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Families torn apart amid mass exodus from Ukraine face uncertain future
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When 25-year-old Yulia Yemelianenko crossed the border from Lviv, Ukraine into Poland earlier this week, she broke down in tears. “I cried a lot,” she told ABC News at a train [Read More…]
Extremists harass minority refugees arriving in Poland from Ukraine, witnesses report
Getty Stock/Kutay Tanir (NEW YORK) — As Ukrainians flee across Europe amid the onslaught of attacks from Russia in Ukraine, non-white refugees have faced discrimination from extremist groups patrolling the border, reporters and residents in the [Read More…]
DOJ announces task force to target Russian oligarchs’ assets
The mega-yacht “Dilbar” is completely shrouded while docked in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany. The 156-meter-long ship is said to belong to a Russian oligarch. – Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The [Read More…]
Adoptive parents of two missing California boys arrested on murder charges
California State Department Office of the Attorney General (BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) — The more than yearlong search for two missing California toddlers took a disturbing twist Tuesday night when their adoptive parents were jailed on murder [Read More…]
Juror in Ghislaine Maxwell trial intends to take the fifth at hearing
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the jurors who convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking in December intends to take the Fifth Amendment at a hearing next week regarding his role [Read More…]
Meet the figure skaters behind Michigan’s first Black women-owned skating club
Dream Detroit Skating Academy (DETROIT) — Figure skaters Candice Tamakloe and Angela Blocker-Loyd have turned their passion project into reality. The Dream Detroit Skating Academy co-founders both started skating when they were young girls and [Read More…]
White House signals next era in COVID with sweeping new strategy
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday released a sweeping new 96-page plan on COVID, marking a new era in the pandemic in which the virus is still circulating but [Read More…]
FDA warns about some powdered infant formula amid investigation of five illnesses
AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain powdered infant formulas made at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, facility amid an investigation into five infant illnesses. Previously, [Read More…]
Sandra Lee shares hysterectomy surgery news to inspire ‘strength’ for others
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sandra Lee opened up on social media about the latest on her yearslong breast cancer journey, sharing the news with her 119,000 followers that she was going in for [Read More…]
‘Futurama’ star John DiMaggio tweets he’s returning for new Hulu episodes
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for STARZ After a salary dispute that reportedly had Hulu searching for a soundalike, a triumphant John DiMaggio tweeted he’ll be returning to voice the hard-drinking, foul-mouthed robot Bender in new Futurama episodes bound for Hulu. [Read More…]
Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why he didn’t submit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” for Oscar consideration
ABC/Rick Rowell Lin-Manuel Miranda has a message to Encanto fans who believe “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” deserved an Oscar nod over “Dos Oruguitas” — the latter captures the essence of the film. “When you’re submitting a song to [Read More…]
Lindsay Lohan signs new Netflix deal to star in 2 more films
James Gourley/Getty Images Lindsay Lohan‘s return to acting will be threefold — and available to stream on Netflix. On Tuesday, Lohan and the streaming giant announced that they’ve signed a deal for the actress to star [Read More…]
Naya Rivera’s family “very pleased” after settling wrongful death suit
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Almost two years after Naya Rivera‘s tragic death, the Glee alum’s family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Ventura County. Rivera’s estate and Ryan Dorsey — the father of the late actress’ son, Josey — filed [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘Coda’, ‘Dune’ hailed by Hollywood Critics Association, and more
The Hollywood Critics Association held its fifth annual awards on Monday in Los Angeles, and Siân Heder’s CODA — which won for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at Sunday’s SAG Awards — took the [Read More…]
Over 46,000 people died on US roads in 2021, report finds
Ditto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Approximately 46,000 people died on U.S. roads last year, according to preliminary data from the National Safety Council. That number is up 9% from 42,339 deaths recorded in 2020, and [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Third world war would be nuclear, Lavrov warns
SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
Ukrainian refugees may face humanitarian crisis, advocates say
Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since Russia invaded Ukraine last week, an estimated 660,000 refugees have fled to other countries — with the number only expected to grow. The UNHCR said in [Read More…]
NATO’s Article 5 could pull the US and its allies further into the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Caspar Benson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden repeatedly has said the United States will not be sending troops to fight Russia in Ukraine, but vowed that the U.S. would defend its NATO allies. [Read More…]
Prince William and Kate go on royal walkabout in Wales
Karwai Tang/WireImage (LONDON) — Prince William and Kate, the duke and duchess of Cambridge, went on a royal walkabout in Wales on St. David’s Day — a day to celebrate the patron saint of Wales. [Read More…]
Where Ukrainian refugees are heading
Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 677,243 people have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries since Russian forces invaded the eastern European country on Feb. 24, according to the United Nations [Read More…]