As Ukraine marked another year of independence, Vladimir Putin responded with one of the worst fusillades of missiles since his unprovoked full-scale war of aggression began over three years ago.
Since the new Lifetime Fitness center first welcomed pickleball and tennis enthusiasts to its indoor courts in May 2025, volleys and lessons have occasionally paused for a beer break at the self-pour beer and wine station in the clubhouse.
—
Noah Daly
April 9,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Apr. 2026
Trooper, which sells a 75-item box equipped with water pouches, meal bars, and a hand-crank radio, designed to sustain a family of four for 72 hours, built its kits after the 2024 floods but has found an altogether different audience since the missile and drone volleys started, AGBI reported.
The north especially has been affected by what locals have described locals as nonstop barrages, especially since Hezbollah joined the war.
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Max Burman,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
Russia has taken aim at Ukraine’s power grid, and overnight barrages hit energy infrastructure in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipro regions, Zelensky said.
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Derek Gatopoulos,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
Amid a steady cadence of conflicting signals on that front in the first few months of 2026, one of the biggest drumbeats was a report released in early March by the AI giant Anthropic.
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Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
The chants and drumbeats echoed through the walls.
—
Arielle Kaden,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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