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Rishi Sunak meets members of the audience after delivering a speech during a Conservative Friends of India event at the Dhamecha lohana center on Aug. 22, 2022 in Harrow, England.

India applauds Britain's 1st Indian-origin leader Sunak, 75 years after colonial rule

People across India are cheering for Rishi Sunak, who has embraced his Indian and Hindu heritage, becoming the newest British prime minister.

Attendees applaud after New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul announced actions to combat hate crimes at her office in New York City in November 2022. Hochul has formed a new unit to combat hate and bias across the state that will focus on education, early detection and mobilizing support in areas where a bias-related incidents have occurred.

New York residents have mixed feelings about yet another statewide anti-bias program

The new unit is a broader effort by Gov. Kathy Hochul to address hate crimes and violence across the state in response to Buffalo's deadly mass shooting that killed 10 Black people.

It'll be a runoff for Chicago's mayoral race — and the incumbent is out

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Laura Washington of The Chicago Tribune about the results of the Chicago mayoral election.

Zooey Zephyr, state Rep.-elect for the 100th district of the Montana House of Representatives, is the first openly trans woman to be elected in the state legislature. Zephyr poses for a portrait at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington D.C., on Dec. 2, 2022.

After record election year, some LGBTQ lawmakers face a new challenge: GOP majorities

Montana state Rep.-elect Zooey Zephyr is the first openly trans woman elected to the state legislature. She and other lawmakers across the country are now faced with trying to curb anti-LGBTQ bills.

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. President Joe Biden will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean, an administration official said on Sunday.

As Biden weighs the Willow oil project, he blocks other Alaska drilling

The move to limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean comes as regulators prepare to decide on the Willow project, a controversial plan pushed by ConocoPhillips.

Russian investigators work at the site of an explosion at a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday. An explosion tore through a cafe in the Russian city of St. Petersburg on Sunday.

An explosion at a Russian cafe kills a prominent military blogger and wounds 30 others

Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky was killed at a cafe in St. Petersburg. He was a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine. Some 30 people were wounded.

Black smoke billows from a fire on the Kerch bridge that links Crimea to Russia after an explosion on Saturday.

After the Crimean bridge attack, there are plenty of theories but few real answers

Theories abound about who is responsible for the attack and how they did it. On Wednesday, Russia arrested eight men alleged to have set off a truck bomb. Ukraine says Russia planned the attack.

Late, But Great, Banana Split Centenary

Wilmington, Ohio, is celebrating 100 years of the banana split this week. Problem is, it might be three years too late, say folks in Latrobe, Penn., who claim to be the real home of the classic ice cream treat.

Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger led the Congregation for the Doctine of the Faith, which was tasked with investigating crimes in the church. This photo was taken in 1989.

Timeline: Priest Abuse Claims Date Back Decades

The Vatican is facing a new round of charges that leaders in the church hierarchy tried to cover up allegations that some priests abused children, but the cases involved date back decades. Here's a timeline of key events.

Jorge Vilda stands during the Women's World Cup semifinal soccer match between Sweden and Spain in Auckland, New Zealand, on Aug. 15. Spain's soccer federation announced Vilda's dismissal as coach of the women's national team on Tuesday.

Spain's women's soccer coach is fired as fallout grows from unwanted World Cup kiss

Spain's soccer federation named Montse Tomé as head coach of the women's national team, the first woman in the role. She was assistant coach to Jorge Vilda, who was dismissed on Tuesday.

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