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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Human Rights ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 15, 2023. While the world awaits Ukraine's spring offensive, its leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has already launched a diplomatic one. In a span of a week, he has dashed to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and Britain to shore up support for the defense of his country. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, was at home, facing unprecedented international isolation, with an International Criminal Court arrest warrant hanging over his head and clouding the prospects of traveling to many destinations, including those viewed as allies. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP, File)

Peace, food and fertilizer: African leaders' challenge heading to talks with Moscow, Kyiv

A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 5/21/23

Debra Long looks through documents about the murder of her son, Randy Long, and photographs from his life, at her home in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., April 19, 2023. An AP examination of data from 23 states shows that Black people are disproportionately denied aid from programs that reimburse victims of violent crime. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Takeaways from AP report on racial disparities in states' victim compensation programs

Thousands of Americans each year turn to state-run programs that provide financial assistance to crime victims. The money helps to cover funeral expenses, physical and emotional therapy, lost wages, … more

By CLAUDIA LAUER and MIKE CATALINI | 5/17/23

Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize

The Templeton Prize — one of the world's largest annual individual awards — is being awarded this year to a nurse-midwife who for decades has strived to improve women’s health care in East … more

The Associated Press | 5/16/23

FILE - Syrians walk in a camp for internally displaced people in al-Bab, northern Syria, on May 29, 2018. The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1 million last year, according to a report released Thursday May 11, 2023. Syria had 6.8 million displaced by conflict after more than a decade of civil war. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says

A new report says the war in Ukraine helped push the number of people left internally displaced across the world last year to a record high of 71.1 million. The report for 2022 released Thursday by … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 5/11/23

Nurses fight conspiracy theories along with coronavirus

Los Angeles emergency room nurse Sandra Younan spent the last year juggling long hours as she watched many patients struggle with the coronavirus and some die. Then there were the patients who … more

By ALI SWENSON and DAVID KLEPPER | 3/13/21