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For months, the vaunted millionaire boss of Wagner’s private mercenary force bombarded Russia’s military leaders with insulting insults in a rift that has weakened the country’s forces amid the Ukraine war. Yevgeny Prigozhin accused them of not providing him with ammunition in the key battle for the eastern city of Bakhmut. A video from May showed him in front of the bloodied bodies of his slain troops shouting obscenities at Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff General Valeri Gerasimov, calling them weak and incompetent and blaming them for the carnage. “They came here as volunteers and died to…

Michael Roman, a senior official in former President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 campaign, is in talks with the office of special counsel Jack Smith that could soon have Mr. Roman voluntarily answering questions about a plan to create a list of ‘pro-Trump voters. in key swing states won by Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a person familiar with the matter. If Mr. Roman ends up giving the interview — known as an offerer — to prosecutors working for Mr. Smith, it would be the first known instance of cooperation by someone with direct knowledge of the so-called fake voter…

A US judge on Friday blocked a new Florida law restricting drag performances, the third time this month that federal courts have struck down laws backed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that affect gender or LGBTQ issues . In all three cases, issues supported by Republican presidential candidate DeSantis lost because the laws appeared to infringe on people’s constitutional rights. In Friday’s decision, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell of the Middle District of Florida granted an injunction preventing the state from enforcing a law that prohibits minors from attending “obscene live performances,” calling- the too wide one. The judge declined…

Submit your letter to the editor using this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DeSantis attackson the state do not sway Re: “DeSantis degrades San Francisco in new ad” (Page A1, June 22). It was painful to watch Florida Governor Ron DeSantis take cheap shots in San Francisco and California. Of course, it is expected of all radical right-wing governors who still support Donald Trump and hesitate to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. DeSantis must remember that California: believes in science and vaccines; it does not remove all references to slavery from the history books, because we can rewrite…

One person was killed and at least four others were injured in a shooting in Westmoreland County Friday night, emergency operators said. Two persons of interest, considered armed and dangerous, remain at large. The shooting in the 800 block of Lowry Avenue in Jeannette was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. The county coroner’s office said a woman died in the shooting. Brianna Kate Lartz, 25, of Jeannette, was found dead at a residence, according to the county coroner’s and district attorney’s offices. “It’s a different kind of wound,” Lester Dewaine Frye, Jr. said. on the death of his daughter, Brianna….

After days of searching for the submersible that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean while carrying five people to view the wreckage of the Titanic, officials said its fate is no longer a mystery: It imploded in the depths of the sea, apparently just hours after it began its descent. Coast Guard Rear Adm. John Mauger said at a news conference Thursday that teams had found pieces of the missing submarine “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the ship” in a debris field on the sea floor, just 16,000 feet from the Titanic’s bow. A US Navy official said the military…

PEEKSKILL, N.Y. (WABC) — A heartbroken father tried to turn grief into action at a packed Westchester County board of education meeting Tuesday night after his 10-year-old son took his own life last week. At an emotional and fiery board of education meeting in Peekskill Tuesday night, the father of 10-year-old Lukas Illescas presented the photo of his son to the board he accuses of neglect. “Look. Look. You didn’t have time. Five minutes? I don’t know how you can sleep. I don’t know how,” he said. Lukas Illescas was a happy, attractive and energetic boy who loved his family…

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts to use the court system to score political points against the Biden administration may face a new hurdle after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that states lacked the authority to challenge federal immigration guidelines and direct Congress to fix the mess. In an 8-1 decision written by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the court ruled that the plaintiffs, Texas and Louisiana, lacked standing to file their lawsuit to block the Biden administration’s 2021 guidelines. But the justices also went beyond immigration when they imposed new limits on state attempts to challenge federal programs. “If the…