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.
Clutching flowers and wiping away tears, relatives, neighbors and friends of eight men executed by Russian forces during the occupation of the Ukrainian town of Bucha gathered Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the deaths. https://t.co/hP06paSct0
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2023
Zelensky says more than 70,000 Russian war crimes have been recorded https://t.co/0pQqRG92t8 pic.twitter.com/Nan9ZoPFgk
— The Hill (@thehill) March 4, 2023
A man has been arrested in California for allegedly blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers and causing "destruction and harm to public safety." https://t.co/6Jk5p5sJMP
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 4, 2023
Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked a 1982 war between the two countries. https://t.co/MJLCyOHsgW
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2023
Protests break out in Iran over schoolgirl illnesses https://t.co/18Y2UEA6mw pic.twitter.com/KM1IFa9lNh
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2023
Memphis Fire EMT Robert Long testified in front of the Tennessee Emergency Medical Services Board that Memphis Police officers were “impeding patient care” after he and Advanced EMT JaMichael Sandridge arrived to find Tyre Nichols on January 7 https://t.co/jIg5pbtHHs
— CNN (@CNN) March 4, 2023
A judge has ruled that staff and administrators at a Michigan high school cannot be sued for a mass shooting that killed four students and injured seven, AP reports. https://t.co/4U5nKFDKq1
— Axios (@axios) March 4, 2023
Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger asked to keep a gag order in place, saying a challenge to the order filed by 30 news organizations is premature and that media coverage of the case has been "twisted." https://t.co/w1eaqYmXyf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 4, 2023
Weeks after eight students were shot, three fatally, Michigan State University announced plans to install locks on the doors of more than 1,300 classrooms on its campus.
— ABC News (@ABC) March 4, 2023
MSU aims to have all the locks installed by the beginning of the fall semester. https://t.co/Z7dwIg5YB6
“CPAC has become a Trump gathering rather than a gathering for conservatives,” the president of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance says. https://t.co/bCHSwna4Uw
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 4, 2023
Tina Peters – the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, and her state’s most prominent 2020 election denier – has been found guilty of misdemeanor obstruction of a government operation, according to Mesa County’s court clerk https://t.co/MJDCAlPhw3
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 4, 2023
Heavy snow is expected to batter the Northeast Saturday, while flash flooding could hit coastal areas of Northern California and southern Oregon, forecasters say. https://t.co/mrlhBwE8hr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 4, 2023
