Mariupol, Ukraine, Arkansas car show shooting, March Madness: Biggest news you missed

Mariupol faculty sheltering 400 residents is bombed

The pounding of the besieged southern port metropolis of Mariupol intensified Sunday as Russia’s bloody assault on Ukraine waded deeper into its fourth week. The Mariupol metropolis council accused the Russian navy of bombing an artwork faculty the place about 400 folks had taken shelter. There was no quick phrase on casualties on the faculty, however the metropolis council stated on social media the constructing was destroyed and folks may stay underneath the rubble.

• Fears arose over the prospect of Russian-organized “focus and prisoner camps” after the Mariupol metropolis council stated Ukrainian passports have been taken from individuals who got a chunk of paper that “has no authorized weight and isn’t acknowledged all through the civilized world.” The town council additionally claimed Russian troopers have pressured greater than a thousand metropolis residents to be relocated to Russia. The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations stated Sunday that she couldn’t verify these reviews however expressed concern concerning the prospect of Russian-organized “focus and prisoner camps.” 
• Of three million refugees who’ve fled Ukraine since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, most have come to Poland. However an estimated 350,000 have entered Moldova, one among Europe’s poorest nations. Most are ladies and youngsters, as most males of preventing age have been ordered to remain behind to defend their nation. Now, authorities staff and support teams try to assist, conducting a hurried symphony throughout a number of languages, from Russian and Romanian, which is spoken in Moldova, to French and English. Learn extra right here.

Saturday recap:Zelenskyy calls Mariupol terror a warfare crime; Russia makes use of first hypersonic missile.

No less than 1 useless, 28 wounded in capturing at Arkansas automotive present

One particular person was in custody and a search was underway for an additional shooter Sunday after a rampage at a southeast Arkansas automotive present left not less than one particular person useless and 28 wounded, police stated. Arkansas State Police spokesman Invoice Sadler stated extra arrests have been attainable after “gunfire that swept throughout a crowd” in Dumas, a city of lower than 5,000 folks about 90 miles south of Little Rock. “One suspect is in custody and a search is constant right this moment for others who might have been firing,” Sadler stated. Dumas Police Chief Keith Finch stated an unknown variety of kids have been among the many injured.

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March Insanity

The lads’s NCAA Match Candy 16 is about however the defending champion will not be a part of it. No. 1 seed Baylor was eradicated by North Carolina in time beyond regulation Saturday in a bodily recreation that USA TODAY Sports activities columnist Dan Wolken says the referees let get out of hand. Elsewhere on Saturday, No. 1 Gonzaga averted an identical destiny by making key performs down the stretch to ship Memphis house. And No. 15 seed Saint Peter’s continued its Cinderella march, knocking out No. 7 Murray State to achieve its first Candy 16. The ladies’s Candy 16 will probably be finalized Monday, with No. 1 seed N.C. State in opposition to No. 9 Kansas State among the many video games on faucet. 

Virginian-Pilot reporter killed in Norfolk capturing

A Virginia newspaper reporter was one among two folks killed after a capturing exterior a restaurant and bar early Saturday morning, police stated. No less than 3 different folks have been injured. Sierra Jenkins, a 25-year-old training reporter for The Virginian-Pilot, was at Chicho’s Pizza Backstage in Norfolk with a good friend, her household stated. Restaurant supervisor Rory Schindel stated bartenders introduced final name round 1:30 a.m., and when clients started to go away, an argument started exterior the bar, adopted by gunshots. The Norfolk Police Division stated officers arrived on the scene simply earlier than 2 a.m. to reviews of a number of gunshot victims. One man, recognized as 25-year-old Devon Harris, was pronounced useless on the scene. Jenkins was taken to Sentara Norfolk Normal Hospital, the place she later died, police stated.

Hiya, spring! Very long time, no see. 

In the end spring is lastly right here. The vernal (aka spring) equinox – the start of astronomical spring within the Northern Hemisphere – happens Sunday. The equinox is the second the solar’s rays shine instantly on Earth’s equator. Sunday will probably be one among two days out of the 12 months – the opposite being the autumnal equinox in September – when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither towards nor away from the solar, leading to roughly 12 hours of daylight and 12 dead nights nearly in every single place on Earth. For the oldsters down underneath within the Southern Hemisphere, it is the autumnal equinox this Sunday, marking the primary day of autumn.

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