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Ret. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling explains where the battle for Kherson in Ukraine stands and how Russia is using their new conscripted soldiers. Source: CNN

• Barrage of Russian attacks could plunge Ukraine into the ‘darkest winter’ • Russia says it repelled drone attack on Crimea Source: CNN

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• Police briefing on attack on Paul Pelosi soon • St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say Source: CNN

• Live updates: McConnell says he’s ‘horrified’ by reports of Paul Pelosi’s assault • St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say Source: CNN

The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was searching for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, according to a source briefed on the attack. Source: CNN

Russian TV host and 2018 presidential candidate Ksenia Sobchak has fled Russia for Lithuania, Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday. Source: CNN

CNN national correspondent Camila Bernal speaks to the executive director of Student Debt Crisis Center and an economist on the personal and widespread implications of President Biden’s student loan debt relief program. Source: CNN

Concerns about violent crime and guns remain top of mind for American voters, polls show time and again. These issues certainly stick with Kathy Pisabaj, of Chicago, who was 19 in 2018 when she was shot by a stranger and nearly died. Source: CNN

The superintendent of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District has told staff of his intention to retire, in the wake of CNN’s reporting on the district’s actions after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School. Source: CNN