Russian state media touts video of schoolchildren in Crimea drilling with rifles and training in hand-to-hand combat

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A split image showing a child in Crimea training with a rifle (left) and a group of children completing hand-to-hand combat training.
A split image showing a child in Crimea training with a rifle (left) and a group of children completing hand-to-hand combat training.

RIA Novosti Crimea

Another big counterpunch against Russia could cost more lives than Kyiv's forces can afford to lose, a Ukrainian senior official warns

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Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers fire at Russian positions from a U.S.-supplied M777 howitzer in Kherson region, Ukraine, Jan. 9, 2023.

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A Capitol riot suspect tricked a judge into letting him travel and then schmoozed with other Jan. 6 defendants at a conference, feds say

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Prosecutors say Gabriel Augustin Garcia duped a court to allow him to attend CPAC.
Prosecutors say Gabriel Augustin Garcia (left) duped a court to allow him to attend CPAC.

US District Court for the District of Columbia

Masked Wagner mercenaries are giving career talks at Russian high schools, UK intel says

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A mural depicting Russia's Wagner Group that reads:
A mural depicting mercenaries of Russia's Wagner Group that reads: "Wagner Group - Russian knights."

AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic

Ukrainian soldiers are haunted by nightmares and having mental breakdowns, but they are not leaving the front lines to seek care

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An Ukrainian soldier holds an anti-tank launcher at a frontline, northeast of Kyiv on March 3, 2022.
An Ukrainian soldier holds an anti-tank launcher at a frontline, northeast of Kyiv on March 3, 2022.

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A commercial pilot says collisions are super rare but investigators need to figure out if recent near-misses are coincidences or not

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An American Airlines plane on the runway.

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Russia can't make new missiles fast enough to keep up its attacks, so massive strikes are becoming rarer, UK intel says

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Russian servicemen from the units of the 150th Motor Rifle Division of the Southern Military District take part in exercises on the training grounds in the Rostov Region, Russia, on January 28, 2022.
Russian servicemen from the units of the 150th Motor Rifle Division of the Southern Military District take part in exercises on the training grounds in the Rostov Region, Russia, on January 28, 2022.

Russian Defence Ministry / Handout/

Fake plastic medical devices were implanted into people with chronic pain. It was part of a medical company CEO's scheme to charge $16,000 for each one, feds allege.

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Tom Merton

Pro-Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis got a slap on the wrist for admitting she misrepresented evidence 10 times while trying to overturn the 2020 election

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Lawyer Jenna Ellis, right, listens to Melissa Carone, who was working for Dominion Voting Services, as she speaks in front of the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Mich., on December 2, 2020.

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Scientists revived a 'zombie' virus frozen for 48,500 years in ice. They learned it could still infect other cells.

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A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.
A man walks through a tunnel formed from crystals of permafrost outside the village of Tomtor.

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