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The main newsroom of Russian outlet Sputnik News in Moscow on April 27, 2018.

Tech's crackdown on Russian propaganda is a geopolitical high-wire act

Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft are taking steps to curb Russian propaganda, but they don't want to be kicked out of the country and limit Russians' access to their platforms.

A lone cross country skier pushes through deep snow and blowing winds in Chicago's Lincoln Park on Wednesday.

Massive winter storm brings ice and snow to the central U.S. as it moves eastward

A major winter storm, expected to reach the Northeast later this week, has already brought more than 2 feet of snow to parts of the Midwest, and prompted airlines to cancel thousands of flights.

Alex Spektor's twin sons, Lenny and Moishe, were born premature to a surrogate in Kyiv, Ukraine. He and his partner Irma contacted a specialist evacuation team of U.S. Army veterans to transport the twins to Poland when Kyiv was being attacked by Russian forces.

A rescue team evacuates premature American twins from Kyiv in a daring mission

The twin boys, Lenny and Moishe, were born just as Russia invaded Ukraine. A specialist team of U.S. Army veterans hatched a desperate plan to bring them into Poland and, hopefully, to safety.

This artist sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt, left, and his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 28.

In the first Jan. 6 trial, a jury found Capitol riot defendant Guy Reffitt guilty

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

Travelers make their way through Miami International Airport on Tuesday in Miami.

U.S. COVID cases continue to skyrocket and disruptions abound as 2022 begins

The U.S. will soon mark two years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the country, and the number of new infections has never been higher. Meanwhile, travelers are facing canceled flights.

As Russian forces began their invasion of Ukraine last week, artists in the Syrian city of Binnish painted a mural to show solidarity with Ukraine. It was painted on what's left of a home destroyed by Russian aircraft during Syria's civil war.

Russia showed its playbook in Syria. Here's what it may mean for civilians in Ukraine

The lessons of Moscow's involvement in Syria's civil war stand as a specter of the heavy-handed playbook experts fear could be used on an even larger and more deadly scale in Ukraine.

Russia's Kamila Valieva reacts after competing in the women's single skating short program at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Minimum ages for figure skaters? Some at the Beijing Olympics say it's a good idea

The scandal involving 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva is drawing new calls to establish age restrictions on Olympic figure skaters.

Amtrak reached a settlement after the Justice Department said the company failed to make stations in its intercity rail transportation system accessible, including to wheelchair users.

Amtrak paid $2 million to travelers with disabilities in a discrimination settlement

The money is part of a settlement agreed to in 2020 after the Justice Department found that Amtrak violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to meet accessibility standards.

In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory.

District attorney in Georgia asks for a special grand jury for Trump election probe

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is weighing whether Donald Trump and others committed crimes by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's election win.

Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87

When Didion started writing in the 1960s, she put a certain kind of voice on the page — neurotic, female — that hadn't been there before.

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