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☆ Thousands march to demand the prosecution of Brazil rioters
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Thousands of protesters have marched through the streets of Brazil demanding the prosecution of rioters who stormed government buildings in support of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. marched late Monday in a loud display of support for the country's democracy, which came under attack Sunday. The rallies came as Bolsonaro's status faced growing scrutiny, with President Joe Biden urged to remove him from the United States. Bolsonaro said late Monday that he had been admitted to a hospital in Florida, posting a picture on Twitter from his hospital bed. Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro on his hospital bed in Kissimmee, Fla., on Monday.

“Bolsonaro ran on a very Trump-like ticket,” Todd Landman, professor of political science at the University of Nottingham in England, told NBC News. He also raised doubts about the integrity of the electoral process well in advance.”After his defeat to Lula in October, Bolsonaro didn’t explicitly concede. NBC News reached out to the White House for comment on congressional Democrats’ demands for Biden to remove Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro’s visa status was not immediately clear. Unlike the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, very few officials were in the buildings at the time of Sunday’s attacks, and Bolsonaro’s supporters faced little opposition.

☆ Dozens of Russian soldiers feared dead in Ukrainian strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A “significant number” of Russian soldiers were killed on New Year’s Eve when Ukrainian forces shelled a building housing conscripts in an occupied area of the country, according to officials. “A significant number of dead and wounded,” Bezsonov said in a Telegram post Sunday night. NBC News was unable to verify claims from either side, and Russian and Ukrainian officials were not immediately available for comment. Russian forces have also been pummeling cities across Ukraine in recent days, launching missile and drone attacks on key civilian infrastructure. People stand next to the site of a Russian attack in Kyiv on Monday.

☆ Dozens of Russian soldiers feared dead as Ukraine strikes Moscow-controlled region
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

DONETSK, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 30: Soldiers of the 59th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire grad missiles on Russian positions in Russia-occupied Donbas region on December 30, 2022 in Donetsk, Ukraine. A large swath of Donetsk region has been held by Russian-backed separatists since 2014. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)Ukraine killed dozens of Russian servicemen using U.S.-supplied artillery to hit a base in an occupied part of the country on New Years Eve, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday. Sixty-three servicemen died after 4 HIMARS artillery warheads struck a "provisional base," the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday in a Telegram post. "A significant number of dead and wounded," Daniil Bezsonov, said in a Telegram post on Sunday night.

☆ NYPD officers injured in machete attack near Times Square New Year’s Eve event, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Tom_Winter_Nbc_News.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Three New York City police officers were injured after being attacked with a machete near New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square, authorities said. The suspect approached an officer and attempted to strike him over the head with the machete, Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Multiple law enforcement officials told NBC News they were looking into whether the suspect had previously posted what they called jihadist writings online and traveled to New York to target police on New Year’s Eve. Four senior law enforcement officials told NBC News that the man had been identified as Trevor Bickford from Wells, Maine. The NYPD mounts a massive security operation every year during New Year’s Eve celebrations, with thousands of officers deployed in the area around Times Square.

☆ Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Alex Lo | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Anita Pointer of the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters, who rose to fame with hits in the 1970's and 80's including "I'm So Excited," died of cancer on Saturday, her publicist announced. She is survived by her sister Ruth, brothers Aaron and Fritz and granddaughter Roxie. The Pointer Sisters started as a trio in 1969 when Anita quit her secretary job to join her sisters Bonnie and June, according to the statement. Anita Pointer. The Pointer Sisters released their debut album in 1973, with their single “Yes We Can Can” becoming an instant hit, ranking #11 on the Billboard charts.

☆ Deadly blizzard that killed 57 people still wreaking havoc across U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The deadly blizzard that has killed at least 57 people across the United States was still producing "extremely heavy snow" on Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. ET bulletin, adding that parts of storm-weary New York were experiencing snowfall of 1 to 2 inches per hour. "The snow will accumulate so rapidly that it will be extremely difficult for the road crews to keep the roads clear," the weather service said later in the morning. “Lingering lake-effect snows downwind from Great Lakes will become less intense and fade on Tuesday,” the weather service said in its 2:59 a.m. A tweet from the NWS though warning of flooding from the melting snow as temperatures rise.

☆ 'Incendiary devices' found after apparent murder-suicide at Colorado Jehovah's Witness hall
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

"Incendiary devices" were found at a Jehovah’s Witness hall following the apparent murder-suicide of a married couple there on Christmas Day, according to Colorado police. "An adult female was shot and killed by an adult male, who then shot and killed himself," the police said in a statement Sunday. The devices at the scene were rendered safe, police said, adding there were no additional suspects. "This kind of violence is always shocking but particularly on Christmas Day," Thornton Mayor Jan Kulmann said in a statement on Twitter. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

☆ 46 killed as freezing temperatures and heavy snow wallop swaths of U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The full brunt of the storm was being felt in western parts of New York, which had become a “warzone,” New York Gov. A “band of heavy snow” in the Buffalo area was producing two to three inches of hourly snowfall, the National Weather Service said in a 3 a.m. bulletin, warning of rapidly deteriorating conditions. The deaths were recorded in 12 states: Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The National Weather service said “hazardous travel conditions” were expected to continue over the next few days and that they would slowly ease over the new year. “The life-threatening cold temperatures and in combination with dangerous wind chills will create a potentially life-threatening hazard for travelers that become stranded, individuals that work outside, livestock and domestic pets,” the National Weather Service said in an earlier bulletin.

☆ Death toll rises to at least 55 as freezing temperatures and heavy snow wallop swaths of U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | Melissa Chan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

(Photo by John Normile/Getty Images)A "once-in-a-lifetime" blizzard has killed at least 55 people in the United States, including 25 in western New York's Erie County, officials said Monday morning. Snow was expected to fall in Erie County into Tuesday afternoon. Nationwide, temperatures plummeted, and huge snow drifts have trapped people inside their homes and snarled travel. The medical examiner's office in Erie County determined the 25 deaths there to be directly related to the blizzard, Poloncarz said. The county executive said a "good portion" of those deaths occurred in Buffalo, and that many died from heart problems while shoveling or snow blowing.

☆ King Charles offers sympathy to those struggling with 'hardship' in first Christmas broadcast
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Britain’s King Charles III offered sympathy to those struggling with “great anxiety and hardship” in his first Christmas broadcast as the U.K.’s monarch Sunday, amid a spiraling cost-of-living crisis. First broadcast in 1932, the message from the monarch has aired on television and radio in Britain and Commonwealth countries for the last 90 years. There has also been a series of walkouts by public workers over wages amid historic inflation. Ambulance and paramedic workers went on a strike earlier in the week and have another planned for Dec. 28. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak insisted his government has acted “fairly and reasonably” in public sector pay negotiations.

☆ Deadly winter storm will bring 'life-threatening' cold on Christmas Day, forecasters warn
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-25 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The deadly winter storm that has killed at least 28 people and caused travel chaos across the U.S. will create a “potentially life-threatening hazard,” for those on the move or working outside on Christmas Day, forecasters warned Sunday. “In some areas, being outdoors could lead to frostbite in minutes,” the National Weather Service said in a bulletin. Last month, areas just south of the city saw a record six feet of snow from a single storm. Power was being restored but by early Christmas Day morning, over 250,000 homes remained without electricity, including almost 100,000 across Maine, according to the Poweroutage.us website. “Lake-effect snows with local blizzard conditions may linger into Christmas Day,” it added.

Deadly unrest in the wake of a political crisis has left a number of American tourists stranded in Peru. Hundreds of international travelers, including some Americans, were stuck in and around the historic city of Machu Picchu as the government raced to secure transport to the nearest airport this weekend. Vega added that he was considering hiking to the nearest town to access the airport. Soldiers and police stand guard on the Pan-American highway in the town of Alto Siguas in southern Peru on Saturday. Peru’s caretaker president, Dina Boluarte, exhorted Congress on Saturday to approve early elections that could provide a way out of the crisis.

☆ Viktor Bout praises Putin, enjoys celebrity status after Griner exchange
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

He has since given high-profile interviews to state media and on Monday appeared on stage at a political event as he joined an ultranationalist party. Viktor Bout on a plane in Abu Dhabi before departing for Russia on Thursday. Russian media also showed him walking off a plane in Moscow, where relatives waiting with flowers embraced him. AFP - Getty ImagesSince his return home, Bout has given a pair of interviews to Maria Butina on the state-run TV channel RT. Like Butina, who was elected to the State Duma last year, Bout spared no time kicking off a potential political career.

☆ Drone strikes leave more than a million without power in southern Ukraine, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Russia used Iranian-made drones to target energy infrastructure in and around the port city of Odesa, leaving more than 1.5 million people without power, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. “The situation in Odesa region is very difficult,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address posted to his Telegram channel. People watch the soccer World Cup in a restaurant powered by a generator after a drone attack knocked out power in Odessa, Ukraine, on Saturday. The strikes were launched by the U.S.-supplied HIMARS missiles, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-appointed governor of the region, said on his own Telegram. He added that that it would help Ukrainian forces cut supplies to Crimea, which Russia has been using as a launchpad for its offensives and missile strikes.

☆ Bomb threat forces evacuation of Pattie LaBelle concert in Milwaukee
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A bomb threat forced the evacuation of a Pattie LaBelle concert at a theater in Milwaukee later Saturday, the organizers said in a statement. The R&B superdiva was whisked off the stage by security during her performance, videos posted to social media and verified by NBC News showed. An announcement can be heard notifying the concertgoers that the theater would be swept by local police before they could leave. Milwaukee's Riverside said in a statement that the show was “postponed following a bomb threat investigated by the Milwaukee Police Department.”“We are thankful for the efforts of the Milwaukee Police Department and our customers and staff for their safe and orderly exit,” it added. The theater was searched by K9 units and no explosives were found, the police told NBC News affiliate WTMJ, adding that there was no threat to the public.

☆ Explosions rock Russian military airbases; new strikes hit Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Explosions rocked two Russian military airbases hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine on Monday, according to local officials and state media. Russian authorities said they were investigating the media reports about the explosions on the base. A Tu-95 strategic bomber from the Russian air force prepares to take off from an air base in Engels, Russia on Jan. 24, 2022. AP“Engels airfield is one of the most important bases of Russian air forces,” said Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko in a tweet. Analysts said it was unclear that the new wave of Russian strikes were in any way retaliation for the blasts at the airbases.

☆ Iran's attorney general signals that morality police could be 'abolished'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Iran‘s Attorney General said Saturday that the country’s controversial morality police will be “abolished,” local media reported, amid ongoing nationwide protests. Montazeri's brief and unscripted comment came in response to a question about “why the morality police were being shut down,” the outlets reported. Iran’s Interior Ministry and police have not commented on the status of the morality police. Amini had allegedly failed to fully cover her hair and defied the country’s strict dress codes when she was arrested in Iran’s capital, Tehran. Police had said Amini died after she fell ill and slipped into a coma, but her family has said witnesses told them officers beat her.

Asked about the protests on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said the Chinese government was adjusting its Covid measures based on the realities on the ground. “We believe that with the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the support of the Chinese people, our fight against Covid-19 will be successful,” he said at a regular news briefing. Zhao also addressed the detention of BBC journalist Ed Lawrence, who was arrested Sunday while covering the protests in Shanghai. The Communist Party “has a lot of experience accumulated over the years in dissipating social unrest,” she said. Most of the people who protested appeared to be from the Han ethnic group that dominates China.

An 11-month-old baby and a 3-year-old died of stab wounds after their mother was taken into custody for observation on Saturday night in New York City, police said. The children, both boys, were found in a Bronx apartment with multiple wounds to the neck and torso and did not survive after being transported to a hospital, Deputy Chief Louis De Ceglie of Patrol Borough Bronx told a news conference late Saturday. Officers and another family member had attempted to resuscitate them at the scene, he said. Officers were told by a family friend that the children were with their father, before she left, he added. I think they’re the best and they’re able to handle and cope with any situation,” he added.

Club customers subdued gunman, officials say Two people subdued the gunman who opened fire at Club Q, a Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub late on Saturday, saving lives, officials say. Share this -Link copiedOfficials name suspect in Club Q shooting Police on Sunday named the suspected gunman in the Club Q nightclub shooting as Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22. “Members of the LGBTQ community deserve to live full lives.” Share this -Link copiedSen. Hickenlooper: Nightclub shooting an 'unspeakable act' The Colorado Springs nightclub shooting is an "unspeakable act," Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., tweeted Sunday morning. "Horrendous to hear about the shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. Jared Polis called Saturday's attack on an Colorado Springs LGBTQ nightclub "horrific, sickening and devastating," and commended the the "brave individuals" who stopped the shooter.

☆ Ukraine dismisses push to compromise with Putin after Kherson retreat
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“Ukrainian servicemen accept no talks, no agreements or compromise decisions,” Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny wrote on Telegram late Monday after a telephone conversation with Milley. Lavrov attended the G-20 leaders' summit in Bali instead of Putin. “They clearly have plans to keep the offensive going,” said Rajan Menon, a director at Defense Priorities, a Washington-based think tank. “It makes perfect sense” for Ukrainian forces to reach the Kinburn Peninsula south of Kherson, gaining a tactical advantage around the Black Sea, he added. “Hard fighting does remain for Ukraine as they seek to liberate occupied territory,” a senior military official said, adding that the U.S. and its allies would “ensure that they have what they need to succeed on the battlefield.”

☆ Kyiv warns of evacuations as Russian attacks threaten a winter without power
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

During winter, Kyiv sees temperatures plunge below the freezing point, making the potential for power outages in the coming months particularly alarming. Vita Spivakovska, who has a 6-month-old daughter, is facing power cuts each day that last up to 15 hours. Freezing is not the only problem that would face Kyiv’s residents if this scenario was repeated in the thick of winter. People eating lunch by candlelight due to a power cut at a bar in Kyiv on Oct. 24. “These points are equipped with everything necessary: heat, lighting, bathrooms, dining rooms, places to rest, banks of warm clothes and warm blankets,” he added.

SEOUL, South Korea — The first warning came around four hours before the crush turned deadly in Seoul’s Itaewon neighborhood as revelers celebrated Halloween. Emergency workers aid victims of the crush in the Itaewon district of Seoul on Sunday. Two women console each other near a memorial outside a subway station in Seoul, two days after the deadly Halloween surge. Yoon said police have launched an internal probe into the officers’ handling of the emergency calls and other issues, including the on-the-spot response to the crowd surge in Itaewon that night. Noting that screams were heard over the phone, the transcript of the call says: “We are going to be crushed to death here.

☆ Crowds so thick in Seoul that disaster was not clear until bodies were lined up, witness says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Mithil Aggarwal | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

At first everything seemed normal to Benedict Manlapaz as he joined Halloween revelers in the Itaewon neighborhood of South Korea's capital, Seoul, but the scale of the tragedy gradually became clear. “We all walked in the shoulder-to-shoulder crowd,” said Manlapaz, adding that he had been to a Halloween-themed cruise party with colleagues. Police stand guard at the scene of a Halloween crush in the Itaewon district on Sunday. As concerned relatives rushed to hospitals in search of their loved ones on Sunday, President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a national mourning period. “Last night, a tragedy and a disaster that should never happen did happen in the middle of Seoul celebrating Halloween,” Yoon said.

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