Why cultural life is thriving in Ukraine, a troubling tobacco trend, financial resolutions: Catch up on the day’s stories
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Editor’s Note: CNN’s 5 Things newsletter is your one-stop shop for the latest headlines and fascinating stories to start and end your busy day. Sign up here. 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you want to get your financial life in order in 2025, that’s an admirable goal. We talked to experts who offered some suggestions. First and foremost, keep your list short and specific. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 1️⃣ Enjoying the arts: People in Ukraine are flocking to the theater to attend sold-out plays and singing songs in shelters during air raids. Bookstores are booming in Kyiv. Despite a grueling war with Russia, cultural life is thriving. 2️⃣ Behind bars: Inmates are learning to code and build websites from scratch, and studies show that educational programs like these keep people from committing more crimes. But when the prisoners are freed, jobs might be hard to come by. 3️⃣ Tobacco trend: Tiny packets of nicotine have quickly become a big problem for parents and schools. They’re available at gas stations and convenience stores under names like Zyn and O! Rogue — and for young users, they’re especially hard to quit.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has fined TikTok $10 million, accusing it of failing to control the spread of viral challenges that have allegedly led to the deaths of three children.
Prosecutors are fighting to keep a Virginia man behind bars after they say investigators found what could be the largest number of “finished explosive devices” in FBI history at his 20-acre home near Norfolk.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has fined TikTok $10 million, accusing it of failing to control the spread of viral challenges that have allegedly led to the deaths of three children.