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In this image provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny waves to journalists and supporters via a video link, as he stands next to his wife Yulia and his layers during a court session in Pokrov, Vladimir region, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he already is serving a prison term. Navalny is charged with fraud and contempt of court in the trial that opened on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Denis Kaminev)

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Kremlin critic Navalny faces new trial, this time in prison
By DASHA LITVINOVA - Associated Press
Tue,02/15/22-8:01AM , 174 Reads
MOSCOW (AP) — A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny opened Tuesday at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term, a further step in a yearlong, multi-pronged crackdown on Russia's most ardent
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In this undated image from the Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page, Ramy Shaath poses for a phhoto Jan. 2, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. Shaath, who was released from an Egyptian jail last month, is an outspoken opponent of Arab dictatorship and Israeli rule over the Palestinians, and is part of a generation of activists who see them as two sides of the same coin. It’s not known why exactly Egyptian authorities confined him to a packed and filthy cell for over two and a half years, but his brand of rights-based activism is clearly seen as a threat by both Israel and its growing roster of autocratic Arab allies. (Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page via AP, File)

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Activist jailed by Egypt sees wider struggle for rights
By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press
Tue,02/15/22-12:26AM , 131 Reads
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ramy Shaath, who was released from an Egyptian jail last month, is an outspoken opponent of Arab dictatorships and Israeli rule over the Palestinians, and is part of a generation of activists who see them as two sides of the same coin.
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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill, on Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington. Pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market. Public anger over congressional stock trading has mounted since the first tremors of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Pressure mounts on Congress to curb lawmaker stock trading
Mon,02/14/22-11:06PM , 95 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a steady drip of damaging headlines, pressure is building for Congress to pass legislation that would curtail lawmakers' ability to speculate on the stock market.
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A construction crane that was climbed by a father of a Parkland shooting victim at 15th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest across the street from the White House, in Washington, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Parkland victim's dad scales crane near White House
By ZEKE MILLER AND COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press
Mon,02/14/22-4:33AM , 386 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years after 17 students and others were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, families and gun control advocates pressed President Joe Biden on Monday to do more to address gun violence.
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