Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukrainian service members ride atop a tank near Bakhmut on March 4. (Oleksandr Ratushniak/Reuters) Gen. Lord Richard Dannatt, formerly a top military leader in the United Kingdom, said Sunday that it makes “complete sense” for Ukraine’s troops to “withdraw to a more defensible line,” in the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut. …

Russian troops killed her parents, then she vanished without a trace | CNN

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old…

Fact check: Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC | CNN Politics

Washington CNN  —  As president, Donald Trump made some of his most thoroughly dishonest speeches at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. As he embarks on another campaign for the presidency, Trump delivered another CPAC doozy Saturday night. Trump’s lengthy address to the right-wing gathering in Maryland was filled with…

Opinion: Chris Rock showed why you never slap a comedian | CNN

Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. CNN  —  It’s been almost a year since the whole country, if not the…

Video captures moose charging man on snowmobile | CNN

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5 people shot near a gun buyback event at a Los Angeles beach | CNN

CNN  —  Five people were injured in a shooting at a Los Angeles beach Saturday – a few miles from where city officials had hosted a gun buyback event earlier in the day, according to the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles City Councilmember Tim McOsker. The LAPD’s Harbor…

It’s Hell Week on Wall Street | CNN Business

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN  —  Wall Street investors are gearing up for their version…

Greek prime minister apologizes over train collision amid public fury | CNN

CNN  —  Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has apologized for one of the country’s worst train crashes in years, saying “We cannot, will not, and must not hide behind human error.” A passenger train carrying more than 350 people collided with a freight train on Tuesday evening in Tempi, near…

The least-visited national parks in the United States in 2022 | CNN

Editor’s Note: Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. In March, we’re heading to the great outdoors. CNN  —  America’s least-visited national park is quite a distance from mainland US shores. Almost 5,000 miles away, in fact. The…

Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on January 18. (Adem Altan/AFP/Getty Images/FILE) When Sweden and Finland declared their intention to join NATO last May, it was seen by many as a poke in the eye for Russia and evidence…

#StopWillow is taking TikTok by storm. Can it actually work? | CNN

CNN  —  When Elise Joshi posted a TikTok video about the Alaska oil drilling project known as Willow in early February, she didn’t have high hopes it would go viral. Joshi, 20, posts often about climate issues on TikTok for the account Gen-Z for Change, as well as her personal…