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WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been invited to speak to senators at a classified briefing Tuesday as aid to his country remains snarled in a partisan dispute over U.S. border security, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced late Monday.

RONG-GONG LIN II Los Angeles Times Respiratory virus season is ramping up in California, prompting health officials to renew their calls for residents to get vaccinated in hopes of reducing potential pressure on health systems across the state. While conditions so far are nowhere near as daunting as last autumn — when hospitals labored under the strain of a “tripledemic” spawned by wide simultaneous circulation of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus — the transmittable trio is on the rise.

Advocates plan to urge lawmakers to adopt new policies OKLAHOMA CITY — A grassroots movement in Oklahoma is underway to reshape criminal justice by improving crime prevention programs and developing better alternatives to incarceration, supporters say. Faith leaders, social workers, attorneys, tribal officials and nonprofit organizations want to change long-standing beliefs about crime and punishment.