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“No fewer than 1,000 civilians are hiding in underground shelters beneath the vast Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the city council said on Monday, … …"Mostly the (civilians) are women with children and old people," the city council wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Street battles have been taking place in Mariupol over the past week as Russian forces seek to take full control of the city from Ukraine.”

A man is facing assault, weapons, and child endangerment charges after police in Cincinnati, Ohio say he pulled a gun and fired shots while holding a child as retribution for an acquaintance who was in minor car crash. Police say Ladon Penn, 31, was originally charged with felonious assault, child endangerment, and weapons under disability. Video from the scene captured Penn holding and firing a gold-colored handgun while carrying an unidentified infant. The police department disseminated several screen shots from that video via Twitter.... According to a police press release, a 54-year-old woman who was allegedly victimized told officer that...