Europe

The Ukrainian city Lviv has become a de facto safe haven if Russia attacks

7:16am February 16, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

Foreign embassies, expats and Ukrainians fearing a Russian invasion are heading west to Lviv, a jazz-loving city near NATO and EU countries that feels safe from bombs but not from Russian cyberwar.

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NATO wants proof after Russia says it's pulling back troops from Ukraine's borders

7:14am February 16, 2022

Russia claims it is withdrawing some troops near Ukraine's borders, but President Biden warns an invasion is "distinctly possible." NATO defense ministers are gathering to figure out next steps.

National

New Hampshire students' miniboat has a successful voyage

5:58am February 16, 2022

After 462 days and more than 8,000 miles, the boat landed off the coast of Norway. It was tracked the entire way, thanks to being equipped with GPS, and was retrieved by a sixth grader and his mother.

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Health & Safety

News brief: Russia-Ukraine crisis, Sandy Hook settlement, kids' mental health

5:58am February 16, 2022

President Biden urges continued diplomacy over the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Families of Sandy Hook shooting victims reach a settlement with Remington Arms. The pandemic's emotional toll on young people.

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In this image provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks via a video link, as he stands next to his lawyers during a court session in Pokrov, Vladimir region, about 62 miles east of Moscow, Russia

World News

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny faces a new trial, this time in prison

8:33pm February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

A new trial against Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has opened at the penal colony where he faces another lengthy prison term.

This undated photo shows the Spanish 'Villa de Pitanxo' fishing boat, which sank off Newfoundland on Tuesday. Search operations were ongoing to locate other members of the 24-person crew.

7 are dead and 14 missing after a Spanish fishing boat sinks off Newfoundland

6:34pm February 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

Three crew members including the vessel's captain were rescued. The Canadian air force and coast guard and other Spanish fishing vessels are searching the area.

American Meghan Neville and her boyfriend, Maksym Lushpenko, left Ukraine for Warsaw on Monday. They decided to leave after warnings from the U.S. government that commercial flights might soon stop flying to and from the country amid rising tension with R

World News

Meghan found love in Ukraine. Now her heart is breaking as she evacuates

6:17pm February 15, 2022

by Wynne Davis

American Meghan Neville and her boyfriend moved to Ukraine to be near his family. But rising tension with Russia forced the couple to evacuate this week. She hopes they can go back in a month or so.

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Germany's chancellor meets with Putin over Ukraine tensions

3:54pm February 15, 2022

by Charles Maynes

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Moscow to talk to Russian leader Vladimir Putin. It came as Russia indicated that some of its troops massed along the Ukrainian border might head back.

World News

The mood in Russia over Ukraine tensions

3:54pm February 15, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner about the feeling in his country over the Russia-Ukraine tensions.

World News

Russia has 'hybrid warfare' options to attack Ukraine

3:54pm February 15, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Russia needn't launch an ground invasion of Ukraine to devastate the lives of its people. It has a range of what are called "hybrid warfare" options.