Ukraine is accusing Russia of using drones to strike cities far behind the front lines, including one town this week near Kyiv. The attacks in Ukraine come as President Joe Biden warns that the threat of nuclear "Armageddon" is higher than it's been in 60 years. Plus, Biden pardons thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession. And centuries-old structures in Italy could offer a way to combat heat waves.
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Ukraine is accusing Russia of using drones to strike cities far behind the front lines, including one town this week near Kyiv. The attacks in Ukraine come as President Joe Biden warns that the threat of nuclear "Armageddon" is higher than it's been in roughly 60 years. Plus, Biden pardons thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession. And centuries-old structures in Italy could offer a way to combat heat waves. Here's what we're watching this Friday morning. |
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A resident sits outside a building destroyed by an airstrike in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP-Getty Images) Ukraine is accusing Russia of striking deep inside its territory with what it says are "kamikaze" drones. An attack this week in the town of Bila Tserkva, just 50 miles south of Kyiv, is the closest the drone attacks have come to the country's capital and poses a new challenge to the Ukrainian military. Ukraine has been sounding the alarm about Russia's increasing use of drones, which it says are being supplied by Iran, to hit cities far behind the front lines for weeks. The Shahed-136 drone, which has earned the nickname "kamikaze" for destroying its target by physically crashing into it, can be equipped with a small warhead, making it an effective precision weapon, said Christopher Tuck, an expert in conflict and security at King's College London. Moscow's troops, meanwhile, are facing mounting setbacks on the battlefield. Read the full story here. Follow our latest coverage on the Russia-Ukraine war: President Biden said Thursday that the risk of nuclear "Armageddon" is the highest it has been since Cuban Missile Crisis.
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| The closure of a for-profit facility offering Christian-based therapy comes amid an ongoing criminal investigation and a lawsuit against the ranch, and follows an NBC News investigation that revealed a long history of allegations of hard labor and abusive treatment. |
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| Biden said he would also encourage governors to take similar action with state offenses and would ask authorities review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. |
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| Republicans have died of Covid at higher rates than Democrats. In a new working paper, Yale researchers suggest that the disparity in Florida and Ohio is likely due to vaccine hesitancy. |
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| Could one solution to combating life-threatening heat waves be underground? Architects and design students in Italy and the United States are looking at how existing infrastructure in Naples — in some cases, centuries-old and hidden — could hold answers. |
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| The refugees at a sprawling camp near the Iraq-Syria border live in ragged, white tents and face punishing desert heat and frigid cold at night. At this camp, ISIS is recruiting members to plot a comeback. Now the Biden administration is stepping in, and administration officials are warning of a burgeoning humanitarian disaster and international terrorism threat. |
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