Kurtis Lee
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Kurtis Lee is a former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. He wrote news features, narratives and enterprise on an array of topics — race, criminal justice, immigration, income inequality, the 2nd Amendment. He won first place in the 2021 National Headliner Awards for his series of stories about the COVID-19 pandemic on the Navajo Nation. Lee has filed reports from the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and chronicled Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency. Prior to joining The Times in August 2014, Lee worked at the Denver Post where he covered state and national politics. He’s also reported from the scenes of destructive wildfires and mass shootings and was a member of the Post staff that won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news coverage of the Aurora theater shooting. He’s a graduate of Temple University.
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May 16, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Ukraine’s president in Kyiv in the highest-level U.S. visit of the war. Some Mariupol civilians are said to be rescued.
May 1, 2022
Ukraine’s government rejected the Russian assertion of a complete takeover of the once-thriving coastal city, which has been nearly wiped out.
April 21, 2022
Ukraine says it still holds embattled Mariupol despite a Russian claim that 1,000 troops surrendered. Moscow rejects Biden’s ‘genocide’ accusation.
April 13, 2022
U.N. votes to suspend Russia from its Human Rights Council and the European Union bans Russian coal as Ukraine’s leader calls for more military aid.
April 7, 2022
The U.S., EU and Britain move to put a greater squeeze on Moscow as Russia defiantly denies war crimes in Ukraine despite mounting evidence.
April 6, 2022
Ukrainian forces braced for an intensified Russian onslaught against the eastern Donbas region as Russian missiles struck the strategic port of Odesa.
April 3, 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians to remain vigilant and to distrust Russian promises about scaling down attacks in Kyiv.
March 31, 2022
Vitali Klitschko y su hermano Wladimir Klitschko ganaron protagonismo mundial peleando en el ring de boxeo. Ahora están retomando otra pelea contra los soldados rusos.
Feb. 26, 2022
Vitali Klitschko and brother Wladimir Klitschko gained global prominence fighting in the boxing ring. Now they are taking up another fight against Russian soldiers.
Feb. 25, 2022