A former county sheriff has been selected to lead the Los Angeles Police Department, taking charge of the nation's third-largest police force.

The Biden administration and NATO have told Russia there will be no U.S. or allied concessions on Moscow's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine.

A Moscow court has rejected an imprisoned American’s appeal against his nine-year sentence for assaulting police officers.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia says he will head home for consultations this week to discuss U.S.-Russian relations with colleagues in the Biden administration and to visit his family.