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A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.

2 more Oath Keepers are sentenced to prison terms for the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

A federal judge sentenced Army veterans Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, to more than eight years in prison and Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Fla., to four years in the 2021 riot.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, seen here at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, sparked controversy over the weekend when she referred to Israel as a "racist state."

Top House Democrats reject Rep. Jayapal's comments calling Israel a 'racist state'

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

Protests In Louisville, Cincinnati Policeman Sues Over Social Media Posts & More Top Stories

On Cincinnati Edition's weekly news review, live at noon on Friday:Courier-Journal reporter Joe Sonka on the latest out of Louisville, where protests…

Cincinnati Council Oks Children's Hospital Expansion, Parents Sue CPS And Other Top Stories

This week the parents of an 8-year-old boy who committed suicide filed a wrongful death suit against Cincinnati Public Schools. Cincinnati City Council…

Latonia Moore performs during a rehearsal of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" at the Metropolitan Opera house, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP)

'Men Don't Break' tops one conductor's list of classical music highlights of 2021

Terence Blanchard's "Fire Shut Up in My Bones" is the first opera by a Black composer presented in the Metropolitan Opera's 138-year history.

"I have to observe self-isolation and follow orders of doctors," Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. "This is necessary to protect my colleagues."

Russia's Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases

Speaking during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin that was broadcast on state-run TV, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had tested positive for the virus.

Driehaus Tops Deters In Unofficial Vote Count, But Provisionals Could Change Outcome

Democratic challenger Denise Driehaus barely edged out Republican incumbent Dennis Deters Tuesday night for a seat on the Hamilton County Board of…

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with Russia's medal-winning athletes of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and members of the country's Paralympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow, on April 26 — Valieva's birthday.

Figure skaters' minimum age for top competitions will rise to 17 after scandal

The move comes months after Russia's Kamila Valieva, then 15, was caught in a storm of controversy at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

About a year since launching, Vine says it has more than 40 million registered users.

How Vine Settled On 6 Seconds

According to numbers released Tuesday, Twitter's one-year-old video-sharing app Vine now has about 40 million registered users. The app lets users shoot a maximum of six seconds per Vine, so we wanted to know why the limit's set at six seconds and not a second longer.

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