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Voters in Oklahoma will reject a ballot measure that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state for adults ages 21 and older, CNN projects.

Xylazine, also known as tranq, is now in 90% of street drugs tested in Philadelphia, causing new pain and wounds for its users. CNN's Elle Reeve reports.

Missouri cannot enforce a controversial state law it says looks to protect gun rights, a federal judge in the state ruled Tuesday, saying the measure ran afoul of the US Constitution.

New video purportedly shows a Russian soldier saying he is refusing to obey orders after his unit suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Ukraine.

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Laying out his top priorities for a second term and a potential platform for a presidential run, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivered a State of the State speech that signaled another round of cultural wars.

Roman Badanin, an independent Russian journalist who left Russia after facing the threat of a prison sentence, discusses his investigation into Russian President Vladimir Putin's secret, lavish lifestyle and details about his reputed girlfriend.

The addiction epidemic driven by fentanyl that has cost more than 100,000 American lives in each of the past two years is affecting communities of all kinds across the country in different ways.

A man who was serving in the Navy Reserves when he participated in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol was convicted Tuesday of all five counts he faced for his actions that day.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson is facing blow back from Republican leaders for peddling new falsehoods about the January 6 Capitol riot.

Jimmy Kimmel is set to take the Oscars stage as the host for the third time this weekend.

El Salvador's President, Nayib Bukele, released glossy, professionally shot footage of a 40,000-capacity mega-prison built to incarcerate members of the country's gangs. But there's more to Bukele's hardline approach to gang violence than meets the eye. CNN's Stefano Pozzebon breaks it down.

The two Americans who authorities say were kidnapped in Mexico and found dead have been identified as Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown, a US official familiar with the ongoing investigation tells CNN. The two survivors have been identified as Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams, according to the source. CNN's Rosa Flores has more.

• Watch: Video shows people being loaded into a truck by armed men in Mexico

CNN's Selina Wang discusses the restrictions that journalists face at China's annual parliamentary meeting.

It's like the opening scene of a bad action movie -- or, for the people involved, a horror story: On Friday, four Americans were kidnapped by armed men, likely members of a cartel, in northeastern Mexico. It was apparently a case of mistaken identity, with the kidnappers believing that the Americans were Haitian drug smugglers.

Russian troops will have "open road" to capture key cities in eastern Ukraine if they seize control of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned in an interview with CNN, as he defended his decision to keep Ukrainian forces in the besieged city.