Plus, 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrender, according to Russia.
Police have arrested the suspect in the New York City subway shooting; Russia says 1,000 Ukrainian marines have surrendered. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. |
The Brooklyn subway shooting suspect has been arrested |
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- Wednesday, police arrested the man they suspected of shooting 10 people in a brazen attack on the New York City subway. He now faces federal terrorism charges. [Washington Post]
- The shooting came amid an increase in shootings and hate crimes (though a decrease in homicides) that have worried some New Yorkers. NYC Mayor Eric Adams responded by promising to double the number of police on trains. [Intercept / Nick Pinto]
- The attack happened on a train in Brooklyn Tuesday; police say a man put on a gas mask, filled the car with smoke, and fired 33 shots with a 9mm Glock before fleeing the scene. Five of the 10 victims were listed as being in critical but stable condition. [Guardian / Nina Lakhani]
- Police recovered a bag at the scene thought to belong to the suspect containing a semi-automatic handgun, spent shell casings, smoke grenades, a hatchet, gasoline, and a U-Haul key linked to a vehicle he'd rented in Philadelphia. [BuzzFeed News / David Mack and Stephanie K. Baer]
- No motive has been announced; however, a YouTube account linked to the suspect contains videos in which he speaks emphatically about violence in New York City, using misogynistic and racist language. [CNN]
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1,000 Ukrainian marines surrender in Mariupol, Russia says |
- Wednesday, 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrendered in the besieged southern city of Mariupol, according to Russia's defense ministry. Ukraine has not confirmed this. [Reuters / Pavel Polityuk and Oleksandr Kozhukhar]
- Ukrainian soldiers in the city have long faced a lack of food and ammunition, and "voluntarily laid down arms," according to the Russian ministry. The strategically important Mariupol has suffered some of the most intense bombings of the war. [The Hill / Mychael Schnell]
- As of Wednesday, fighting in Mariupol is ongoing: Russians are attacking a key industrial area and Mariupol's port to get control of the city. If Russian forces were to capture Mariupol, they would hold a continuous strip of land to Ukraine's southeast. [Guardian / Jon Henley]
- In response to Russia's ongoing aggression, US President Joe Biden announced $800 million in additional military assistance to Ukraine, bringing total US aid to more than $3 billion. [CNN / Kevin Liptak]
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- Covid-19 cases are slowly rising in the Northeast, but it's unclear if another surge is coming [New York Times / German Lopez]
- On Tuesday, the US Preventive Services Task Force issued guidelines recommending all children 8 and older be screened for anxiety. [People / Abigail Adams]
- Wednesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said a bus carrying migrants released from federal custody in his state arrived in Washington, DC. [Forbes/ Nicholas Reimann]
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