CNN:"President Joe Biden called the shooting at a Nashville school that killed six people, including three children, "heartbreaking, a family's worst nightmare." The president, who was speaking at Small Business Administration’s Women’s Business Summit Monday, said more needs to be done to stop gun violence.“It’s ripping our communities apart," he said."
PRESIDENT-GOV-UA:"...Dear participants of this meeting! Ukraine will prevail in this war. It is only a matter of time when Russian aggression is defeated. But the evil state should not have any chance to win with ruins.
REUTERS:"U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged members of the House of Representatives to raise the federal debt ceiling without conditions, warning that a default on U.S. debt would cause an ‘economic and financial catastrophe.’"
CNN:""At least four people were killed in a mass shooting Monday at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, police said. The shooter, identified as a 23-year-old male, was employed at the bank, police said. The shooter's "weapon of choice" was a rifle and he was shot and killed by law enforcement, police said. The shooter was live-streaming, according to interim police chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroe."
CNN:"A massive leak of classified Pentagon documents reveal the US' efforts in spying on Russia, with details of intercepted communications of Russia's Defense Ministry and the mercenary organization Wagner Group. The documents also divulge weaknesses in Ukrainian weaponry — reportedly forcing the country's military to alter some plans as fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, with a deadly attack by Russian forces on Easter Sunday."
WSJ:"The S&P 500 headed lower Wednesday, giving up gains from earlier in the session. Stocks began the day higher after data showed inflation eased to its lowest level in nearly two years in March. The consumer-price index, a closely watched measure of inflation, rose 5% last month, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The report offered some encouragement to investors. Inflation is continuing to pull back from its multidecade high hit last June. That should, in many investors’ eyes, keep the Federal Reserve on course to finish its interest-rate increase campaign within the year.
CNN:" A fire that started Tuesday afternoon at a recycling plant in the eastern Indiana city of Richmond was emitting toxic smoke and has forced evacuation orders for about 2,000 people – and it is expected to burn for days, officials said.Plastics were among the items burning at the plant, and the smoke – a thick, black column rose from the site Tuesday – is “definitely toxic,” Indiana State Fire Marshal Steve Jones said in a news briefing."
CNN:"King Charles III spoke on the Ukraine war during his historic address to Germany's parliament on Thursday. The British sovereign is in Germany on the inaugural state visit of his reign with the Queen Consort until Friday. "Since I last spoke in this building the scourge of war is back in Europe," Charles told lawmakers. "The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has inflicted the most unimaginable suffering on so many innocent people."
WSJ:" Oil prices rose sharply after leading members of the OPEC cartel said they would cut production, a surprise move that stands to boost gasoline bills and inflation in the West. In recent market action: Oil prices were on track for their largest single-day jump since April 12. Most-actively traded futures for Brent crude rose 6% to $84.72 a barrel. Equivalent contracts for West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. marker, rose 6.3% to $80.45 a barrel.