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https://ift.tt/8mZv9Ez Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska have broken ranks with the Kremlin and called for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. https://ift.tt/7GDx03C

https://ift.tt/8mZv9Ez The sweeping January 6 investigation is headed into a new phase, with the first trial set to begin on Monday. https://ift.tt/7GDx03C

https://ift.tt/8mZv9Ez New York will no longer require students to wear masks in schools beginning on Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday, citing steep declines in Covid-19 hospitalizations statewide. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/8mZv9Ez The US Capitol's attending physician said Sunday that masks will be optional on Capitol Hill starting Monday, just a day before President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/8mZv9Ez A Texas mom is doing whatever it takes to keep her transgender child safe -- even if that requires picking up their lives, leaving family and friends behind and moving hundreds of miles west. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK Jurors in the trial of Curtis Reeves, a retired Florida police captain accused of second-degree murder and aggravated battery in the 2014 killing of Chad Oulson, began deliberating Friday evening, as seen on CNN affiliate Court TV. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK A federal grand jury in San Diego indicted the founder of BitConnect for allegedly orchestrating a $2.4 billion global Ponzi scheme, the Justice Department said Friday. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK US Capitol Police will once again erect a fence on Capitol grounds ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday, the department announced Sunday. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK States and local communities are ramping up plans to spend the billions of dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that passed last year. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/6YEQBDK Heat waves are the deadliest weather disaster in the US. They account for nearly 150 fatalities per year, more than hurricanes and tornadoes combined. https://ift.tt/SWJf6vR

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR President Joe Biden's decision to nominate Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, as CNN first reported, kills two birds with one stone: It satisfies -- and Biden hopes energizes -- liberals while also giving Senate Democrats a nominee they can confirm without much fanfare (and maybe even with a few Republican votes). https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called out two members of her conference who spoke at an event organized by White nationalist Nick Fuentes. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he is planning to ask lawmakers for emergency funding for campus security at historically Black colleges and universities following an alarming pattern of bomb threats at HBCUs across the state -- and the country. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR Some areas in the city of Miami Beach will have restrictions on alcohol sales as spring breakers descend on South Florida. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR The most hotly contested statewide primary in Texas on Tuesday centers on the future of state Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican who spearheaded a notorious failed legal challenge to the 2020 election results and, with a slew of corruption allegations hanging over his campaign, is now facing the prospect of being pushed into a runoff for the GOP nomination. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR Jurors in the trial of Brett Hankison, the only police officer charged in connection with the botched 2020 raid that left Breonna Taylor dead, visited the 26-year-old Kentucky woman's apartment Friday afternoon. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/oFPMvVR Federal political committees spent more than $1.4 million at Donald Trump's businesses last year, a new tally shows -- underscoring one way the former President continues to personally benefit from his time in the White House. https://ift.tt/mhLl0Id

https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS Chicken nuggets have fallen victim to rising prices. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS Former Minneapolis police officers Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane were found guilty of violating George Floyd's civil rights by a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS A Bridgeport, Connecticut, family that was critical of the police response and investigation into the death of their loved one is disputing the medical examiner's ruling that she died of natural causes. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS A desperate note sent from a mother with her child to her elementary school has led police in the Las Vegas area to a toddler's remains. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS Florida moved one step closer on Thursday to banning teachers from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms for young students, with the state's GOP-led House of Representatives approving a controversial bill that's facing intense opposition from LGBTQ advocates and the White House. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

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https://ift.tt/rGT7vMS Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State after a six-week ban went into effect in September, the organization said Thursday. https://ift.tt/e9Nryv6

https://ift.tt/OJsd2yY Russian stocks crashed by more than 40% and the ruble hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday. https://ift.tt/OVA4HFf

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https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP There has been a slight rise in the number of women dying due to pregnancy or childbirth each year in the United States, and the maternal death rate among Black women is still three times the rate for White women, a new federal report shows. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP The suspect in a weekend shooting that left one woman dead and four people wounded during a protest in Portland, Oregon, faces several charges, including murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP The Missouri Senate Republican race officially began on Tuesday, as the candidates filed their campaigns and quickly aimed their sights on former Gov. Eric Greitens, the apparent frontrunner who resigned in 2018 amid a sex scandal and charges of campaign misconduct. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP Tanya Vrebosch, deputy mayor of the Canadian city of North Bay, saw something strange when she checked her phone on Sunday: North Bay was a trending topic on her Twitter feed. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP A Bronx man was indicted for hate crimes Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a woman and yelled anti-Hispanic slurs at her, according to prosecutors. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/RpGwzLP A jury has found the three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery in 2020 guilty of all charges in their federal hate crimes trial, backing prosecutors' case that the men chased the 25-year-old through the streets of a Georgia neighborhood because he was Black. https://ift.tt/JCF9OYK

https://ift.tt/uqOQWmD A Black couple's lawsuit against a home appraisal company is now catching the attention of the Department of Justice. https://ift.tt/xDlC2os

https://ift.tt/uqOQWmD Republican candidates across the country are vying for former President Donald Trump's endorsement to help shore up campaign funds and excite the GOP base. But Trump's support hasn't been enough to clear all Republican fields -- something that is on display in two primary races pitting incumbent GOP House members against each other. https://ift.tt/xDlC2os

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL An evening boat trip quickly turned life-threatening for one California man. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL Almost 38 years to the day that 21-year-old Mary Jane Thompson was found dead behind a warehouse in Dallas, Texas, prosecutors were finally able to make an arrest in her case, the Dallas County District Attorney's office said. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL Members of sports team families and business leaders are among those pouring their personal fortunes into campaigns for office in 2022, making an early impact on primary contests for key midterm races. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL • DOJ reveals new Signal messages from Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes • Analysis: Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week in court • Analysis: Secret recordings show how presidents work https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL An elementary school student in South Carolina brought a loaded handgun to his school because he wanted to "shoot zombies," Detective J.C. Brewington from the Laurens Police Department said in a news conference on Friday. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

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https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL As Sarah Godlewski, a Wisconsin Democrat running for Senate, travels across her state speaking to Democratic voters, they are unnerved by the inaction in Congress. From shoring up voting rights to lowering prescription drug costs, they don't understand why Democrats, who control the House, Senate and the executive branch, can't advance policies they believe are popular. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL Colorado's Democratic governor said Sunday that his party can best navigate the divisive issues of masking and vaccines by talking about them "as a matter of personal responsibility." https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL Corporate earnings season was supposed to turn around Wall Street's sour mood. In the end, it wasn't much of a diversion. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL A police officer died and another was injured after a police helicopter crashed in southern California Saturday night, officials said. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL A woman was killed and five others were injured in a shooting Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, the Portland Police Bureau said. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/lvjcXkL A newly built residential complex in Seattle is offering unhoused Indigenous people a new lease on life. https://ift.tt/KyWj1n4

https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Virginia's new Republican attorney general on Friday withdrew his state from a legal effort to have the Equal Rights Amendment recognized as the 28th Amendment to the Constitution. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Republican lawmakers are starting to choose sides in the fight to defeat Rep. Liz Cheney in Wyoming, placing high-stakes bets in a divisive primary that is widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump and cementing deep rifts in the GOP over the direction of the party. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Only a year ago almost no one paid the full sticker price when buying a new car. Now you're lucky if you can. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Nearly four months ago, amid a firestorm of critical coverage stemming from a whistleblower's leaks, Facebook shifted its strategic focus to building an immersive version of the internet it calls the "metaverse" and changed its company name to Meta. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Home prices climbed in January as inventory fell to a new record low. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

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https://ift.tt/z82sTtj Expect to see more bright-red "Rollback" signs at Walmart stores as inflation bites, the company said Thursday. https://ift.tt/lb5wD6k

https://ift.tt/pKg0e4A Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has vowed to end tenure for new hires at public universities and colleges in an attempt to stop the teaching of critical race theory. https://ift.tt/yeY9z37

https://ift.tt/pKg0e4A Don't look now, but the primary season is already upon us. https://ift.tt/yeY9z37

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https://ift.tt/pKg0e4A The US military has approved religious exemptions to its Covid-19 vaccine mandate for 15 service members out of approximately 16,000 requests, according to the latest data from the services. https://ift.tt/yeY9z37

https://ift.tt/pKg0e4A Eric Prescott Kay, a former communications director for the Los Angeles Angels, has been found guilty of two charges in the 2019 overdose death of Angels' pitcher Tyler Skaggs, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/yeY9z37

https://ift.tt/CbQRvWL President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce $1 billion in funding from his administration's signature bipartisan infrastructure law for cleanup and restoration of the Great Lakes in remarks from Lorain, Ohio. https://ift.tt/MOuKFJl

https://ift.tt/CbQRvWL The US Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Missouri in an effort to prevent the state from enforcing a controversial law aimed at protecting gun rights. https://ift.tt/MOuKFJl

https://ift.tt/CbQRvWL Texts and social media messages from two of the White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery included racist insults about African Americans, an FBI intelligence analyst testified Wednesday in their federal hate crime trial in Georgia. https://ift.tt/MOuKFJl

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https://ift.tt/du7DGq8 Rapidly rising prices have caused economic hardship for millions of Americans. But drastic action to rein in prices could lead to even more pain, including job losses. https://ift.tt/LDmYe48

https://ift.tt/du7DGq8 Wall Street is convinced it's discovered the future of Silicon Valley. But early bets on the "metaverse" are running into some turbulence. https://ift.tt/LDmYe48

https://ift.tt/du7DGq8 The Biden administration has informed key lawmakers that it will likely need $30 billion in supplemental funding to continue the fight against Covid-19, a source familiar with the matter said. https://ift.tt/LDmYe48

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https://ift.tt/du7DGq8 Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter to more than seven years in prison for Daunte Wright's death. https://ift.tt/LDmYe48

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https://ift.tt/8YlO4Kb The United States has suspended avocado imports from Mexico's western state of Michoacan after a US official received a threat, Mexico's Agriculture Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. https://ift.tt/TgrcVQ2

https://ift.tt/8YlO4Kb If you were to judge the US auto market by this year's Super Bowl ads, you'd think virtually all the cars for sale in America today are electric vehicles made by the world's long-established automakers. And you never would have heard of Tesla, the world's largest EV maker. https://ift.tt/TgrcVQ2

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https://ift.tt/8YlO4Kb At least 11 people were stabbed Sunday in Albuquerque, New Mexico -- and police believe the same suspect was responsible for each attack. https://ift.tt/TgrcVQ2

https://ift.tt/8YlO4Kb US Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe pleaded guilty to one felony count in federal court Monday afternoon, four months after he and his wife were arrested and charged with trying to sell classified information about nuclear submarines to a foreign country in exchange for millions of dollars of cryptocurrency. https://ift.tt/TgrcVQ2

https://ift.tt/8YlO4Kb A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, was the target of a shooting Monday morning at his campaign headquarters, authorities said. https://ift.tt/TgrcVQ2

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https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 A search is underway for a second suspect involved in a Bronx shooting on Saturday night that killed two men, according to the New York Police Department. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public's help in locating a man nicknamed the "Route 91 Bandit," who they say is responsible for at least 11 bank robberies in New England over the past five months. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 Deaths and crashes linked to drunken driving dropped almost 20% in Utah, the only state with a lower legal limit of .05, according to a new study. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 This weekend, Javi Gomez is traveling nearly 500 miles from his native Miami to Florida's capital in Tallahassee to plead his case against a piece of legislation LGBTQ advocates are calling the "Don't Say Gay" bill. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 Understanding the state of the Equal Rights Amendment depends on who you ask. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/sGnIvE4 Rudy Giuliani has been engaging with the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection through his lawyer about the scope of his subpoena and whether he may be able to comply with some requests. https://ift.tt/ociWR8E

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe How tough is it to afford a home in this wild housing market? A lot depends on how much you earn and how many houses are for sale where you live. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

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https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe When Andre Peart left New York state Bare Hill Correctional Facility in 2018, he didn't have anywhere to go. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe Seven Chicago firefighters were injured Saturday while battling a fire that raged through a home on the city's South Side and blew some of the responders off the porch as they tried to control the flames, officials said. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

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https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe New York State Police are investigating a trooper-involved shooting in downtown Buffalo on Saturday that left one person dead and the trooper injured, the agency said in a news release. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe David Bracho became a nurse after nearly two decades in the US Army Reserve. He's now working in a Covid-19 ward at Rush Medical Center in Chicago -- and he recognizes the parallels. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe A former Amazon employee was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined $50,000 for an international fraud and bribery scheme, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe A Trump-appointed judge dealt another blow to Biden's climate agenda on Friday, barring the administration from using a metric that estimates the societal cost of carbon emissions. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe Walmart updated its Covid-19 policy for US associates Friday, dropping its mask mandate and Covid-19 sick leave policy, the company announced in a memo viewed by CNN Business. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe A woman and nine police officers were injured during a shooting early Friday in a Phoenix suburb, police said. https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/yZ4KqMe Three weeks ago, Brittany Murphree enrolled in Law 743, a unique class for the University of Mississippi. Despite the skepticism from fellow Republican friends and family, the second-year law student wanted to take the class "to see what it's all about." https://ift.tt/3jOySxw

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 After a week of backlash, the University of Alabama System's Board of Trustees voted Friday to name a building after the school's first Black student instead of having her share the name with a Ku Klux Klan leader. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 A California man who had symbols linked to the extremist Boogaloo movement pleaded guilty to murder and attempted murder charges related to a 2020 "drive-by shooting" outside a federal building complex in Oakland, the US Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 Reports of former President Donald Trump's possible mishandling of federal documents found at his Mar-a-Lago resort have prompted legal experts this week to handicap: Could Trump be charged with a crime? https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 Jurors in Sarah Palin's defamation trial against the New York Times are done deliberating for the day. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 Late Monday night, some Peloton staffers noticed they were unable to access work productivity apps like Slack and Okta, which they used regularly on the job. Peloton's employees had been told about a scheduled maintenance window that might cause service outages, according to one employee, but that didn't stop others from bracing for the worst. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 A Black FedEx driver who says he was shot at by a White father and son while delivering packages in Mississippi "can definitely see the similarities" between his case and that of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and murdered in south Georgia. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 Super Bowl commercials are more expensive than ever. But for advertisers, they're a better deal than ever. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/26x7OG5 Anheuser-Busch, known for beers like Budweiser, Busch and Stella Artois, is shining a light on its canned cocktails with a new Super Bowl ad. https://ift.tt/17tZUXE

https://ift.tt/Lt0S4xM Two Democratic members of the Senate Intelligence Committee have raised concerns about how the CIA has handled Americans' information collected incidentally as part of the agency's foreign surveillance programs, in what the lawmakers say amounts to "serious problems associated with warrantless backdoor searches of Americans." https://ift.tt/8ZIkKvl