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Ukrainian forces advance in south as Russia yields on second front  Reuters CNN team visits key city of Lyman, hours after Ukraine regains control from Russian forces  CNN Russian troops abandon key city in eastern Ukraine  WHAS11 Almost all Russian troops in Lyman

The number of children who died in a stampede at a football match in Indonesia has risen to 32.

Victoria and Albert Museum cuts ties from American family blamed for fueling opioid crisis; advocacy group leader Nan Goldin hails ‘big victory’

Divorced borrowers who have been on the hook for their ex’s student debt are finally getting the fix they need. But the Education Department’s radio silence makes the win bittersweet. (Image credit: Katie Hayes Luke for NPR)

In 1973, Littlefeather provided one of the most dramatic moments in Oscar history: Offering Brando’s regrets for refusing the award because of Hollywood’s treatment and portrayal of Native Americans. (Image credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Remarks by President Biden and Vice President Harris at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards  The White House

Border authorities at Ben Gurion Airport put David Eventov’s wife and son on a plane to Turkey; ‘Nobody saw her as a person,’ he says

Florida faces an ’emotional roller coaster’ as the search for survivors of Hurricane Ian continues and the death toll rises  CNN Sanibel residents hope for recovery after Hurricane Ian’s destruction  The Washington Post Death toll from Hurricane Ian continues to climb  KTLA 5

Military says suspects accelerated toward soldiers searching for terror suspect in Jalazone refuge camp; 16 wanted Palestinians detained overnight

A major Russian newspaper said the Russian troops, facing defeat in Lyman, had fled with “empty eyes” after barely escaping with their lives.