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• Ex-commander in Russian mercenary group flees, seeks asylum • Opinion: Russia is blaming its own dead soldiers

• China records first population decline in 60 years

Hank Willis Thomas, the conceptual artist behind "The Embrace," a monument commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King's relationship, joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss the criticism the statue has received.

New York City bar owner Abby Ehmann joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss why she decided to open a "sober bar," saying "this dry January has snowballed into the driest January on record."

Shakira and Miley Cyrus are the latest talk on CNN This Morning after each released a new song calling out their exes -- Gerard Piqué and Liam Hemsworth. Anchors Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collins, however, have split opinions.

Get ready for four decades of Madonna's hits.

• 'Unforced errors': A White House facing a fresh crisis • Biden's political trajectory has dramatically shifted • Opinion: GOP's dubious first bill

A man was arrested in Beech Grove, Indiana, after video was shown on live TV of a toddler, reportedly the man's son, waving and pulling the trigger of a handgun.

Fish caught in the fresh waters of the nation's streams and rivers and the Great Lakes contain dangerously high levels of PFOS, short for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, a known synthetic toxin phased out by the federal government, according to a study of data from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Exactly 70 years after the very first Chevrolet Corvette was unveiled in January, 1953, General Motors revealed the first Corvette with an electric motor on Tuesday. The front wheels of the 2024 Corvette E-Ray are powered by a 160 horsepower electric motor, while a 495 horsepower V8 gasoline engine powers the back wheels.

A new strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza -- commonly called bird flu -- has killed around 1,600 snow geese in two separate areas of Colorado since November, according to state wildlife officials.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen formally put Congress on notice last week that the agency will have to start taking "extraordinary measures" after the US reaches its $31.4 trillion debt limit on Thursday.

After University of Alabama basketball player Darius Miles was charged with murder in the death of a 23-year-old mother and removed from the team, the victim's loved ones say she was shot and killed when she declined a man trying to flirt with her.

70 years after the first Corvette was unveiled, General Motors gives its American sports car a hybrid upgrade. The 2024 E-Ray is the first-ever all-wheel drive and electrified Corvette. CNN's Peter Valdes-Dapena reports.

Going for a walk in a park or along a lake or a tree-lined space may reduce the need for medication for anxiety, asthma, depression, high blood pressure or insomnia, a new study found.

Don't be surprised if we hear more about Muslim women in sports this year.