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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter in New York Monday.

Latest on Ukraine: Russia runs U.N. Security Council as China runs damage control

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

NPR announced it would cease posting to Twitter after the social media platform labeled the nonprofit "Government-funded Media."

NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'

NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.

Thailand is rethinking its approach in its drug laws

Southeast Asia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world, but Thailand bucking that trend. It has decriminalized cannabis and freed thousands of people convicted on related offenses.

Moses Miramontes is shown at a Alpha Project shelter in San Diego where he has been staying for 6 months, April 18, 2023. He says getting in the shelter has motivated him to make changes in his life.

As tensions flare, San Diego leaders eye a homeless solution fraught with problems

San Diego leaders are pushing a proposal that would make it illegal to live in a tent virtually anywhere in city limits. But many still have nowhere to go.

Montana lawmakers on Friday passed a bill to ban TikTok over the app's suspected connections to the Chinese government.

Montana becomes 1st state to approve a full ban of TikTok

Montana's bill goes farther than bans in nearly half of the states that target devices on state-issued devices. Instead, Montana's legislation makes it illegal for anyone to download TikTok.

San Diego city officials and activists came together to call on business and government officials to address pay inequities for Latinas. According to Mexican-American Women’s National Association or MANA, Latina Equal Pay Day represents the additional time a Latina needs to work to earn the same annual salary as her White male counterpart. In 2022, the Latina Pay Gap widened. Latinas earn 57 cents for every dollar a White male counterpart makes, represented by 21 additional months of work to earn the same pay, San Diego, December 8, 2022.

Gender wage gap still a problem on Equal Pay Day

Women are still earning less than their male counterparts more than 20 years after Equal Pay Day was launched.

Former President Eisenhower, addresses the nation on the American intervention in Formosa (now Taiwan) in an undated archival picture. Eisenhower was involved in the country's first debt ceiling fight when he asked Congress to raise the limit by $15 billion. The Senate refused, ushering the first tussle over the country's debt.

The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today

Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

Fans refused to leave and many tried to shove past metal detectors and security and even climb the gates. San Diego, April 3, 2023.

Viejas Arena overwhelmed by Aztecs fans for NCAA Championship watch party

San Diego’s largest watch party at Viejas Arena was overwhelmed with fans, which created some chaos.

In an aerial view, damage from a series of powerful storms and at least one tornado is seen in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

Photos show the devastation caused by the deadly Mississippi tornado

The destructive tornado killed at least 26 people, leveled buildings and left thousands of customers without power.

Musician Pras Michel in a 2015 portrait taken in Los Angeles.

Pras Michel stands trial in Washington, D.C., for conspiracy and other charges

Hip-hop musician Pras Michel of Fugees faces criminal trial in Washington, D.C., for allegedly conspiring to violate election law and influence American policymakers on behalf of China.

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