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This toy maker wanted to help Ukrainian refugees. The response stunned him

A custom LEGO store in a Chicago suburb has raised more than $145,000 for Ukraine relief by selling figurines of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Molotov cocktails.

WASHINGTON, DC March 30, 2022: US President Joe Biden delivers remarks regarding COVID-19 in the South Court Auditorium at the White House on March 30, 2022. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Biden is considering tapping oil reserves to control gas prices

The consideration to tap the strategic reserve comes as prices have spiked since the U.S. and allies have imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

BEIJING, CHINA - MARCH 31: Australian Ambassador to China Graham Fletcher, left is turned away by court officials and police as he tried to enter the trial of Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei at the Beijing Number 2 Intermediate People's Court on March 31, 2022 in Beijing, China. Cheng Lei, who was a prominent business journalist for China's state-run international network CGTN, was initially detained in 2020 and later formally arrested on suspicion of supplying state secrets overseas. Cheng's trial comes amid prolonged tensions between China and Australia. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China holds espionage trial of Chinese Australian journalist

China has not provided any specifics about what offenses Cheng Lei is accused of committing, who has been held for 19 months on suspicion of relaying state secrets abroad.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 25: LAPD officers block the street near Echo Park Lake as protesters demonstrate nearby against the removal of a homeless encampment on March 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. People who were living in tents during the pandemic at the park were asked to leave by officials recently. The park was fenced off yesterday evening and a cleanup of the area began today. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

How tensions between the police and media boiled over one chaotic night in LA

The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.

TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of a destroyed Russian armoured personnel carrier (APC) in a village on the frontline of the northern part of Kyiv region on March 28, 2022. (Photo by Anatolii Stepanov / AFP) (Photo by ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian troops leaving Kyiv area as Moscow focuses more on eastern Ukraine

The Russians are pulling some troops away from Ukraine's capital Kyiv. But what exactly does this mean? U.S. and Ukrainian officials suspect Moscow may just be pausing before another big offensive.

Biden will release more oil to fight high prices

Gas prices have been soaring. President Biden is announcing he will release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky virtually addresses the US Congress on March 16, 2022, at the US Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / POOL / AFP) (Photo by J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Americans have more confidence in Zelenskyy than Biden when it comes to world affairs

Some 72% of Americans have confidence in the Ukrainian president's handling of world affairs, a Pew Research Center survey finds. Meanwhile, just 48% say the same about U.S. President Biden.

Ukraine is inventing a new way to fight on the digital battlefield

Time magazine's Vera Bergengruen says Ukraine's citizen IT force, led by a 31-year-old minister of digital transformation, is blunting Russian disinformation and galvanizing international support.

FILE - Dennis Willard, of Bellevue, Wash., carries a sign that reads "Where Is She" as he marches in support of missing and murdered indigenous women during a rally to mark Indigenous Peoples' Day in downtown Seattle, on Oct. 14, 2019. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people. The law creates a system similar to Amber Alerts and so-called silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Washington is the first state to create an alert system for missing Indigenous people

It's a system similar to Amber Alerts and silver alerts, which are used respectively for missing children and vulnerable adults in many states.

A shopper walks through the dairy aisle of a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2022. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Food prices are going up — and at levels Americans haven't seen in decades

The USDA's latest report found that nearly all major food groups are going up in price.

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