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Residents in the Ukrainian capital were urged to stay indoors early today amid a series of Russian attacks that left at least 11 people injured, at least one critically.

Critical infrastructure, multiple apartment buildings, private homes and businesses in Kiev were damaged in the attacks.

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The Justice Department is suing California Secretary of State and Governor Gavin Newsom over new voter-approved redistricting plans.

DOJ says the plan mandates racially gerrymandered congressional districts.

Newsom says the aim is to create more Democratic seats in response to the Texas redistricting that recently added five likely Republican seats in the U.S.

House.

Boeing machinists in the St.

Louis area have ended their four-month-old strike after approving the company's latest contract offer.

From St.

Louis Public Radio, Olivia Mizell has the story.

Regions at Texas A&M University have adopted a new policy requiring prior approval before professors can discuss topics on race and gender in classrooms.

The change comes months after a video of a student confronting a professor over a lesson on gender identity went viral.

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government agencies are slowly reopening and workers are returning to their jobs after a 43-day shutdown.

And Jenny Abamu with member station WAMU reports that some federal workers in the Washington, D.C.

area are wary.

President Trump has signed an executive order to expand child welfare services.

Trump says the initiative will provide new resources to help young people transition out of foster care.