Michigan power crews work, California recovers after storms
Some Michigan residents faced a fourth straight day in the dark Sunday as crews continued working to restore power to more than 170,000 homes and businesses in the Detroit metropolitan area following last week’s ice storm. In hard-hit southeastern Michigan, the state’s two main utilities — DTE Energy and Consumers Energy — reported about 171,000 homes and businesses without power Sunday. California, meanwhile, was getting a brief break Sunday from a powerful storm that on Saturday left Los Angeles area rivers swollen to dangerous levels and brought snow to low-lying areas.
Contaminated waste shipments from Ohio derailment to resume
Federal environmental authorities say shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment will resume Monday to two Ohio sites. An Environmental Protection Agency administrator said Sunday that some liquid waste will be taken to an underground injection well in Vickery, while solid waste will go to an incinerator in East Liverpool. The agency had ordered a ‘pause’ in shipments a day earlier after material was taken to sites in Michigan and Texas. A state official said all rail cars except for those held by federal transportation officials had been removed, allowing collection of more contaminated soil and installation of monitoring wells.
CIA director: Putin too confident he can grind down Ukraine
CIA Director William Burns says Russian President Vladimir Putin is being “too confident” in his military’s ability to grind Ukraine into submission. Burns says Putin “is going to have to face up to increasing costs as well, in coffins coming home to some of the poorest parts of Russia.” Burns tells CBS’ “Face the Nation” that Putin was underestimating U.S. resolve to support Ukraine. Burns said it’s been his experience that the Russian leader’s view is that Americans have “attention deficit disorder and we’ll move on to some other issue eventually.” Meanwhile, some Republican lawmakers are criticizing the Biden administration for not sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. And there are concerns that China might help arm Russia.
Putin: will ‘take into account’ NATO’s nuclear capability
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that after Russia suspended its participation in the New START treaty, it would “take into account” the nuclear weapons capabilities not only of the United States but of other NATO countries such as France and Britain. Putin had said in a speech suspending Russia’s role in the 2010 treaty earlier this week that France and Britain, not parties to the agreement, had joined the United States in targeting Russia with nuclear weapons. In an interview with Russian TV that was recorded Wednesday and broadcast Sunday, he said he took the action to “preserve our country, ensure security and strategic stability.” U.S. President Joe Biden has said the U.S. wants Ukraine to win, but does not seek to control or destroy Russia.
Hong Kong model’s in-laws charged after body parts found
Police in Hong Kong have filed murder charges against the former in-laws of a model whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed to be hers in a pot. The grisly case came to light when police on Friday discovered Choi’s body and documents at a rural house after she had been missing for several days. Superintendent Alan Chung told reporters authorities found a young woman’s skull believed to belong to Choi in one of the cooking pots they seized, alongside several ribs, hair, and human issues. Choi’s former father-in-law and his eldest son were charged with murder. The ex-husband was arrested Sunday and also faces murder charges.
Israeli settlers rampage after Palestinian gunman kills 2
Scores of Israeli settlers have gone on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank, setting cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian officials say one man has been killed and four others were badly wounded. The deadly shooting, followed by the late-night rampage, is raising questions about a Jordanian declaration that it had received assurances from Israel and the Palestinians to calm a year-long wave of violence. The rampage occurred shortly after the Jordanian government, which hosted Sunday’s talks at the Red Sea resort of Aqaba, said the sides had agreed to take steps to de-escalate tensions and would meet again next month ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
By wire sources