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People look at the damage following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 202...
Nathan Hodge, Matthew Chance, Tim Lister, Laura Smith-Spark and Helen Regan, CNN

Battle for Ukrainian capital underway as explosions seen and heard in Kyiv

Explosions have been heard and seen in the Ukrainian capital
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masks on planes...
Mark Jones

Delta Air Lines severs ties with Russian national airline

Delta Airlines announced Friday it is ending a working relationship with Russia's national airline, Aeroflot
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People shelter in a subway station before a curfew comes into effect on February 24, 2022 in Kyiv, ...
Curt Gresseth

Russian woman in Utah talks about her sister escaping Ukraine during war

A Russian woman living here in Utah is desperate to get her sister out as Russia invades Ukraine.
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Ukrainian soldiers take positions in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia pressed ...
YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press

Ukraine’s capital under threat as Russia presses invasion

The invasion of a democratic country has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop.
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A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territ...
Curt Gresseth

Utah Reps. Curtis, Stewart and Moore react to Russia launching war on Ukraine

Utah Republican Reps. John Curtis, Chris Stewart and Blake Moore share their reactions to Russian President Vladimir Putin moving military forces into Ukraine. Both Curtis and Stewart say Russian cyberattacks could lie ahead for the United States. Moore says strengthening US allies in Europe and NATO is a key move at this early stage of war.
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FILE - A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a ...
The Associated Press

CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday

On Friday, the CDC will ease pandemic mask guidelines to protect against the transmission of COVID-19.
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President Joe Biden speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White Hous...
AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and ELLEN KNICKMEYER undefined

Biden hits Russia with new sanctions, says Putin ‘chose’ war

Biden, for now, is holding off imposing some of the most severe sanctions, including cutting Russia out of the SWIFT payment system.
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Smoke and flame rise near a military building after an apparent Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Th...
The Associated Press

Live updates: 9:30 p.m. MDT: Explosions heard in Ukraine’s capital

“Europe’s fate is being decided in Ukraine: if (Russian President Vladimir) Putin doesn’t get a decent rebuff now, he will move on further,” Zelenskyy said
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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquart...
The Associated Press

Asian stocks plunge after Putin announces action in Ukraine

Stock markets in Asia have plunged following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, proposes the Family Security Act....
Mark Jones and Simone Seikaly

Utah leaders react to Russia’s military operation in Ukraine

Utah leaders react to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territ...
The Associated Press

Russia’s Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

On Tuesday night, Russia announced military operations in Ukraine.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference after a meeting of the NAT...
The Associated Press

West hits back with sanctions for Russia’s Ukraine actions

Responding swiftly to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order sending troops to separatist regions of Ukraine, world leaders hit back with non-military actions Tuesday in hopes of averting a full-blown war in Europe.
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This photo provided by Jordan Tourism Ministry shows two carved standing stones at a remote Neolith...
The Associated Press

Archaeologists find 9,000-year-old shrine in Jordan desert

Archaeologists from Jordan and France announced Tuesday they had discovered a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site.
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A woman sits on a bus after crossing from pro-Russian separatists controlled territory to Ukrainian...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

White House calls Russian moves on Ukraine an invasion

The White House is now calling Russian moves on Ukraine an invasion. That sets stage for strong sanctions, long promised as Russia built up an estimated 150,000 troops near Ukraine in recent weeks.
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Beekeeper Hello Medina displays a beehive frame outfitted with a GPS locater that will be installed...
The Associated Press

Beekeepers turn to anti-theft technology as hive thefts rise

Beekeepers are turning to GPS tracking devices to help prevent the theft of their bee colonies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a Security Council meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow,...
The Associated Press

War fears grow as Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine

With President Vladimir Putin ordering forces into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, an invasion of Ukraine by Russia appeared to be close to happening Monday.
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People from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the territory controlled by a pro-Russia separatist go...
VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

EXPLAINER: The story behind Ukraine’s separatist regions

Putin's recognition of the rebel-held territories' independence effectively shatters a 2015 peace deal for eastern Ukraine.
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VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK Associated Press

Kremlin: Putin to announce independence of two Ukranian regions

It's a move that would ratchet up tensions with the West amid fears that Moscow could launch an invasion of Ukraine imminently.
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Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony...
TED ANTHONY AP National Writer

Beijing’s Olympics close, ending safe global moment

The closing ceremony caps an unprecedented Asian Olympic trifecta and sends the planet's most global sporting event off to the West for the foreseeable future.
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Ukrainian border guard officers patrol the Ukrainian-Belarusian state border at a checkpoint in Nov...
VANESSA GERA Associated Press

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know amid a push for a summit

The White House said President Biden had agreed "in principle" to meet with Russian President Putin if he refrains from an assault on Ukraine.
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President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 18,...
The Associated Press

Biden is ‘convinced’ Putin has decided to invade Ukraine

On Friday, President Biden said he is convinced Russia has decided to invade Ukraine.
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People gesture signs of support towards the driver of a semi-trailer truck as they leave Rideau Str...
The Associated Press

Truckers hold their ground despite threats of crackdown

Truckers in Canada continue to hold their ground despite police threatening to break up the protest.
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candy bomber covid, Gail Halvorsen aka the 'Candy Bomber' has recovered from COVID-19...
Marc Giauque

How the ‘Candy Bomber’ touched and changed lives

A woman who was a young child in Berlin remembers Gail Halvorsen, the 'Candy Bomber,' who died in Utah this week at age 101.
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CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer

Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron

Millions of individual Americans' immune systems now recognize the virus and are primed to fight it off if they encounter omicron, or even another variant.
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