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WNBA star Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russian court

MOSCOW — American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4½ months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that has unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington.

4 killed in Tulsa shooting, shooter also dead

Four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, a police captain said.

 
Verdicts announced in Johnny Depp, Amber Heard libel trial

A jury on Wednesday ruled in favor of Johnny Depp in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she was abused by Depp before and during their brief marriage.

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Evacuations in progress in Mariupol; Pelosi visits Ukraine

Like other evacuations, success of the mission in Mariupol depended on Russia and its forces, deployed along a long series of checkpoints before reaching Ukrainian ones.

LA County may drop indoor mask order soon

Los Angeles County is set to lift its indoor mask mandate this week as coronavirus case rates and hospitalizations plummet, the county’s top health official said Tuesday.

California snowpack way below normal amid historic drought

Drought-stricken California’s winter mountain snowpack is far below average after two historically dry months that reversed gains from storms late last year, officials said Tuesday as they urged the nation’s most populous state to conserve water.

Russian-Ukraine war intensifies, nearing its sixth day

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its sixth day on Tuesday, with a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to the capital, Kyiv, and fighting intensifying there and in other big cities.