Momentum tilts toward Russia in Ukraine war

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Destroyed Luhansk regional administration building in Lysychansk, July 3, 2022, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine. 

Moscow’s capture of the eastern city of Lysychansk this past weekend gives Russia total control of the Luhansk region. Russian troops are now looking to take even more territory further north in Donetsk. And as authorities have started to identify the bodies of the 53 migrants who lost their lives in an abandoned tractor-trailer in Texas, the portraits of the victims are slowly coming together. One common narrative is that the victims wanted to pursue a better life. Plus, COVID-19 is on the rise, again. We hear from a molecular biologist about how to make practical use of the news as people begin to break out of routines and travel again.


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