Five stories you need to know today:

1. Basketball star Brittney Griner landed in the U.S. after she was released in a prisoner swap with Russia in exchange for arms dealer Viktor Bout.

2. Russian forces have shelled the entire front line in the Donetsk region, according to Ukrainian officials in what appears to be the Kremlin's scaled-back plan to secure only the bulk of territory it has claimed.

3. Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic Party and registered as independent, days after the Democrats won a U.S. Senate race in Georgia to secure 51 seats in the chamber.

4. Beijing’s quiet streets suggest many are wary of being too quick to shake off the shackles after China’s government loosened key parts of its strict ‘zero-COVID’ policy.

5. Canada's TC Energy shut its Keystone pipeline in the U.S. after more than 14,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into a Kansas creek.

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