Residents of the besieged port city of Mariupol are running low on basic necessities, the International Committee of the Red Cross says, describing the situation as "increasingly dire and desperate."
Ukraine's deputy prime minister says that it's impossible to evacuate people from two Ukrainian cities, including the city of Mariupol where a maternity and children's hospital was bombed a day earlier.
At 1 p.m. on a Wednesday in February, a DJ in front of pink flashing lights played a trance song for a crowd of 90 people. The performance wasn’t at a warehouse rave.
While Zoom became a household name during the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform was familiar to many meth users for years before.
“There is no meth without Zoom, and there is no Zoom without meth,” Paul, who said he’s been addicted to meth for about eight years, told @NBCNews.
Paul is part of a sprawling online community of meth users hidden in plain sight on nearly every major social platform, from Facebook to Zoom to Reddit to Twitter. “That is where I found a forum, like a tribe, where I could be my authentic self with no fear of judgment,” he said.
• New airstrikes against Ukrainian cities farther west
• Moscow stock market shut down for 11th day
• Biden calls for end to normal trade relations with Moscow
America’s ambassador to the U.N. has accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine, the strongest language yet from Washington: "There are attacks on civilians that cannot be justified." nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
Video shows bomb defused in Ukraine, emergency services say.
An untold number of Americans are grappling with the mysterious effects of what has become known as long Covid. Their concerns now go beyond health as they try — and fail — to get financial assistance, an @NBCNews investigation finds. #NBCNewsThreads (1/9) nbcnews.com/investigations…
An estimated seven to 23 million Americans have experienced “long Covid,” a catch-all term for roughly 200 symptoms ranging from memory issues to chest pain to dizziness upon standing. (2/9)
Latesha Holloman, a 38-year-old mother of five daughters has experienced chest pain, headaches, fatigue, dizziness and shortness of breath since she contracted Covid-19 while working at the front desk of a health care company in Virginia. (3/9)
JUST IN: Florida Senate passes "Don't Say Gay" bill that would prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state’s primary schools; bill now goes to Gov. DeSantis, who has signaled support for the measure.
The measure would ban “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade.
It also prohibits such teaching “in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students,” which critics say could be interpreted to extend to all grade levels.
Parents can sue school districts for alleged violations.
• Up to 4,000 Russian soldiers have died, U.S. intel agencies say
• Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports
• Proposed plan to send fighter jets to Ukraine hits logistical snag
Ukraine conducted a successful strike on Russian vehicles in the Kyiv region after local residents alerted the country's automated tip line on Telegram, the country's top security service says.
• Ukraine rejects "unacceptable" proposal to evacuate civilians to Russia
• 400+ civilian deaths since Feb. 24, UN says
• 1.5 million people leave Ukraine
(Photo: Residents of Irpin flee heavy fighting, 📷 Chris McGrath/Getty)
A large-scale effort to evacuate about 200,000 people from the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol came to a halt Sunday as local leaders said Russian forces continued their barrage of shelling. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Russian gymnast faces discipline for "shocking behavior" during a competition over the weekend in Doha, Qatar.