Tuesday, March 15 top stories
It is Tuesday, March 15. Here are today’s top stories.
Ukraine war updates
On Monday, a Fox News cameraman named Pierre Zakrzewski was killed near Kyiv when a vehicle he was in was hit by “incoming fire.” He was 55 years old. A 24-year-old Ukrainian journalist, Oleksandra Kuvshinova, was also killed in the attack while another Fox News reporter was injured. The Fox News cameraman is the second American journalist to die in Ukraine in the past couple of days.
The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia traveled to Kyiv today by train to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky. The prime ministers are risking their lives because Kyiv is under constant bomb attacks. All three countries are NATO members. There is a photograph that shows the three prime ministers sitting in a room looking at a map of Ukraine.
President Biden plans to travel to the NATO headquarters in Belgium next week for a summit with other NATO leaders. Today Biden signed a bill that provides $13.6 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Zelensky gave an address to the Canadian Parliament today and pleaded again for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, asking them to just imagine if Canadian cities came under attack from Russian bombs. The parliament gave a standing ovation after Zelensky’s speech. The Ukrainian president will give an address before the U.S. Congress tomorrow. He has been constantly speaking out for the need for protection over Ukrainian skies from Russian bombs.
On Monday, a broadcaster for Russia’s Channel One news was interrupted by an employee who entered the studio with a poster that said in Russian, “NO WAR. Stop the war. Don’t believe propaganda. They are lying to you here.” The channel abruptly cut away to other programming. The staffer, Marina Ovsyannikova, was detained and questioned by Russian police for over 14 hours and was fined the equivalent of $280. She may face more charges because there is a new law that makes it a crime to report anything about the war that contradicts whatever the Russian government is saying with penalties of up to 15 years in prison.
Man arrested for shooting homeless individuals
Federal law enforcement officers in D.C. announced they have arrested a man suspected of shooting five homeless men in D.C. and New York City over the past two weeks. Two of the victims died. The mayors of D.C. and New York City released images of the suspect yesterday and he was arrested a few hours later. The New York Times said his name is Gerald Brevard III and that he is from D.C. Law enforcement said ballistics analysis shows that the same firearm was used in all five shootings. We can expect that the suspect will be charged with murder and attempted murder.
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Asian female in Yonkers is brutally attacked
A video shows that a man in Yonkers, New York brutally attacked a 67-year-old Asian female on Friday after the woman entered her apartment building. Police said the suspect yelled “Asian” at the female on the street prior to the attack and then punched her over 100 times, stomped on her seven times, and spat at her. The woman had multiple facial bone fractures and bleeding in her brain and is now in a hospital in stable condition. The suspect, Tammel Esco, was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault, both as hate crimes. The Yonkers police commissioner said that this was one of the most appalling attacks he’s ever seen. This attack only raises even more concerns of rising anti-Asian violence in New York City and across the U.S. Four Asian New Yorkers were killed in attacks since November with three of them being women.
Joro spiders in East Coast
There is a new spider that is spreading in the U.S. It is called the Joro spider and its original home range is in Eastern Asia, so it is considered an invasive species. It is possible that the spiders came to the U.S. on a container ship. News reports said millions are spreading up the East Coast. They are the size of a palm of the hand. Their webs are usually found in trees. A recent video showed many webs hanging from power lines. The spiders were first spotted in Georgia and have since been sighted in several neighboring states. The spiders are not considered a threat to humans and are not aggressive, but if they happen to bite you, it will cause swelling and redness at the bite site. So those of you on the East Coast, keep an eye out for these Joro spiders.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1503774429989556228
https://www.foxnews.com/world/fox-news-cameraman-pierre-zakrzewski-killed-ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60749064
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/03/14/dc-nyc-homeless-shootings-suspect
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/us/homeless-shootings-arrest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/nyregion/yonkers-hate-crime-anti-asian-attack.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/15/joro-spider-facts/