News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
All women, children and elderly have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine's government announced.https://t.co/Ubnt2ii45k
— Axios (@axios) May 7, 2022
"We stand with you": First lady Jill Biden hears stories from Ukrainian women and children who fled Russia’s war and found safe haven in Romania. https://t.co/h3M18dMhc4
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 7, 2022
Six missiles hit Ukraine's coastal city Odesa https://t.co/DzFhG8QHWQ pic.twitter.com/4b1ApAcgbl
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 7, 2022
Aerial footage released by the Ukrainian military on Saturday shows strikes on a vessel and a structure on Snake Island in the Black Sea, which had been occupied by Russian forces since late February. pic.twitter.com/9wDy4fTl6D
— CBS News (@CBSNews) May 7, 2022
Chinese calculations on Taiwan affected by Ukraine conflict, says CIA director https://t.co/ww8xmpwPoU pic.twitter.com/0sCFA6R6mE
— Reuters (@Reuters) May 7, 2022
White House preps for cold-weather wave of 100 million COVID infections https://t.co/f98wT1jHb5 pic.twitter.com/u1TjYFLL5J
— The Hill (@thehill) May 7, 2022
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public. https://t.co/FZF02AE9OC
— ABC News (@ABC) May 7, 2022
Justice Clarence Thomas said that the judiciary is threatened if people are unwilling to “live with outcomes we don’t agree with,” and that recent events at the Supreme Court might be “one symptom of that.” https://t.co/gMJqXwHgsC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 7, 2022
Rescuers in Cuba are still hunting for survivors in the ruins of a hotel that was shattered by an explosion that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 60. A natural gas leak was the apparent cause of the blast at Havana’s 96-room Hotel Saratoga. https://t.co/8htLXl9jmh
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 7, 2022
The Department of Defense fought to prevent Mark Esper, the former secretary of defense, from revealing in his forthcoming book that former President Donald Trump had proposed launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs https://t.co/EMKcs2FK4X
— CNN (@CNN) May 7, 2022
North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea, South Korea’s military says. https://t.co/xJKAfxiqsJ
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 7, 2022
A federal judge in San Francisco has dismissed former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against Twitter that sought to reinstate his banned account on the platform, according to a court filing https://t.co/1ccXxaAYMd
— CNN (@CNN) May 7, 2022
