Russia claimed Tuesday to have taken control of 97 percent of Luhansk province, one of two provinces in the eastern Donbas region that they seek to fully take over. Ukrainian officials and military analysts say that it appears Russia also occupies about half of Donetsk, the other province in the Donbas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week that Russian forces hold about 20 percent of the country. Meanwhile, the U.S. military has begun training Ukrainian forces at a base in Germany and elsewhere in Europe on the rocket launchers the administration agreed last week to send to Ukraine. Officials said about three weeks of training will be needed.
Russia drew closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland of coal mines and factories as the Kremlin claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas region. https://t.co/gZlFNAZrw5
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 8, 2022
➤UVALDE SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE CHIEF DOESN'T APPEAR AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING: The Uvalde, Texas, school district police chief who's faced strong criticism for keeping law enforcement officers from confronting the gunman in the mass shooting two weeks ago at Robb Elementary School for more than an hour, didn't appear at a City Council meeting yesterday, despite being newly elected to the council. Mayor Don McLaughlin said he was unable to explain why Chief Pete Arredondo wasn’t at the meeting, and said he was frustrated about the lack of information about the law enforcement response to the shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed. He said, "We want facts and answers, just like everybody else."
Progressive San Francisco DA recalled by voters in one of nation's most liberal cities https://t.co/IVTHXvqygZ
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 8, 2022
BREAKING: @CBSNews Broadcast Associate Reveals “Cheap” Way Network ‘Fact Checks’ Themselves Using Their Own Reporting; Admits to News Room Impartiality Issues by “Picking a Side or Leaning One Way.”#ExposeCBS pic.twitter.com/PjCPtXNVQ7
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) June 7, 2022
➤JAN. 6TH COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES WITNESSES AHEAD OF THURSDAY PUBLIC HEARING: The House committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday announced the witnesses who will appear at Thursday night's prime-time public hearing, the first in a series of hearings in which they will lay out their findings. The witnesses will be British documentary filmmaker Nick Quested, who recorded members of the far-right Proud Boys group as they stormed the Capitol, and U.S. Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards, who was seriously injured and was one of the first people hurt in the attack. Quested was filming the Proud Boys as part of a documentary on extremism in the U.S. The committee said that it will on Thursday, quote, "present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, and provide the American people an initial summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power."
➤10-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARRESTED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF WOMAN ARGUING WITH HER MOTHER: A 10-year-old girl was arrested by Orlando, Florida, police yesterday, accused of fatally shooting a woman who was arguing with her mother, and was put in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Her mother has also been arrested. State Attorney for Orange and Osceola Counties Monique H. Worrell said after the shooting that her office would, quote, "consider all of the facts, including the age of the child, and all of the surrounding circumstances, when making a charging decision." In the May 30th incident, the child's mother and the victim, 41-year-old Lashun Denise Rodgers, reportedly began arguing outside an apartment complex. The girl was with her mother at the time. Witnesses reported that the mother first became physical, punching Rodgers, who punched her back. Rodgers' boyfriend told police he tried to break up the fight, but Rodgers tried to again go after the mother. The girl then allegedly fired the gun twice, which had been in the mother's bag that she'd given to her daughter, and reportedly yelled, "She shouldn't have hit my momma!" The mother has been charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence, child neglect, negligent storage of a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm.
➤MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING RETIRED WISCONSIN JUDGE HAS DIED: The 56-year-old man accused of targeting and killing a retired Wisconsin judge last Friday died yesterday after he was taken off life support followed him being declared brain-dead on Saturday. Douglas Uhde had been found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the New Lisbon home of former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer, who sentenced Uhde to prison 17 years ago. Investigators say Uhde also had a list of other potential targets, including Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
➤FDA ADVISERS BACK COVID-19 VACCINE THAT USES MORE TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY: A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel yesterday backed a Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax that uses more traditional vaccine technology instead of the mRNA technology used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines. The FDA must now decide whether to authorize it. The Novavax vaccine is already available in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and multiple other countries. It's thought this vaccines might win over some Americans who'd been reluctant to get a Covid vaccine because they were wary of the newer vaccine technology.
➤TARGET CUTTING PRICES DUE TO EXCESS INVENTORY: Here's some good news among all the inflation stories -- Target said yesterday that it will be cutting prices to clear out excess inventory. All the spending on products that Americans did during the pandemic is slowing faster than had been anticipated by retailers, who now have a lot of inventory on hand. AP reported, "Sales of big TVs and small kitchen appliances that Americans loaded up on during the pandemic have faded, leaving Target with a bloated inventory that it said must be marked down to sell." Target said it's now planning for higher sales in areas like groceries, household essentials and beauty products.
➤FAMILY SUES INSTAGRAM OVER DAUGHTER'S EATING DISORDER: A family filed suit against Instagram parent Meta on Monday, charging that the use of Instagram by their now 19-year-old when she was a preteen led to her eating disorder, self-harm and thoughts of suicide over several years, NBC News reports. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California relies heavily on the Facebook Papers, a trove of internal Meta documents leaked last year that showed the company knew Instagram was making body-image and other mental-health issues worse among teenage girls in particular. The case was filed on behalf of Alexis Spence, who it says was able to create her first Instagram account at age 11 without her parents' knowledge and despite the platform having a minimum age requirement of 13. It charges that Instagram almost immediately began via its algorithm directing her to accounts glorifying anorexia and self-cutting, and fostering her addiction to the app. In the years since, she's been hospitalized for depression, anxiety and anorexia, with the lawsuit saying it was a result of, quote, "the harmful content and features Instagram relentlessly promoted and provided to her in its effort to increase engagement."
🏒LIGHTNING DEFEAT RANGERS 4-1 TO EVEN CONFERENCE FINALS AT 2-2: The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the New York Rangers 4-1 last night at home to even the NHL's Eastern Conference Finals at 2-2. The Rangers didn't score their lone goal until 16:27 of the third period. The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Lightning have come back to tie the series after falling behind 2 games to none at its start. Game 5 is Thursday night in New York.
Matthew McConaughey calls for "responsible gun ownership" at the White House briefing, following the Uvalde school shooting.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 7, 2022
"Responsible gun owners are fed up with the Second Amendment being abused and hijacked by some deranged individuals." pic.twitter.com/BcsfEcC2dj
➤10-YEAR-OLD GIRL ARRESTED IN FATAL SHOOTING OF WOMAN ARGUING WITH HER MOTHER: A 10-year-old girl was arrested by Orlando, Florida, police yesterday, accused of fatally shooting a woman who was arguing with her mother, and was put in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Her mother has also been arrested. State Attorney for Orange and Osceola Counties Monique H. Worrell said after the shooting that her office would, quote, "consider all of the facts, including the age of the child, and all of the surrounding circumstances, when making a charging decision." In the May 30th incident, the child's mother and the victim, 41-year-old Lashun Denise Rodgers, reportedly began arguing outside an apartment complex. The girl was with her mother at the time. Witnesses reported that the mother first became physical, punching Rodgers, who punched her back. Rodgers' boyfriend told police he tried to break up the fight, but Rodgers tried to again go after the mother. The girl then allegedly fired the gun twice, which had been in the mother's bag that she'd given to her daughter, and reportedly yelled, "She shouldn't have hit my momma!" The mother has been charged with manslaughter by culpable negligence, child neglect, negligent storage of a firearm and aggravated assault with a firearm.
A Florida mother has been charged in the death of her husband after their 2-year-old son appeared to fatally shoot him in the back, authorities say. https://t.co/pWeAr3FIc2
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 8, 2022
➤MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING RETIRED WISCONSIN JUDGE HAS DIED: The 56-year-old man accused of targeting and killing a retired Wisconsin judge last Friday died yesterday after he was taken off life support followed him being declared brain-dead on Saturday. Douglas Uhde had been found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the New Lisbon home of former Juneau County Circuit Court Judge John Roemer, who sentenced Uhde to prison 17 years ago. Investigators say Uhde also had a list of other potential targets, including Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
➤FDA ADVISERS BACK COVID-19 VACCINE THAT USES MORE TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY: A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel yesterday backed a Covid-19 vaccine from Novavax that uses more traditional vaccine technology instead of the mRNA technology used in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccines. The FDA must now decide whether to authorize it. The Novavax vaccine is already available in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and multiple other countries. It's thought this vaccines might win over some Americans who'd been reluctant to get a Covid vaccine because they were wary of the newer vaccine technology.
➤TARGET CUTTING PRICES DUE TO EXCESS INVENTORY: Here's some good news among all the inflation stories -- Target said yesterday that it will be cutting prices to clear out excess inventory. All the spending on products that Americans did during the pandemic is slowing faster than had been anticipated by retailers, who now have a lot of inventory on hand. AP reported, "Sales of big TVs and small kitchen appliances that Americans loaded up on during the pandemic have faded, leaving Target with a bloated inventory that it said must be marked down to sell." Target said it's now planning for higher sales in areas like groceries, household essentials and beauty products.
🍎APPLE WILL LET YOU UNSEND A TEXT FOR THE FIRST TIME: Apple has unveiled a series of updates, including an unsend text option. Users will be able to edit or recall a text for up to 15 minutes after sending it. This change will be part of the iOS 16 software update, but the exact release of the update is uncertain. This feature was one of the most requested from users at the Apple's World Wide Developers Conference. Another new option will be the ability to mark a text as Unread.
➤STUDY..DIABETES DRUG HELPS OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE LOSE OVER 30 POUNDS: A weekly medication used to treat diabetes may also help non-diabetics lose weight. The drug, called Tirzepatide, was studied in people without diabetes. Participants who were obese or overweight lost between 35 and 52 pounds on average. "Almost 40% of individuals lost a quarter of their body weight," said Dr. Ania Jastreboff. The study, which involved 2,500 people, shows this drug may have applications for those without diabetes and could aid people with obesity.
➤FAMILY SUES INSTAGRAM OVER DAUGHTER'S EATING DISORDER: A family filed suit against Instagram parent Meta on Monday, charging that the use of Instagram by their now 19-year-old when she was a preteen led to her eating disorder, self-harm and thoughts of suicide over several years, NBC News reports. The suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California relies heavily on the Facebook Papers, a trove of internal Meta documents leaked last year that showed the company knew Instagram was making body-image and other mental-health issues worse among teenage girls in particular. The case was filed on behalf of Alexis Spence, who it says was able to create her first Instagram account at age 11 without her parents' knowledge and despite the platform having a minimum age requirement of 13. It charges that Instagram almost immediately began via its algorithm directing her to accounts glorifying anorexia and self-cutting, and fostering her addiction to the app. In the years since, she's been hospitalized for depression, anxiety and anorexia, with the lawsuit saying it was a result of, quote, "the harmful content and features Instagram relentlessly promoted and provided to her in its effort to increase engagement."
#BOLTSWIN AND TIE THE SERIES!!!!! pic.twitter.com/NxS9C5s9xR
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) June 8, 2022
🏈DEAL REACHED TO BUY BRONCOS FOR REPORTED $4.65 BILLION: A group led by heirs to the Walmart fortune have won the bidding to buy the NFL's Denver Broncos for a reported $4.65 billion, the most ever for a sports franchise anywhere in the world. The Broncos announced late last night that they'd entered into a sale agreement with the Walton-Penner ownership group, led by Rob Walton, his daughter, Carrie Walton Penner, and her husband, Greg Penner. The Pat Bowlen Trust put the Broncos up for sale after Hall of Famer Bowlen’s children couldn’t agree on a successor to their father, who died in 2019.
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⚾ANGELS FIRE MANAGER MADDON AMID 12-GAME LOSING STREAK: The Los Angeles Angels fired manager Joe Maddon yesterday amid the MLB's team's 12-game losing streak, one loss shy of the longest in franchise history. They have gone 3-16 overall since May 15th. Third base coach Phil Nevin will be the interim manager for the rest of the season. Maddon has a 130-148 record with the Angels since he was hired before the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. He has won the Manager of the Year award three times in his career.
⚾ASTROS' PITCHER NERIS SUSPENDED FOR FOUR GAMES, MANAGER BAKER FOR ONE: Houston Astros pitcher Hector Neris was suspended for four games by MLB and manager Dusty Baker for one after they were ejected from Monday's 7-4 loss to the Seattle Mariners in which Neris hit one batter and nearly hit another in the head. Neris hit Ty France in the ninth inning with a pitch that nearly went all the way behind the hitter. That led to the benches clearing and umpires warning both teams. Then Neris threw a pitch behind the head of Eugenio Suarez, leading to automatic ejections for Neris and Baker. Baker denied that Neris intentionally threw at either player.
🏌TIGER WOODS WON'T PLAY IN U.S. OPEN: Tiger Woods won't be playing in the U.S. Open next week, withdrawing yesterday and saying his leg that was severely damaged in a February 2021 car crash needs more to time to get stronger. Woods made a surprise return to play at the Masters in April, and then played at the PGA Championship in May. But his leg was obviously bothering him later in both tournaments, and he withdrew from the PGA after the third round after he was limping badly. Woods posted on social media yesterday, "My body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf." He said he hopes to be ready to play in the British Open next month.
⛸FIGURE SKATING MINIMUM AGE RAISED TO 17 FOR OLYMPICS AND OTHER EVENTS: The International Skating Union voted yesterday to raise the minimum age for figure skating competition at senior international events, including the Olympics, to 17 from the current 15. It will be phased in, with 15-year-olds continuing to be allowed to compete next season, a minimum age of 16 in the 2023-24 season, and then 17 the season after, the last before the 2026 Olympics. The ISU said the new rule was, quote, "for the sake of protecting the physical and mental health, and emotional well-being of the skaters." The move comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding 15-year-old Russian champion Kamila Valieva at this year’s Beijing Winter Games.
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