WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers gather for President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address, they are finding common ground in support of Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a rare bipartisan condemnation from Congress and resolve in defense of the Western-oriented democracy. This in a Capitol still largely shuttered from the COVID-19…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in and around St. Louis were kept busy over the weekend with a spate of gun violence that saw at least seven people killed and several more injured. The deaths included a 17-year-old boy who was fatally shot Saturday inside a Jennings business and a man who died in a…
MOSCOW (AP) — Ordinary Russians are facing the prospect of higher prices as Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine sent the ruble plummeting. That’s led uneasy people to line up at banks and ATMs on Monday in a country that has seen more than one currency disaster in the post-Soviet era. The Russian currency…