Lori Hinnant, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

A Ukrainian serviceman walks to a frontline position outside Popasna, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine's president appealed for a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

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US: Russia in final preparations for invasion

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, Jim Heintz Associated Press, and Zeke Miller Associated PressFebruary 20, 2022

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another step closer to what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine….

Security forces guard an entrance of the Palace of Justice Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021 in Paris. France is putting on trial 20 men accused in the Islamic State group's 2015 attacks on Paris that left 130 people dead and hundreds injured. The proceedings begin Wednesday in an enormous custom-designed chamber. Most of the defendants face the maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of complicity in the attacks. Only Abdeslam is charged with murder. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Paris terror trial opens for 20 accused in 2015 attacks

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny Associated PressSeptember 8, 2021

An injured person is transported to an ambulance after a shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s office in Paris, Jan. 7, 2015.

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Widow guilty in Charlie Hebdo attack

by Lori Hinnant Associated PressDecember 16, 2020

Police work behind a restricted zone near the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack took place on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. An attacker armed with a knife killed at least three people at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice, prompting the prime minister to announce that France was raising its security alert status to the highest level. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Knife-wielding man slays 3 in French church

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Daniel Cole Associated PressOctober 29, 2020

Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's chief editor, Laurent Sourisseau, known as Riss, center, arrives at the courtroom for the opening of the 2015 attacks trial, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 in Paris. Thirteen men and a woman go on trial Wednesday over the 2015 attacks against a satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of violence by the Islamic State group in Europe. Seventeen people and all three gunmen died during the three days of attacks...

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Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris

by Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny Associated PressSeptember 2, 2020

A teacher wearing protective face mask as she teaches close to pupils at a primary school in Morges, Switzerland, Monday, May 11, 2020. Swiss primary and secondary schools reopened with half of the students during the ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

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WHO warns about lack of virus tracing

by Jim Mustian Associated Press, Christina A. Cassidy Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressMay 11, 2020

Relatives grieve Benedict Somi Vilakasi at his burial ceremony at the Nasrec Memorial Park outside Johannesburg Thursday, April 16, 2020. Vilakasi, a Soweto coffee shop manager, died of COVID-19 infection in a Johannesburg hospital Sunday April 12, 2020. South Africa is under a strict five-week lockdown in a effort to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Job losses mount, economic pain deepens worldwide

by Christopher Rugaber Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 16, 2020

A woman wears a mask to protect against the coronavirus as she shops for produce at a fruit and vegetable stand, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Corona neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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States assess reopening economies

by Eric Tucker Associated Press, Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Frank Jordans Associated PressApril 14, 2020

A relative of Margodt Genevieve, who died due to Covid-19, grieves over her coffin during her funeral ceremony at the Montignies cemetery in Charleroi, Belgium, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Wuhan lockdown lifted after 76 days

by Marina Villenueve Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 8, 2020

In this combination of photos, the flag-draped remains of a Sept. 11 victim are carried by New York firefighters during a recovery operation March 8, 2002, left, and at right, a body is unloaded from a refrigerated truck in New York during the coronavirus outbreak on March 31, 2020. New York City’s death toll from the coronavirus officially eclipsed the number of those killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11, health officials said Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (AP Photos)

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NYC virus deaths top 9/11 attacks toll

by Marina Villeneuve Associated Press, and Lori Hinnant Associated PressApril 7, 2020