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WASHINGTON — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has scrambled the global foreign policy landscape. But it has also upended President Biden’s domestic agenda back home, diverting the attention of the White House and contributing to rising prices that have become a top concern of Americans just months before congressional elections. Three…

Easy access also means easy interruption. At the beginning of the pandemic, Paige Van Otten, a stay-at-home mother in Seattle, loved that she could sneak in a quick Peloton workout while her toddler napped. “You think, ‘Oh, it’s so convenient, I can do it anytime,” she said. “But really, I…

The South Carolina Department of Corrections said last month that it had spent about $53,000 to renovate a death chamber at a prison on the outskirts of Columbia, installing bullet-resistant glass between the chamber and witness room. A spokeswoman for the prison agency said prisoners who chose the firing squad…

Vaccination and masking requirements, long gone in many parts of the country, have been falling away in New York City; on March 7, the city dropped rules requiring proof of vaccination for indoor dining at restaurants, for example. Other settings, including movie theaters as well as some comedy, sports and…

An Olympic dressage coach accused of shooting his student was acquitted of attempted murder and found not guilty by reason of insanity in a case that stunned the elite dressage community. Michael Barisone, 57, an Olympic rider, said that he was defending himself when he shot Lauren Kanarek twice in…

Officials are investigating the death of a woman who became stuck upside down as she tried to cross into the United States from Mexico over a 30-foot-high steel border fence in southeastern Arizona on Monday. The woman, 32, was “ensnared” on the fence just west of Douglas, Ariz., according to…

“For too long, the federal oil and gas leasing programs have prioritized the wants of extractive industries above local communities, the natural environment, the impact on our air and water, the needs of tribal nations, and, moreover, other uses of our shared public lands,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said. “Today,…