTQ advocates march at a rally at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., to urge the company to publicly oppose what they call the "Don't Say Gay" that aims to limit instruction of gender identity and sexual orientation in schools.

Florida Senate passes a controversial schools bill labeled 'Don't Say Gay' by critics

Florida's Senate passed a bill Tuesday that aims to limit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. Gov. Ron DeSantis has signaled support for the legislation.

Alex Spektor's twin sons, Lenny and Moishe, were born premature to a surrogate in Kyiv, Ukraine. He and his partner Irma contacted a specialist evacuation team of U.S. Army veterans to transport the twins to Poland when Kyiv was being attacked by Russian forces.

A rescue team evacuates premature American twins from Kyiv in a daring mission

The twin boys, Lenny and Moishe, were born just as Russia invaded Ukraine. A specialist team of U.S. Army veterans hatched a desperate plan to bring them into Poland and, hopefully, to safety.

This artist sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt, left, and his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28.

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

Yo-Yo Ma played Ukraine's national anthem and brought the audience to its feet at the Kennedy Center on Monday.

Yo-Yo Ma performs a musical protest outside the Russian Embassy

The world-famous cellist made a personal stand with Ukraine on Monday, setting up his instrument on the sidewalk in Washington, D.C., next to an improvised street sign reading, "Zelensky Way."

Amy Bloom and Brian Ameche married in 2007. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2019.

After an Alzheimer's diagnosis, her husband asked for help to die with dignity

Novelist Amy Bloom talks about how, at her husband's insistence, she traveled with him to Zurich so he could legally terminate his life. Her new memoir is In Love.

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