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A resident of Surgut in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of the Tyumen Region, Russia, has admitted to regularly beating a Ukrainian girl who lives with her. This information was reported by Ukrainian public human rights organization ZMINA based on a video published by Russian Telegram channels. According to the footage, the woman harbors hatred towards the child, referring to her as "khokhlushka" (a derogatory term used to describe Ukrainians) and demanding that the child be taken away, otherwise, she will continue to abuse her: "I have been beating her throughout the war and will continue to do so." The video’s...

“You hear about certain places like Chicago and you hear about what’s going on in Detroit and other — other cities, all Democrat run,” he said. “Every one of them is Democrat run. Twenty out of 20. The 20 worst, the 20 most dangerous are Democrat run.” Among the 20 cities with the most violent crime per capita, one isn’t a Democrat: the independent mayor of Springfield, Mo.

Testing positive for HIV was difficult enough. Getting forced out of the military by the Air Force because of the diagnosis proved even harder. So say two U.S. airmen who filed suit on Wednesday against Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing that the Pentagon’s decision last month to discharge them from the military owing to their HIV status violates the Constitution’s equal protection clause and federal law. They have asked the court to strike down the decision. Both active-duty airmen said they tested positive for HIV last year during Air...