At least 10 killed in shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY
A gunman who was motivated by racism opened fire at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday, killing 10 people and wounding three others, authorities said. The police said the gunman, whom they described as an 18-year-old white man from outside the city, had streamed the shooting live online. He was taken into custody after the shooting at an outlet of the regional grocery chain Tops Friendly Markets. The police said 11 of the victims of the shooting were Black; two were white. The man was heavily armed and wearing tactical gear, the police said.
At least 17 wounded in downtown Milwaukee shooting, police say
The Milwaukee Police Department said that there were no fatalities in a shooting Friday night, which happened around 11:09 p.m. in a popular nightlife area, blocks from the arena where an NBA playoff game ended hours earlier. The victims were between the ages of 15 and 47 years old and were all expected to survive, police said. At least 17 were wounded. Ten people were in custody in connection with the shooting, including five who were armed and were wounded. Police also said they recovered 10 guns from the scene. Police said the investigation was continuing. What led up to the shooting was unknown.
Thomas says leaked opinion destroyed trust at Supreme Court
The leak of a draft opinion has done irreparable damage to the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas said at a conference in Dallas on Friday night, adding that it had destroyed trust among the members of the court. “What happened at the court is tremendously bad,” Thomas said. “I wonder how long we’re going to have these institutions at the rate we’re undermining them.” The leak of the opinion, which would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established a constitutional right to abortion, was “like kind of an infidelity,” Thomas said.
Trump backs far-right loyalist to lead Pennsylvania
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Doug Mastriano, a retired colonel and state senator who has propagated myriad false claims about the 2020 election and attended the protest leading up to the Capitol riot, in the Republican primary race for governor of Pennsylvania. Trump made his choice three days before the state’s Tuesday primary. A Fox News poll released Tuesday showed Mastriano with a lead of 12 percentage points over his closest primary rival, former Rep. Lou Barletta. Mastriano has long been an outspoken supporter of Trump’s. He used campaign money to organize buses to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
NKorea says its COVID outbreak is spreading fast
North Korea reported a significant surge in suspected coronavirus infections and deaths Saturday as it struggled to contain its first reported outbreak. State media said an additional 174,400 people had symptoms, like fever, that could be due to COVID-19, nearly a tenfold jump from the 18,000 such cases reported Friday. It also said 21 more people had died in connection with the outbreak, bringing the country’s total to 27. But the reports did not say how many of the new infections or deaths had been definitively linked to COVID-19 through testing.
Mohammed bin Zayed rises to lead UAE
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan became the president of the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, formalizing the rise of a 61-year-old prince who has deftly wielded his country’s oil wealth to become one of the most influential leaders in the Arab world and a close partner of the United States. At the helm of the Emirati state, Sheikh Mohammed succeeds his older half-bother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who died Friday at 73 after leading the Persian Gulf country for 18 years. Sheikh Mohammed was unanimously chosen as president by a council of the rulers of the seven Emirates, the Emirati state news agency said.
Building fire in India’s capital leaves dozens dead
Rescuers were searching for victims Saturday in the ruins of a New Delhi commercial building that was gutted by fire the night before, leaving at least 27 people dead. Officials warned that the toll could rise. The fire began a little before 5 p.m. Friday in the four-story building, which housed a number of manufacturing operations that made closed-circuit television cameras. Most of the dead were assembly line workers, officials said. The building was crowded with workers and other staff members when the fire broke out. About 50 people were rescued from the building, several of whom were critically injured.
By wire sources