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Is There Anything Funny About the War in Ukraine?

At the Cultural Defense shows in Lviv, comedians and audiences look for humor amid a deadly conflict. Don’t mind the air raid alarms.

Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion

Abortion “abolitionists” are the outer edge of the anti-abortion movement. They’re looking to gain followers after the decision to overturn Roe, unsettling mainstream anti-abortion groups.

Oklahoma Plans to Execute 25 Prisoners in 29 Months

The executions are scheduled to begin in August. The state had suspended capital punishment for several years because of botched executions and a lawsuit over one of the drugs used.

‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children

Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.