Top stories this past week: The conflict in Ukraine, SAG Awards, shootings in California and Las Vegas, and more

In an upset, the deaf family drama “CODA” took top honors at an unpredictable and history-making 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards that also saw wins for the leads of “Squid Game," the cast of “Ted Lasso” and Will Smith.

The ceremony, held Sunday at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and broadcast on both TNT and TBS, was notably border-breaking, with historic wins for deaf actors, Korean stars and some of Hollywood's biggest names. It culminated with “CODA," Sian Heder's heartwarming Apple TV+ coming-of-age film featuring a trio of deaf actors in Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Daniel Durant, along with newcomer Emilia Jones, winning best ensemble. The film has been seen as a watershed moment for the deaf community in Hollywood.

Betty White, Sidney Poitier and Bob Saget were among those remembered during an in memoriam tribute. Full story here:

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THE WINNERS

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The list of winners at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, presented Sunday night in Santa Monica, California.

FILM

Cast: "CODA"

Female actor: Jessica Chastain, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"

Male actor: Will Smith, "King Richard"

Male supporting actor, film: Troy Kotsur, "CODA"

Female supporting actor, film: Ariana DeBose, "West Side Story"

Stunt ensemble: "No Time to Die"

TELEVISION

Male actor, drama series: Lee Jung-jae, "Squid Game"

Female actor, drama series: Jung Hoyeon, "Squid Game"

Drama ensemble: "Succession"

Male actor, comedy series: Jason Sudeikis, "Ted Lasso"

Female actor, comedy series: Jean Smart," Hacks"

Comedy series ensemble: "Ted Lasso"

Female actor in a television movie or limited series: Kate Winslet, "Mare of Easttown."

Male actor in a television movie or limited series: Michael Keaton, "Dopesick"

Stunt ensemble: "Squid Game"

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PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

Photo highlights from the 28th annual SAG Awards

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FASHION PHOTOS FROM THE SILVER CARPET

Photos: Scenes from the silver carpet at the SAG Awards

With Mardi Gras fast approaching, Stacker compiled a list of 10 classic New Orleans dishes you can make to celebrate using Allrecipes.com, Southern food scholarship, and New Orleans food blogs.

10 New Orleans-inspired recipes to make for Mardi Gras

10 New Orleans-inspired recipes to make for Mardi Gras

King cake

Jambalaya

Gumbo

Red beans and rice

Crawfish étouffée

Po’ boy

Crawfish boil

Beignets

Shrimp and grits

Maque choux

Some bars and liquor stores think they've found a potent way to punish Russia for invading Ukraine: They're pulling Russian vodka off their shelves and promoting Ukrainian brands instead.

"I woke up yesterday morning, and I saw that Russia had invaded Ukraine. You wonder what you can do,'' said Bob Quay, owner of Bob's Bar in Grand Rapids, Michigan. "The U.S. obviously is putting on sanctions. I thought I would put on sanctions as well.''

So he rid his shelves of the old Soviet brand Stolichnaya and started promoting Ukraine's Vektor. "We have a sign above it that says: Support Ukraine.''

Keep scrolling for a photo gallery of protests against Russia's invasion

Quay announced the move on Facebook, and "it blew up. We've got people coming in who've never been in the bar before.''

Stoli, owned by the Russian-born tycoon Yuri Shefler, is actually made in Latvia. On its website, Stoli Group says it "stands for peace in Europe and in solidarity with the Ukrainian people."

The Southern Spirits liquor store in Indian Land, South Carolina, is doing a booming business in the Ukrainian vodka Kozak after pulling Russian brands off its shelves.

"It's selling out a lot faster than we thought,'' said general manager Drew Podrebarac. "It's been awesome.''

The Magic Mountain ski resort in Londonderry, Vermont, posted a video on Twitter showing an employee pouring Stolichnaya down the drain and saying: "Sorry, we don't serve Russian products here.''

Governors entered the fray, too. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine directed the state's Commerce Department to cease the purchase and sale of Russian Standard, the only Russian vodka sold in Ohio (under the brand names Green Mark and Russian Standard). New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed an executive order requiring state liquor outlets to remove Russian-made and branded alcohol.

In Canada, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario on Friday announced that "all products produced in Russia will be removed from LCBO channels,'' including 679 of its stores across the province. It also promised to accept the return of any Russian products and declared that it "stands with Ukraine, its people, and the Ukrainian Canadian community here in Ontario."

In Grand Rapids, Quay said he may never sell Russian products again. And he's taken another step: "I've ordered a Ukrainian flag, and that will be going up next week.''

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Photos: Protests around the world decry Russia's invasion of Ukraine

A man shot and killed his three children, one other person and himself at a church in Sacramento, California, on Monday, authorities said.

The man had a restraining order against him. Deputies responding to reports of gunfire around 5 p.m. found five people dead, including the shooter, at the church in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood, said Sgt. Rod Grassmann with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office.

The victims included three juveniles under 15 years of age, Grassman said. He didn't know their genders.

The identity of the other victim wasn't immediately known.

A church employee heard the gunshots and called 911, Grassman said. The shooting occurred in the main sanctuary area, he said.

Sheriff's officials are investigating it as a domestic violence incident, Grassman said.

Officials didn't know if the family members belonged to the the church, which sits on a mostly residential block near a commercial area east of downtown Sacramento.

It wasn't immediately known how many people were at the church or if there were any services or activities at the time of the shooting.

5 people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide shooting at a church in Sacramento, California, police say

• By Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN

22 of America's deadliest mass shootings in the past 10 years

July 20, 2012: Aurora, Colorado

Dec. 14, 2012: Newtown, Connecticut

Sept. 16, 2013: Washington, D.C.

June 17, 2015: Charleston, South Carolina

Oct. 1, 2015: Roseburg, Oregon

Dec. 2, 2015: San Bernardino, California

June 12, 2016: Orlando, Florida

Oct. 1, 2017: Las Vegas, Nevada

Nov. 5, 2017: Sutherland Springs, Texas

Feb. 14, 2018: Parkland, Florida

May 18, 2018: Santa Fe, Texas

Oct. 27, 2018: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Nov. 7, 2018: Thousand Oaks, California

May 31, 2019: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Aug. 3, 2019: El Paso, Texas

Aug. 4, 2019: Dayton, Ohio

Aug. 31, 2019: Midland, Texas

March 16, 2021: Atlanta

March 22, 2021: Boulder, Colorado

April 15, 2021: Indianapolis

May 14, 2022: Buffalo, New York

May 24, 2022: Uvalde, Texas

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined the new set of measures for communities where COVID-19 is easing its grip, with less of a focus on positive test results and more on what’s happening at hospitals.

The new system greatly changes the look of the CDC's risk map and puts more than 70% of the U.S. population in counties where the coronavirus is posing a low or medium threat to hospitals. Those are the people who can stop wearing masks, the agency said.

The agency is still advising that people, including schoolchildren, wear masks where the risk of COVID-19 is high. That's the situation in about 37% of U.S. counties, where about 28% of Americans reside.

The new recommendations do not change the requirement to wear masks on public transportation and indoors in airports, train stations and bus stations. The CDC guidelines for other indoor spaces aren’t binding, meaning cities and institutions even in areas of low risk may set their own rules. And the agency says people with COVID-19 symptoms or who test positive shouldn’t stop wearing masks.

Many folks have been waiting over two years for the chance to hear live music and see sports in person again, but if you plan to attend events you still need to protect yourself against COVID, an expert says.

And not all the numbers are positive. At least 5.2 million children worldwide have lost a parent or caregiver to COVID-19, and researchers say urgent action is needed to help them.

Meanwhile, vaccination rate disparities persist. For example, when Nebraska officials refused to release information related to the number of residents getting COVID-19 vaccinations, Omaha World-Herald reporters Julie Anderson and Henry Cordes dug deep into federal data. What they found last year was the widest gap in the country between urban and rural vaccination rates. This episode of the podcast Behind the Headlines takes a deeper look.

Latest Headlines

Reporters look at vaccination rate disparities

• Behind the Headlines

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats say they are hoping for a bipartisan vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

That won't be easy, but some Republicans have expressed an openness to voting for Biden's nominee, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina voted last year to confirm Jackson for her current position.

As senators review Jackson's record in the coming days and weeks, some Republicans may drop hints about whether they are willing to vote for Jackson, who would replace liberal Justice Stephen Breyer. But senators in both parties often withhold their support until after they meet with the nominee and confirmation hearings are held.

Democrats will also keep an eye on their own moderate flank, Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Neither has indicated, so far, that they would vote against Biden's choice, and they have voted for all his other nominees.

Senators to watch as the confirmation process begins:

The 7 senators to watch in Supreme Court confirmation process

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.

The process

Why is Russian President Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?

That's the question on many minds as Russia's invasion of the former Soviet republic continues.

The answer involves a mix of history, geography, and Putin's desire to return his country to the glory days of Soviet Union superpower.

Analysis: Why Russia invaded

Putin mourns the Soviet Union

No Russian empire without Ukraine

Ukraine's move toward the West

It's also about the money

Putin's goal? A submissive Ukraine

The pandemic, mass shootings, natural disasters, terror attacks. There's been plenty of tragedy and anxiety for parents to sort through with their kids. Add Russia's escalating invasion of Ukraine to the list.

With events rapidly unfolding on TV and across social media, child development experts urge parents to check in with children of all ages but not to worry if those conversations are brief.

Health-med-fit

How to talk to children about Ukraine

• By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press

Associated Press journalists around Ukraine and beyond are documenting military activity during Russia's invasion. With disinformation rife and social media amplifying military claims and counterclaims, determining exactly what is happening is difficult. Here’s a look at what could be confirmed Friday.

Here's a roundup of other reports today