News Wrap: Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 5 civilians

Amna Nawaz:

In the day's other headlines: A new wave of Russian missiles and drones struck six regions across Ukraine and killed at least five civilians. The bombardment targeted at least three major cities, including Kyiv. Attacks there gutted several floors of an 18-story apartment building and triggered the city's first major power outage this winter.

A pair of bombings in Pakistan killed at least 30 people today on the eve of parliamentary elections. More than two dozen others were wounded. The attacks targeted political offices in Balochistan province in the southwestern part of the country. One bomb exploded at an independent candidate's office in the Pishin district. The second blew up the office of a radical Islamist party about 80 miles away, but party leaders insisted they won't be stopped.

Molvi Hamidullah, Local Pakistani Leader (through interpreter):

God willing, we will maintain our determination and continue our work. We will continue our election activities without any fear. These blasts will not stop us from our working.

Amna Nawaz:

Late tonight in Pakistan, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for those bombings.

A historymaking storm gave parts of Southern California one last drenching today as it moved out. Since the weekend, the system caused nearly 500 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dropping up to a foot of rain. Collapsing hillsides remained a threat today before drier weather moves in. The storm is now blamed for nine deaths.

Five U.S. Marines are missing tonight after their helicopter went down in Southern California during that storm. The wreckage of the Super Stallion helicopter was found this morning in a mountainous area in Pine Valley, east of San Diego. The Marine Corps says the crew had been on a training flight and were returning to their base in San Diego.

In Nevada, the Republican primary results are in, and the winner by a landslide is nobody. Former President Trump skipped Tuesday's contest, which did not award any delegates. Instead, his campaign encouraged voters to choose the "None of these candidates" option, and it beat Nikki Haley by better than 2-1. In the state's Democratic primary, President Biden cruised to an easy victory.

And on Wall Street, a series of upbeat earnings reports helped stocks move higher. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 156 points to close at 38677. The Nasdaq rose 147 points, or 1 percent, and the S&P 500 was up 40 points.

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