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Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air, and sea. Reuters and BuzzFeed News report on the biggest assault by one state against another in Europe since World War II. Two Manhattan prosecutors resigned from an investigation into Donald Trump. The Wall Street Journal explains how this raises questions about the future of the years-long probe. Texas’s child-welfare agency says it will invest...

CNBC explains how an invasion of Ukraine might disrupt supply chains and drive up your grocery bill. States are placing new restrictions on what schools can teach about race and gender issues. The Washington Post speaks with teachers who have begun censoring themselves as a result. Romance scams reached an all-time high last year. In Cosmopolitan , a woman tells the story of how she saved her gran...

Players from the women's national soccer team have settled their equal-pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation for $24 million. ESPN has the story. As Russian military forces threaten Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal explains how Putin’s larger goal is unraveling the post–Cold War agreements that humiliated his country. NBC News reports on how new voting rules in Texas are confu...

CNN analyzes why a potential meeting with Putin presents huge risks for Biden. Autocrats, not terrorists, are increasingly holding Americans captive abroad. The New Yorker reports on this trend. NPR has the story of a 16-year-old who wanted to get vaccinated against COVID — and had to hide it from his parents. The data shows Americans going out more and more — but not yet to offices. T...

When 52-year-old Larry Driskill was questioned by Texas Ranger James Holland in 2015, he thought he was helping police solve a cold case. But within 24 hours, Driskill confessed to a murder he says he didn’t commit. He’s now in prison. Maurice Chammah spent a year looking into this case and others like it for the Marshall Project . He spoke to Apple News Today host Duarte Geraldino abo...

The Wall Street Journal reports on rising tension amid new accusations over Russian troop movements and possible ceasefire violations inside Ukraine. USA Today explains what a false flag operation is and why the West says Russia may launch one. A Texas jury found a former Los Angeles Angels employee guilty of supplying the drugs that led to the death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. The L.A. Times has bee...

U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has accused sports authorities of a double standard in how she and Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva were treated after positive drug tests. The IOC denies the claim, the Guardian reports. Deadspin argues that the handling of Valieva’s situation is setting a dangerous precedent. Texans are racing to get early appointments for abortions to get ahead...

Families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims won a rare settlement with a gun company. The Trace explains how the victory could be a template for suing gunmakers. The Guardian reports on Prince Andrew's settlement with Virginia Giuffre in the sexual-assault case she brought against him. The case highlighted his connection to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and convicted sex trafficke...

Russia’s military says it’s pulling some troops back from near the Ukrainian border. NBC News explains why it’s not immediately clear if the move will de-escalate tensions. The Trump Organization’s longtime accounting firm says nearly 10 years of the company’s financial statements are unreliable. CNN covers the latest big development in the fraud probes of the busines...

CNN reports that the possibility of a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions between Russia and the West are slipping away. Over the weekend, foreign embassies withdrew staff from Ukraine, airlines suspended flights, and the U.S. urged its citizens to leave the country.     Thousands of Black employees at Tesla are suing the company over racism and harassment claims. The Los Angeles...

When host Alex Trebek died in 2020, Jeopardy ’s future was unclear. Could the game show continue to be successful without him? So far, the answer is yes. Claire McNear, a reporter at The Ringer and the author of Answers in the Form of Questions: A Definitive History and Insider’s Guide to Jeopardy! , spoke with Apple News Today host Shumita Basu about all things Jeopardy — from s...

Tensions are rising along the U.S.–Canada border, where protests against pandemic restrictions have now blocked a third crossing. CNN spoke with some of the demonstrators.     The Washington Post explains how the move by a number of Democrat-led states to lift mask mandates reflects a changing political landscape.   The International Testing Agency has confirmed that Russian f...

Anonymous sources at the National Archives and Records Administration tell the Washington Post that the agency is asking the DOJ to investigate Trump’s handling of White House records.   Jury selection is underway in the hate-crimes trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers. As Vox explains, the government will need to prove that Arbery’s death was motivated by racial animus. &nbsp...

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring lawmakers participating in the January 6 investigation. USA Today reports on a growing divide in the GOP.     The Justice Department seized more than $3.6 billion in bitcoin last week that had been stolen by hackers — its biggest financial seizure ever. The Wall Street Journal looks at...

As tensions in Eastern Europe intensify, the Washington Post looks at how Ukrainians are preparing for a potential Russian invasion.   Winter Olympians who’ve tested positive for COVID-19 say they’re being subjected to substandard living conditions. USA Today has the story.   Americans have lost billions of dollars to fraudulent calls. One journalist writes for Wired about wh...

Households across the U.S. are struggling to deal with climbing rental prices. The Washington Post reports that the rise is likely to continue this year.   Hospitals are filling staffing shortages by hiring nurses from overseas. But Bloomberg Businessweek spoke with foreign nurses who say they feel trapped in their contracts and taking legal action.   Traffic fines can have a devastating...

In 1998, a student opened fire at a middle-school dance, killing one teacher and wounding another teacher and two students. Journalist Marin Cogan was a sixth grader at the time, and she recalls the shock and horror she and her classmates felt. Back then, school shootings were far more rare; kids and educators didn’t have the language or the tools to talk about — much less process &mda...

Investigators are going after a COVID-testing company accused of “invalid, false and delayed” results. USA Today has the story. As a brutal winter storm slices through the U.S. and boosts demand for energy, CNBC talks to Texas bitcoin miners who are powering down to help the electricity grid. Time finds that a program that was supposed to speed up the resettlement process for Afghans f...

The Pentagon says U.S. special forces carried out a counterterrorism mission in Syria. The Washington Post reports on what’s known so far. You’ve probably heard that teachers are leaving schools. The Wall Street Journal looks at where they’re going. U.S. states and cities are backing an unusual lawsuit by Mexico against American gun manufacturers. The Trace explains. Health care...

A Black former NFL coach is suing the league and several teams, alleging racism in hiring. ESPN examines the lawsuit. As Black History Month begins, many books that examine racism are disappearing from school library shelves. NBC News looks at the growing trend of parents fighting to ban books. The Washington Post speaks to billionaire Leon Cooperman about the moral calculations of the extremely w...

The end of the enhanced child tax credit is forcing parents to make difficult choices. CNN tells some of their stories, while NPR crunches the numbers on the measure’s impact. Death doulas provide comfort in people’s final days. Time looks at how demand for the service grew during the pandemic. Chinese American freestyle-skiing Olympian Eileen Gu must walk a political tightrope, compet...

FiveThirtyEight explains what you need to know about redistricting ahead of the midterm elections. Two of the men convicted of murdering Black Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery have reached plea agreements on federal hate-crime charges, CNN reports. An attorney for his mother says the family will oppose the deal. Americans aren’t just quitting jobs in record numbers. A Recode report pulls data sh...

Developing countries are bearing the brunt of the worst effects of our changing climate, despite contributing the least to carbon emissions. New York magazine’s David Wallace-Wells makes the case that wealthy nations should front the cost of cleaning up the environment — and that we should think of this as a form of climate reparations. Wallace-Wells spoke with Apple News Today host Sh...

It’s five years since then-president Donald Trump issued a ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries. A HuffPost investigation finds lives forever changed in America and around the world. USA Today examines how a decision by Putin to invade Ukraine could affect American fuel and energy prices. The Washington Post explores how Europe’s reliance on Russian energy raises the qu...

President Biden has promised to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court. Vox looks at the leading contenders. Axios breaks down why so many American mayors are getting into cryptocurrency. People applying to become U.S. citizens are facing long waits, in some cases because key paperwork is locked underground in limestone caves. The Wall Street Journal explains. Elite-level wheelchair-tennis pl...