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In an image released by Ukrainian Defense Ministry Press Service, Ukrainian soldiers use a launcher with U.S. Javelin missiles during military exercises in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Thursday.

Some Russian troops reportedly withdraw from Ukraine border area

Russia's Interfax news, citing the military, reports that 10,000 troops are returning to their "permanent deployment points" from the border region.

Sheridan MacKnight holds a photograph of her grandfather John B. McGillis. In the photograph, McGillis wears a hand-made beaded buckskin suit and a U.S. army cap from his service in WWI.

He fought for self-determination in a time of assimilation. He left these objects.

A documentary photographer reflects on Indigenous identity using the items her great grandfather collected throughout his storied life.

Virginia's Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin, pictured on the campaign trail, speaks with now Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears after a rally in Fredericksburg, Va., Oct. 30, 2021. Youngkin and Sears, both Republicans, won election on Nov. 2, and will be sworn into office Jan. 15, 2022.

Virginia's first Black woman lieutenant governor says we need to move on from slavery

Winsome Sears, a Republican, will be sworn into office Saturday in Virginia alongside Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin. Sears ran, in part, on the idea that the country's racial reckoning has gone too far.

Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen testified before a Senate subcommittee after leaking internal research showing the company knew about Instagram's negative impact on some teens. She says that Facebook consistently chooses profit over safety.

Whistleblower tells Congress that Facebook products harm kids and democracy

A former Facebook employee compared the social network to Big Tobacco at a Senate hear17%ing on Tuesday, saying the company has hidden what it knows about the problems its products cause.

In the emergency department at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, it's a constant battle to find beds, stretchers, or even chairs for patients. Even after they're admitted to the hospital, many must wait in the ED for hours, even days, for an inpatient bed to open upstairs. That's dangerous, and it's stretching staff thin at a time when many were already struggling with burn out.

ER visits are surging, after patients delayed care. But there are no beds.

ER visits are up 43% from this time last year. And doctors say more of the patients coming in are sicker than they were pre-pandemic, after delaying care. But with every room full and hallways crammed with stretchers, ERs are nearing a breaking point.

Governor, Attorney General urge Wayne State to adopt code of conduct or face losing accreditation

Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, and other top state officials put Wayne State University board members on notice Wednesday.That…

A fleet of Broward County School Buses are parked in a lot on July 21, 2020, in Pembroke Pines, Fla. Three county educators have died of complications from the coronavirus.

3 Florida Educators Die Of COVID-19 Within 24 Hours As Schools Prepare To Reopen

Less than a week before schools are set to reopen in Broward County, Fla., local union officials say three educators have died of complications from the coronavirus. None of them were vaccinated.

(Left) Unidentified artist,<em> Untitled (family, painted backdrop)</em>, undated, tintype. Unidentified artist, <em>Untitled (pin, woman in hat)</em>, undated, celluloid in metal setting. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment.

Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits By First Black Photographers

The Smithsonian American Art Museum has bought a collection of early photographs, including very rare daguerreotypes from three early Black photographers dating to the mid 19th century.

Pope Francis unveils a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Friday.

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass as Italy sets pandemic record of new cases

Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica, going ahead with the service despite the resurgence in COVID-19 cases.

The beauty and dangers of Great Lakes ice cover

Ice, ice everywhere, and nowhere you should walk. This past weekend was particularly cold in much of the Great Lake state, and while it may be tempting to…

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