News Now Trending - Thursday, February 24

Top news stories in San Diego on Thursday, February 24, 2022.

UNDER ATTACK

·Putin launches all-out war on Ukraine in the largest European attack since WWII

·Zelenskiy Says Suffered 'Serious Losses' As Air Strikes Hit 25 Cities

·Ukraine govt reports shooting down Russian planes, taking prisoners after Putin's attack

·Horror images of blood-drenched civilians

·Little Boy Dead After ‘War Crime’ Rocket Attacks on Suburban Homes in Ukraine

·Biden Warns Of 'catastrophic Loss Of Life'

·What does Putin want in Ukraine? The conflict explained

·'Consequences You Have Never Seen': Putin Warns The West About Interfering

·Putin's suit gives away the fact that a peace plan was never an option

·Russian troops try to pick up Ukrainian women on Tinder

·Stocks plunge as Putin moves in

FUELING THE PROBLEM

·Varney warns gas prices will rise, make inflation 'even worse' amid Russian invasion

·Global oil prices soar above $100

·How Exxon, BP and Shell help Russia pump oil and gas

·What’s behind California’s painful gas prices? Oil, taxes and geopolitics

·Escondido gas retailer files class-action lawsuit accusing oil companies of conspiring to keep prices high

·With Inflation High, People Are Talking About Price Controls. Is That a Terrible Idea?

SEEING RED

·Is Taiwan Next? 

·Taiwan warns Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone

ROCK N’ RONA

·Chemical Weapons Expert: Government Officials Secretly Believe Lab-Leak Caused COVID Pandemic

·Queen is ALIVE despite reports

·1 In 3 Teens HAPPIER During Lockdowns? 

·COVID-19 misinformation spreads in yoga community, experts say

·Mike Rowe Goes After Politicians For Hailing Truckers As Heroes Then Throwing Them Aside After Two Weeks

·'Never Leave Anyone Stuck': Trucker Protester With 'Defund The CBC' Hat Pulls CBC Journalists Out Of Ditch

NO FILTER

·L.A. County bars, offices, gyms can drop mask rules with COVID vaccine verification

·California voters strongly support mask and vaccine mandates in K-12 schools

WORKIN’ IT

·Fewest Americans collecting unemployment aid since 1970

·US jobless claims decline to 52-year low

CRIME TIME

·California murder victim’s family appalled by Gascón push to drop killer’s death sentence

·The Hannah Tubbs case is a self-inflicted wound on Gascón and criminal justice reform

·California man sentenced to life in prison for creating child porn

·78-year-old woman robbed while praying in church

GOING FOR WOKE

·Caitlyn Jenner decries 'woke world' of gender identity: 'I can't even figure it out'

·Texas Governor Pushes to Investigate Medical Treatments for Trans Youth as ‘Child Abuse’

·Minnesota Middle School Advised Students On How To Protest

NOT LAUGHING

·Jerry Lewis accused of sexual assault by co-stars: 'The ugly thing came out'

DOG DAYS

·Key To Sharp Brain In Old Age -- Owning Pet?