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Russia ‘evacuates’ area around major nuclear plant in Ukraine

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

Hundreds of civilians on Sunday fled Ukrainian territories under Russian control as part of an “evacuation” ahead of what’s feared to be intense fighting around an area home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.A Ukrainian mayor slammed Moscow’s move as a cover-up operation to move troops, while the U.N. nuclear watchdog raised concerns over heavy fighting during a potential spring counteroffensive when Ukrainian forces are expected to seek to regain control of territories lost to Russian control.Russian forces announced the evacuation for 18 settlements on Friday, and over the weekend, civilians have been rushing to leave those areas. The Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, called it a “mad panic” as thousands of cars were stuck on the roads with five-hour waits, BBC reported.Meanwhile, Russian paramilitary group Wagner’s boss on Sunday signaled that his men would continue to fight in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a U-turn...

Dallas suburb mourns after 8 die in outlet mall shooting

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

By JAKE BLEIBERG and REBECCA BOONE (Associated Press)ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Another American community mourned Sunday for lives lost to a mass shooting — this time at a Dallas-area outlet mall where a gunman stepped out of a sedan and opened fire on shoppers.Eight people were killed and seven wounded Saturday in suburban Allen before the assailant was killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby, authorities said.John Mark Caton, senior pastor at Cottonwood Creek Church, about two miles from the mall, offered prayers during his weekly service for victims, first responders and the shoppers and employees who “walked out past things they never should have seen.”“Some of our people were there. Some perhaps in this room. Some of our students were working in those stores and will be changed forever by this,” Caton said.Recalling phone conversations with police officers, he said: “There wasn’t an officer that I talked to yesterday that a...

Reports of shots fired at house party in Lincoln Park

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Authorities responded to reports of shots fired at a house party in the Lincoln Park neighborhood about an hour and a half after midnight Sunday, said the San Diego Police Department.According to SDPD, when officers arrived to the scene on the 200 block of Willie James Jones Avenue, they saw a crowd of people fleeing the area. Authorities searched for possible victims and/or armed individuals, but SDPD says none were found. There were no injuries reported in connection to this incident.SDPD says officers remained on the scene to clear the area until it was deemed safe.Further details on a possible suspect or the circumstance surrounding shots possibly being fired at the house party are limited at this time.

Two men arrested in fatal shooting at North York social club

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 47-year-old at a North York bar last month. Police found a man suffering from gunshot wounds inside the Avelino Social Club on Islington Avenue just south of Steeles Avenue West just after 10 p.m. on April 21. Despite life saving measures, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as Robert Khananisho of Toronto.Steven Nona, 23, and Juan Pablo Segovia Sanhueza, 21, both of Toronto, have been arrested and charged with first degree murder

A list of recent high-profile shootings in the United States

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

The latest high-profile mass shooting in the United States happened Saturday in Allen, Texas, where eight people were killed and seven were wounded at a busy outdoor shopping center before police killed the gunman. The attack is the country’s 22nd mass killing — in which four or more people died, not including the assailant — of 2023, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.Here are some other notable U.S. mass shootings over the past 12 months: HENRYETTA, OKLAHOMA An Oklahoma sex offender shot his wife, her three children and their two friends in the head on April 30 before he killed himself. The shooter had moved the victims’ bodies, which were found in a heavily wooded area on a rural Oklahoma property. CLEVELAND, TEXAS A man shot and killed five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, on April 28 after they asked him to stop firi...

‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ opens to $114 million

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

There is nothing like the promise of a chapter closing to draw people to the movie theater, especially when tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This weekend, “ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which says goodbye to this iteration of the space misfits and its driving creative voice, director James Gunn, earned $114 million in ticket sales from 4,450 locations in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday. Internationally, where the film opened in 52 territories including China, “Vol. 3” earned $168 million, giving it a $282 million global debut.Domestically, it’s both an impressive sum for any movie and slightly less than what we’ve come to expect from a Marvel opening. Last year on the same weekend, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” riding on the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” raked in $187.4 million in its first three days in North America. And in November, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” also opened over $181.3 million. But things have come back to...

Engineers frustrated with rails even as others get sick time

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tens of thousands of engineers remain frustrated with the lack of paid sick time and the demands railroads like BNSF are making in negotiations despite the deals that have been made this year for most of the other rail unions.The lack of sick time and other quality of life concerns about the demanding schedules train crews work took center stage in the negotiations last fall that reached the brink of a strike before Congress intervened and blocked a walkout. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen union says the railroads are still asking for too much in return for sick time instead of just providing the basic benefit it believes workers are entitled to.“They want to talk the money out of our pocket somewhere else and give it back to us in the form of sick time,” said Rob Cunningham, one of the BLET’s general chairmen who is leading the negotiations with BNSF.The BLET’s frustrations generally extend to all the major freight railroads, but ...

Weekend Break: Midwest Nice

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

WGN's Marcella Raymond is back in today's Weekend Break with a visit to Midwest Nice in Lincoln Sqaure which showcases local artists' work.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

Sunday Brunch: Crab cakes benedict

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

Executive Chef Gabriel Miranda of Citrine joins WGN Weekend Morning News to make crab cakes benedict.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

'There were kids down there': Survivor describes collapse at Colorado resort

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:36:39 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- An HVAC system collapsed and injured six people at the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center Saturday in Colorado.Of the six people who were injured, two had life-threatening injuries and four had non-life-threatening injuries.According to the Aurora Fire Department, the collapse happened around 9:50 a.m.Jamie Olson, who took a video showing the collapse's aftermath, told Nexstar's KDVR her son had just gotten out of the hot tub when the system collapsed directly on top of it and the rest of the pool."We were right on the outside of the hot tub, and just kind of heard a big groan, and we looked up," she said, "and it was just like a domino effect. One side collapsed, and then it caused the other side to collapse." 6 people injured after collapse at Gaylord Rockies resort Olson said a black sludge that poured out the ceiling, and her husband saw two kids covered in it."I think that's the scariest part was that there were kids down there that couldn'...