A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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The Biden administration is considering ways to fast-track bringing Ukrainian refugees to the U.S. amid the historic surge across Europe of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's war, according to U.S. officials. https://t.co/wjh4IBfIIc
More than 100 empty strollers were placed in a Lviv square in honor of the children killed since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/G5tpSTRIAe
Three American troops that a Russian media outlet claimed had been killed in Ukraine are all alive, and none are in Ukraine, the National Guard said in a statement. https://t.co/hxeCDKhh7w
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face questions from Republican lawmakers for representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees — even as some have said in the past that access to a lawyer is a fundamental part of the American legal system. https://t.co/OdYTh6KZtU
China’s national health authorities have reported two COVID-19 deaths, the first recorded rise in the death toll since January 2021, as the country battles an omicron-driven surge https://t.co/Mh61hQgrfv
The South Carolina Department of Corrections said Friday that it can now carry out executions by firing squad in the state should death row inmates choose the method https://t.co/zNpA6QWhkf
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