4/19: Travelers no longer have to wear masks on planes and mass transit. Russia begins a massive assault on eastern Ukraine.

The federal mask mandate for travelers is over, after a judge strikes it down. Some are celebrating -- but others are concerned. In Philadelphia a new mask mandate just took effect. Ukrainian government says Russia has launched a massive new offensive in the eastern part of the country. The regional governor of Kharkiv says more than a dozen people there, were injured by a barrage of Russian rockets. The newest Middle East violence has escalated, with Palestinian militants firing a rocket into Israel overnight -- and Israel launching its first airstrikes on Gaza in months. That follows several days of fighting between Palestinians and Israeli police at a holy site in Jerusalem . Areas from Michigan to New England are getting hammered by a deadly, winter-like Nor'easter -- with snow and sleet falling in many communities overnight. In Maryland, one man is dead and several people injured after wind gusts downed a tree onto this Annapolis home.

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