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War criminal: Biden criticizes Putin in harshest terms from any US official so far
• Slovakia preliminarily agrees to send key air defense system to Ukraine • Six takeaways from Zelensky's address to Congress and Biden's response • Opinion: Why the US is flirting with authoritarians in countering Putin
[ cnn.com ]These are the missile defense systems the US sent to Poland
• Opinion: If this isn't a red line on Ukraine, what is?
[ cnn.com ]Sanctions: Why kicking Russia out of SWIFT is a 'last resort'
The West has announced a barrage of tough new sanctions aimed at cutting off Russia's banks from the global financial system and depriving the country of vital technology. Yet a punishing financial weapon is being kept in reserve.
[ cnn.com ]The least-visited national parks in the United States
There are more than 420 sites in the US National Park System, but only 63 carry the headliner -- capital N, capital P -- "National Park" title.
[ cnn.com ]Some home alarm systems, roadside assistance features and medical devices could be impacted as the network shuts down next week
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[ cnn.com ]Olympians pushed to their limits over uncompromising Beijing Covid-19 controls
Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals -- these are conditions that some Olympic athletes snared in Beijing's stringent system for controlling Covid-19 say they are contending with, and some are pushing back.
[ cnn.com ]The tornadoes were generated by the same storm system that has left more than 215,000 without power on the East Coast
More than 50 million across the Eastern US are under winter weather alerts early Monday as a massive storm system left its mark from Florida to Maine, generating tornadoes, freezing rain and heavy snowfall across the region.
[ cnn.com ]In pictures: Snow and ice slam the East Coast
A vicious winter storm began slicing through parts of the US Southeast on Sunday, dropping freezing rain, ice and snow on cities and states that don't normally face such cold weather challenges. The weather system spawned tornadoes in Florida and launched sled rides across the East Coast.
[ cnn.com ]Where to expect snow as a massive storm system hits East Coast
A massive storm system dumping snow on the central US is expected to wallop much of the country's eastern third with snow and freezing rain this weekend, and could cause a crippling ice event in parts of Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas by Sunday.
[ cnn.com ]Significant winter storm with snow and freezing rain expected to impact eastern US
Over 50 million people are under winter weather alerts due to a dangerous system making its way from the Central US to the South and then the Northeast in the next 3 days.
[ cnn.com ]Benjamin Franklin made a stunning immigration comment. Why it's relevant now
America is a nation of immigrants that continues to wrestle with a hatred of immigrants. The latest "Reality Check with John Avlon" examines the history of anti-immigrant panic in the US. Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas joins to explain why he thinks America's broken immigration system might be by design.
[ cnn.com ]Colony of 60 million fish discovered in Antarctica
A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica's ice-covered Weddell Sea -- a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size of Malta.
[ cnn.com ]Omicron may produce less chance of hospitalization. But high transmissibility means more people at risk, such as those who are unvaccinated, could be infected
As a record number of Americans are infected with Covid-19, largely due to the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, some states' health care systems are beset with nearly full intensive care units.
[ cnn.com ]Over 62 million people under winter weather advisories across Midwest and Northeast
More than 62 million people are under winter weather advisories across the Midwest and Northeast on Saturday ahead of a storm system bringing freezing rain over the weekend.
[ cnn.com ]Over 100 million people are under winter alerts from coast to coast
Winter weather alerts stretched from coast to coast Thursday with over 100 million people impacted as multiple storm systems are forecast to move across the US over the next 48 hours.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The battle that will define America in 2022 began in 1865
Two opposing historical forces have the power to shape American democracy in 2022. These worldviews took shape in the aftermath of the Civil War and have, ever since, undergirded America's legal and legislative systems, national policies on voting rights and criminal justice and our understanding (or, at times, denial of) of historical memory since 1865.
[ cnn.com ]Biden administration results in more of the same Trump immigration policies
President Joe Biden kicked off his administration with lofty goals to revamp America's immigration system, but with the end of the year approaching, lawsuits and infighting have stalled policy changes, officials have fielded criticism from allies and critics over management of the US southern border, and efforts to pass immigration revisions seem farther away.
[ cnn.com ]Five bowl games affected by a rise in cases that is also hampering pro sports and taxing health care systems
Three more college football bowl games have been canceled due to Covid-19 illnesses within the Boston College, University of Virginia and University of Miami programs.
[ cnn.com ]There's a new drug to prevent Covid-19, but there won't be nearly enough for Americans who are eligible
For Americans who suffer from weak immune systems, it felt like a miracle occurred on December 8. That day, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized a drug to help keep immune-compromised people from getting infected with the coronavirus.
[ cnn.com ]This asteroid sample could reveal our solar system's origin story
Just over a year after Japan's Hayabusa2 mission returned the first subsurface sample of an asteroid to Earth, scientists have determined that the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu is a pristine remnant from the formation of our solar system.
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