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By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News

Good Monday afternoon. A federal judge has overturned the CDC’s mask mandate for travel, Ukrainian officials say Russian airstrikes have killed at least seven in the western city of Lviv, and we’re tracking a coastal storm on the move.

Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown.

Federal judge overturns CDC mask mandate for planes, public transit

A federal judge in Florida today struck down the government's mask mandate for planes, trains, and other forms of public transportation.

The ruling said the CDC overstepped its legal authority by imposing the mask requirement and violated “the procedures required for agency rulemaking.”

It comes just days after the CDC said it was extending the federal travel mask mandate for 15 days, until May 3.

The Justice Department declined immediate comment on whether it would seek to block the judge’s order. The CDC, FAA, and TSA said they are evaluating their options.

Mask mandates have been making a return amid the nation’s recent rise in Covid cases fueled by the BA.2 Omicron subvariant.

Philadelphia’s indoor mask mandate went back into effect today, after cases jumped about 50 percent in 10 days.

Several businesses and residents have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the city’s mandate.

And UConn is joining the growing list of colleges reinstating mask mandates as cases rise on campuses.

At least seven people were killed after a Russian missile attack on the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Ukrainian officials said.

The missiles struck three military targets, and a fourth hit a tire-fitting garage, according to Ukrainian officials.

The deaths were the first reported in Lviv since the invasion began. The city, about 40 miles from the Polish border, has remained relatively unscathed during the nearly two-month long conflict.

The attacks in western Ukraine came even as Russia is refocusing its offensive in the country’s eastern regions.

Russia said it struck more than 20 Ukrainian military targets with missiles today in several areas in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro regions.

The southeastern port city of Mariupol remains teetering on the brink after Ukrainian forces defied Russia’s deadline to surrender on Sunday.

Mariupol’s defenders have had “significant success” in slowing Russia’s advance, Ukraine’s defense ministry said today.

At least seven killed in Russian missile strike in Lviv, Ukraine

A powerful spring storm is taking aim along the East Coast, putting some 8 million people under winter weather alerts from the Appalachians up through upstate New York, as well as parts of Vermont and Massachusetts.

Between five and ten inches could fall in upstate New York and far northeast Pennsylvania. In New England, heavy wet snow and high winds could topple power lines.

The storm has already brought heavy rain to the Mid-Atlantic, and is expected to move into the Northeast this evening with steady rain and wind.

Coastal flooding could occur from Delaware up through Connecticut, with wind gusts up to 50 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

At least four major shootings were reported in cities across the U.S. over Easter weekend, including one at a Pittsburgh party that police say left two 17-year-olds dead and at least 10 others injured.

Pittsburgh police are searching for suspects, after they say as many as 50 shots were fired at an Airbnb rental property.

In Portland, Oregon, a shooting on Sunday left one man dead and three minors injured, according to police.

In South Carolina, police responded to two separate shooting incidents. At least nine people were injured when gunfire broke out at a nightclub in Hampton County on Sunday.

And nine people suffered gunshot wounds in a shooting at a mall in Columbia on Saturday, police said.

The suspect has been placed on house arrest and is required to wear a monitor. His attorney said he was acting in self-defense.

What else we’re watching:

The body of a New York City mother was found in a duffel bag on the side of the road after she was stabbed nearly 60 times, police said.
Infowars has filed for bankruptcy after founder Alex Jones was found liable for damages in lawsuits for falsely claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre was a hoax.
Kenyans Evans Chebet and Peres Jepchirchir won the 126th Boston Marathon, finishing 2:06:51 and 2:21:01 respectively.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden welcomed families today for the first White House Easter Egg Roll since 2019.

Watch: Biden holds White House Easter Egg Roll

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