Unbiased headline news – President Joe Biden has given approval for Ukraine to deploy long-range ATACMS missiles inside Russia, a decision that marks a significant shift from his previous stance prohibiting such action, according to confirmation from two U.S. officials speaking to ABC News on Sunday.
With the Army Tactical Missile System missiles’ 190-mile range, Ukraine could potentially target Russian forces in Kursk, where 50,000 troops, including 10,000 North Koreans, are engaged in efforts to reclaim areas that Ukraine had captured months earlier.
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Russia announced that it successfully struck all intended targets in a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, resulting in widespread power outages across the country.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that it used “long-range air- and sea-based precision weapons” for the attack. Additionally, officials claimed they “foiled” an attempt by Ukraine to strike Russian facilities using an “airplane-type” drone.
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California health officials have confirmed the first known U.S. case of a more severe form of mpox, known as clade I, but emphasized that the risk to the general public remains low.
The state’s Department of Public Health identified the case in an individual who had recently traveled from Africa and linked it to an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in Central and Eastern Africa. The patient, treated in San Mateo County, is now recovering in isolation at home, officials stated.
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Ohio’s governor and Columbus city officials are voicing concern after a group of armed, masked individuals marched through the capital city on Saturday, displaying flags bearing swastikas.
The group, seen around 1 p.m. in the Short North neighborhood, was reported by Columbus ABC affiliate WSYX, with images and videos of the march gaining traction on social media. Columbus police confirmed detaining some individuals but reported no arrests were ultimately made.
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A model with a history of appearing in campaigns for Calvin Klein and Levi’s has been officially charged with the fatal stabbing of a man in New York City, prosecutors announced Saturday.
Dynus Saxon was arraigned late Friday in Bronx criminal court for the Nov. 10 killing of Kadeem Grant, as detailed by Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark’s office. Police reported finding the 35-year-old victim with a stab wound to the chest in a Bronx apartment.
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A Georgia mother is speaking out after being arrested for reckless conduct when her then-10-year-old son was found walking alone near their home.
Brittany Patterson, 41, was taken into custody on Oct. 30 after a witness reported seeing “a juvenile in the roadway” who had entered and exited a Dollar General store, according to a Fannin County Sheriff’s Office report. Deputies later found Patterson’s son, Soren, now 11, about a mile from the family’s home.
