by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 16.
- Climate change: Key UN finding widely misinterpreted
- Thermophotovoltaic cell converts 40 percent of heat energy to electricity
- War in Ukraine generates interest in nuclear energy, despite danger
- Sinking of Russian warship offers Ukraine a morale — and maybe strategic — boost
- Ukraine war far from over as Russia renews strikes in Kyiv
- Russia’s Black Sea flagship was hit by 2 Ukrainian missiles, a U.S. official says.
- Ukrainian governor says Mariupol ‘has been wiped off the face of the earth’
- Ukraine weathers previously unthinkable: 50 days of Russian war
- Fresh Russian strikes hit Kyiv and Lviv
- Explosions reported near Kyiv and Lviv
- ‘I feel so lost’: The elderly in Ukraine, left behind, mourn
- Moskva sinking: Loss strikes serious blow to Russian military’s prestige
- Putin thought Ukraine war was a missile to Nato. It may be a boomerang
- The sinking of a warship was a major blow to Russia — and the most significant combat loss for any navy in decades.
- Explosions Rock Kyiv Even as Russia Prepares for Eastern Offensive
- Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s New Purpose: Punish Putin, Russian Forces For War Crimes
- Russian Forces Expand Footprint in Eastern Ukraine
- More Than 900 Civilian Bodies Found In Kyiv Region, Police Say
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy asked Biden to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism (There’s no doubt that’s what Russia is.)
- Vladimir Kara-Murza from jail: Russia will be free. I’ve never been so sure.
- How Russia Media Uses Fox News to Make Its Case
- Sanctioned Russian oligarchs linked to £800m worth of UK property
- Exclusive: Zelensky says world should be prepared for possibility Putin could use nuclear weapons
- Liberation Without Victory (“In a wide-ranging conversation at his compound in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tells The Atlantic what Ukraine needs to survive—and describes the price it has paid.”)
- Ukraine Update: Kyiv Demands Release of Over 1,000 Civilians
- Ukraine war: Russia bans Boris Johnson from country over Ukraine war
- These lawyers and firms are still working with Russian banks, even amid the war
- Ukraine’s Lifeline (“Ukraine’s fate will be decided not by combat power alone, but by either side’s ability to employ effective logistics”)
- Taiwan says China’s threats will only increase support for island
- South African flood victims search for bodies of lost loved ones
- Opponents of French far-right plan protests as election campaign enters final week
- Palestinians clash with Israeli police at Jerusalem holy site, 152 injured
- Covid Live Updates: BA.2 Rise Across U.S. Evident Even With Diminishing Test Data
- Biden Plans to Open More Public Land to Drilling (As a country, the U.S. is simply not serious about the climate crisis.)
- Bidens report $610,702 in 2021 income as they release tax returns
- U.S. Factory Output Rises More Than Forecast in Broad Advance
- California Ran on Nearly 100% Clean Energy This Month
- Republicans just gave us a terrifying preview of their 2024 strategy (“They’ll refuse to participate in debates, and delegitimize every part of the election process from start to finish.”)
- The Slime Machine Targeting Dozens of Biden Nominees (“A new dark-money group has systematically attacked dozens of Biden nominees.”)
- Major newspapers miss the mark with disparate coverage of Jared Kusher, Hunter Biden
- To help Trump, Republicans take a coward’s way around debates
- The Language of the Lee-and-Roy Texts Betrays Them
- Lee worked hard to overturn election, keep Trump in power, texts show (Lee should be out of Congress immediately and also under arrest.)
- Mike Lee and the “Good Republicans” Were No Different Than the Crazy Kraken Lady
- Donald Trump REALLY Needed To Stop Listening To Mike Lee’s Terrible Legal Advice
- ‘Please tell me what I should be saying.’ Text messages show Sen. Mike Lee assisting Trump efforts to overturn 2020 election
- A High-Ranking Proud Boy Is Now Snitching for the Feds
- As G.O.P. Candidates Face Accusations, Rivals Tread Carefully
- Donald Trump Veers Headfirst Into the 2022 Primaries
- J.D. Vance and Donald Trump Were Meant to Be (“The two men have more in common than it might have seemed”)
- Trump Endorses J.D. Vance in Republican Primary for Senate in Ohio
- The First Post-Trump Republican Race (“In Ohio’s raucous Senate primary, conservatives are competing for the ex-President’s favor—and to define what Trumpism still means.”)
- Josh Mandel Gets Schlonged
- No State Official Is Doing More Damage to This Nation Than Greg Abbott
- Texas repeals immigration order that caused border gridlock
- 5 reasons it will be hard for Elon Musk to buy Twitter
- There are good reasons why Elon wants Twitter (“Twitter may not be a great business, but it can buy you power and influence.”)
- Elon Musk Demonstrates How Little He Understands About Content Moderation
- Elon Musk has a plan for Twitter. It may scare away users and advertisers.
- Twitter board adopts poison pill after Musk’s $43 billion bid to buy company
- Patrick Lyoya’s Family Demands Answers After Fatal Police Shooting
- Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps (Disgraceful.)
- U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer will appear on primary ballot, Iowa Supreme Court rules
- 1Q22 Fundraising Numbers For U.S. House of Representatives Races Are Coming In…
- Campaign fields narrow as money gushes into congressional races
- With His Trumpist Appointment to Head Up the Commonwealth Commission on Higher Education, Youngkin Continues His Assault on Virginia Public Education (Among other things, he called for the U.S. to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and praised Trump’s summit with the brutal North Korean dictator.)
- Attorney General Miyares and VAGOP Don’t Know What a Plea Deal Is (“Therefore, on the DPVA’s dime, we are offering to buy Attorney General Miyares and the VAGOP the latest edition of Plea Bargaining, by Nicholas Herman.” )
- Editorial: Their unrealized promise (“Fifteen years since the deadly Virginia Tech shooting, ruminate on the awful toll gun violence takes from our communities.”)
- Virginia Tech remembers victims of 2007 shootings, 15 years later
- More African American cemeteries will have access to state funding thanks to new law
- Youngkin names former delegate to lead criminal justice agency (Right winger.)
- Youngkin proposes new crimes for pot possession, changes to CBD retail
- Virginia 10-Day New COVID-19 Cases Down 95% Compared to 1/19; Hospitalizations Down to 150 From ~4,000 in January (Cumulative Virginia COVID-related deaths surpass 20,000.)
- Video: Loudoun Chair Phyllis Randall Says Loudoun GOP Chair “in some ways…a joke,” but “can become very dangerous,” Just Like Trump (“Loudoun has been the epicenter for harassment, for lies, for violence”; “there is a strategy to what [Republicans are] doing”)
- Virginia Beach towing firm accused of taking, selling service members’ vehicles, including a deployed SEAL’s
- Special prosecutor investigating whether Chesterfield detective violated law in altering 7 search warrants
- Tison: Speak up to stop Salem VA hospital from closing
- Judge dismisses lawsuit against Norfolk claiming breach of contract after city OKs Pamunkey casino
- D.C.-area forecast: Late-day shower or storm, and much cooler Easter Sunday (“Temperatures are a few degrees above normal today. Tomorrow, about 10 to 15 degrees below normal.”)
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