News

Lahunovych's daughter and son-in-law tell her little about the war itself, as they know how hard it is on her.

World News

2 Ukrainian mothers struggle to stay in touch with their children in front-line cities

3:05pm March 22, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

Two women in Ukraine are trying to stay in touch with a son and a daughter who are living in cities on the front lines of Russian attack. But too much contact, they worry, could heighten their fears.

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Health & Safety

Pfizer launches a recall of blood pressure drugs due to a potential carcinogen

2:48pm March 22, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

The company warned consumers of several tainted lots of Accuretic and two other versions of the drug due to the presence of a nitrosamine above the Acceptable Daily Intake level.

Cars wait in a long line to leave Mariupol, on March 17. The city, on Ukraine's southeastern coast, has been heavily damaged by Russian bombardment.

World News

When Russia shelled their building in Mariupol, 13 neighbors banded together to flee

2:04pm March 22, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Before the war, Mariupol residents Tetiana Myhalyova and metalworker Victor Perederiy had never met. But after sheltering for weeks without heat or water, they decided to escape together.

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Sergey Karjakin competes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2017. Karjakin has repeatedly shared Russian propaganda and endorsed the war in recent weeks.

A Russian chess champion has been suspended over his pro-war comments

1:15pm March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

The International Chess Federation says Sergey Karjakin damaged the reputation of the organization and chess itself by supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine on social media.

After a stroke blinded one eye, Frank Bruni focused on the future

12:39pm March 22, 2022

by Terry Gross

The New York Times columnist says the stroke forced him to make a decision: He could focus on what had been lost or on what remained. He chose the latter. Bruni's new memoir is The Beauty of Dusk.

Vasiliy Lomachenko exits the arena after winning the WBA, WBO, WBC Lightweight World Title contest in 2019 in London.

A top Ukrainian boxer is choosing his country over an upcoming title fight

12:32pm March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Before Russia attacked Ukraine, Vasiliy Lomachenko had agreed to face off against lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. in June. Now he plans to stay and defend his country.

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

Science

There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says

10:42am March 22, 2022

by Joe Hernandez

These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."

Tents with the characters that read "Disaster rescue" are erected at the entrance to Lv village which leads to the site of the crash site of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 that went down Monday in southwestern China's Guangxi province.

World News

China's search for survivors from crashed jetliner turns up nothing so far

10:36am March 22, 2022

The flight, with 132 passengers and crew aboard was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed in a forested area of southern China on Monday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (right) is seen via a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service. Access to his trial has been limited.

World News

Russian court finds jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny guilty in fraud case

10:16am March 22, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Navalny, who is already serving a 2.5-year sentence for parole violations, was sentenced to an additional nine years in a high-security prison. He has vowed to keep fighting.

In this April 21, 2021, file photo, a delivery man bikes with a food bag from Grubhub in New York. The three biggest food delivery companies, DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats, sued the City of New York in 2021 over its law to permanently limit the amount t

National

D.C. sues Grubhub for allegedly using deceptive trade practices

10:09am March 22, 2022

by Ayana Archie

One of the accusations says prices for local restaurants on the app and website are typically higher than in-store prices, despite Grubhub saying they are the same.