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People gather in a vantage point that overlooks the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with him, as fighting raged in several parts of Ukraine.

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File photo: A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft taxies behind an Osprey carrying members of the White House press corps at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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4 US Marines die in NATO drill when Osprey crashes in Norway

The cause was under investigation, but Norwegian police reported bad weather in the area.

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Shelly Smith braids hair for Bridget Dunmore at her salon, Braid Heaven Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Politics & Policy

House passes bill to prohibit discrimination based on hair

The Crown Act bill would make it explicit that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law. The bill now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.

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File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) shoots over Indiana Fever forward Teaira McCowan (15) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021

Courts & Law

U.S. demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner

Griner is accused of bringing vape cartridges into Russia containing an oil derived from cannabis.

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In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden meets virtually from the Situation Room at the White House with China’s Xi Jinping, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington

Politics & Policy

In video call, Biden presses China’s Xi on Russia support

The U.S. is looking to deter Beijing from providing military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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A man removes a destroyed curtain inside a school damaged among other residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022.

Community

Putin appears at big rally as troops press attack in Ukraine

Russian forces are pressing their assault Ukrainian cities, striking on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv.

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A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. U.S. regulators have granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans have already received the shot under its original emergency authorization. Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Health

Moderna seeks FDA authorization for 4th dose of COVID shot

The request Thursday is broader than rival pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s request earlier this week for the regulator to approve a booster shot for all seniors.

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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas gestures as she holds the trophy after winning the 500-yard freestyle at the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Thomas is the first known transgender woman to win an NCAA swimming championship

Arts & Entertainment

Penn’s Lia Thomas becomes first transgender woman to win NCAA swimming championship

Thomas also is the top seed in the 200 freestyle Friday and is the 10th seed in the 100 freestyle Saturday.

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University of Pennsylvania transgender athlete Lia Thomas swims in a preliminary heat for the 500 meter freestyle at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta

Education

Lia Thomas posts top time in 500 prelims at NCAAs

The University of Pennsylvania senior, who is the No. 1 seed, advanced to Thursday night’s final with her top time of 4 minutes, 33.82 seconds.

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File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner sits during the first half of Game 2 of basketball's WNBA Finals against the Chicago Sky, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Phoenix. A Moscow court announced it has extended the arrest of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to the Russian state news agency Tass. Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges. They were identified as containing oil derived from cannabis, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison

Politics & Policy

Russian media: Arrest of WNBA star Griner extended to May 19

Russia's Tass news agency says a court near Moscow announced it has extended the detention of WNBA star Brittney Griner until May 19.

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Mehmet Oz stands with hands clasped in front of him, wearing a dark blue suit and a red tie.

Politics & Policy

Oz vows to renounce Turkish citizenship if elected senator

Until Wednesday, Oz said he’d keep his dual citizenship so he has legal power in Turkey to make health care decisions for his Alzheimer’s-stricken mother.

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Damaged vehicles and buildings in Kharkiv city center

Community

Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Mariupol theater

A photo released by Mariupol's city council showed an entire section of the large, 3-story theater had collapsed after the strike Wednesday evening.

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