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It's not the type of match they're used to, but three of Ukraine's most famous tennis stars — Sergiy Stakhovsky, Andriy Medvedev, and Alexandr Dolgopolov — have joined the forces fighting to defend the country from Russia's unprovoked invasion, The New York Times reports Friday.

After Pixar slammed parent company Disney for allegedly censoring gay content, a same-sex kiss has reportedly been restored to the studio's Buzz Lightyear movie. 

It looks like daytime-host-turned-Senate-candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz has a friend in Melania Trump, sources familiar with the former first lady's thinking told NBC News.

If you're a betting type, you probably know that oddsmakers have been predicting a Republican takeover of Congress for quite some time. At PredicIt, for example, you can currently bet on a Republican takeover of the House for 85 cents on the dollar, on a Republican takeover of the Senate for 77 cents on the dollar, and on a Republican takeover of both for 73 cents on the dollar.

A large new trial has reportedly found no indication ivermectin is useful in treating COVID-19 patients. 

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday to discuss Russia's unprompted invasion of Ukraine, CNBC reports.

President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday to discuss Russia's unprompted invasoin of Ukraine, CNBC reports.

A few years back, I went to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia to cover a cop corruption trial for a local magazine. It was an important day — a key witness who had worked with the accused officers was giving testimony. I took my place in press row among other journalists, got settled in…

Retiring House Democrat and "rising-star" moderate Stephanie Murphy has a few notes for her party on her way out the door — criticisms that should be considered a "giant, flashing 'warning' sign for Democrats heading into the 2022 elections," Politico believes.

The family of Halyna Hutchins, the late cinematographer who was killed on the Alec Baldwin movie Rust last year, is currently trapped in Ukraine amid Russia's invasion, her husband says.

Poland will formally propose a peacekeeping mission in Russia-invaded Ukraine at the next NATO summit, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki confirmed Friday, per Reuters.

European politicians are pushing for the Nobel Peace Prize deadline to be extended so Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — and the Ukrainian people — can be nominated. 

Ukraine-born actress Mila Kunis, along with her husband Ashton Kutcher, has successfully raised over $30 million for Ukraine aid. 

Houston, we have a scheduling problem. 

Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson won't be heading to space on Blue Origin's next flight after all. Jeff Bezos' rocket company has announced the comedian "is no longer able to join" the New Shepard's next mission after its date was shifted to March 29. 

Originally, the Blue Origin flight was set for March 23, and Davidson was set to join five customers. Those five passengers are apparently still set for the flight, but Blue Origin said... Читать дальше...

Russian heavy bombers early Friday fired six cruise missiles from the Black Sea toward Lviv, a city less than 50 miles from Ukraine's border with Poland and, so far, a relatively safe harbor for civilians fleeing Russian shelling further east, Ukrainian officials said. Two of the missiles were shot down and four landed at an aircraft repair plant near Lviv's airport, destroying the buildings. Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy said work had already stopped at the plant and no casualties had been reported.

What do Americans see when they look in the mirror? Or rather, how do they envision the country in their mind's eye? A new poll from YouGov America gives us an answer — and it is troubling, though perhaps not in the way it first seems.

Roe v. Wade appears to be on its last legs. The Supreme Court seems uninterested in nixing Texas' abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy. The court's conservative supermajority turned a friendly ear to Mississippi's draconian law in December. And not content to wait for the official ruling, states like Idaho are taking matters into their own hands, getting downright creative by announcing possible financial incentives for family members of a fetus, including relatives of rapists.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took the gloves off ahead of the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's nominee for the Supreme Court. After weeks of vague expressions of concerns about her judicial philosophy and "dark money" groups, Hawley slammed Jackson for being soft on people who prey on children. 

Jimmy Fallon dedicated a good deal of Thursday's Tonight Show monologue to St. Patrick's Day, including singing about how we all can be Irish-Americans. "Switching gears, I read that Netflix is trying to crack down on password sharing by charging an extra fee to users who share their account," he said. "In other words, everyone under 30 is about to find out that Netflix isn't free."

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin traveled to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with President Biden and other U.S. officials on St. Patrick's Day, but he learned at a Wednesday evening dinner that he tested positive for COVID-19. So on Thursday, even though he was across the street from the White House at Blair House, Martin met with Biden virtually from the Oval Office. 

North Carolina's Department of Justice said Thursday that it has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to look into reports that Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's final White House chief of staff and a former congressman, committed voter fraud in 2020, a spokeswoman for the state attorney general told WRAL and other news organizations. 

In Chris Perez, Steve Sanders found a kidney donor — and a friend.

Sanders has a rare genetic disease that caused his kidneys to slowly start failing, and doctors told him he would either need to start dialysis or undergo a kidney transplant. Several friends and family members were tested to see if they could donate a kidney to Sanders, but no one was a match. Last July, Sanders turned to social media, posting about his his need for a donor to a wider audience.

That's how Chris Perez... Читать дальше...

The United Nations said Thursday that it can confirm 726 civilians killed in the first 22 days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including 52 children, but the "actual number is likely much higher." Most of the civilian deaths, U.N. Undersecretary General Rosemary DiCarlo said, are from "the use in populated areas of explosive weapons with wide-impact areas," including strikes on apartment buildings, schools, and at least 43 health-care facilities.

Four years after leaving the Environmental Protection Agency amid several ethics investigations, Scott Pruitt is considering running for an open Senate seat in Oklahoma, three people familiar with the matter told CBS News.