A surge in robberies at licensed cannabis shops is helping fuel a renewed push for federal banking reforms that would make the cash-dependent stores a less appealing target.

The state Supreme Court is temporarily blocking what was set to be South Carolina's first-ever firing squad execution. The planned April 29 execution of Richard Bernard Moore is now on hold.

The U.N. had initially estimated that 4 million Ukrainians would flee Russia's war — a number that was exceeded last month. Overall, more than 10 million people have been displaced by the conflict.

State regulators said Rust Movie Productions must pay the maximum possible fine for safety failures on the set where a cinematographer was fatally shot in October by actor and producer Alec Baldwin.