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Blast in St. Petersburg kills Russian military blogger: Reports

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

An explosion in St. Petersburg killed Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky on Sunday, according to media reports.The Russian Interior Ministry confirmed the incident, the BBC reported. It is not clear who was responsible for the blast.At least 16 people were injured in the attack at the Street Bar Cafe, according to the reports.Videos posted on social media show an explosion and injured people on the street. Reuters reported that a St. Petersburg website said that the cafe where the explosion occurred had at one time belonged to Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner Group, the Russian paramilitary operation that is fighting for Russia in Ukraine.If Tatarsky was deliberately targeted, it would be the second assassination on Russian soil of a figure associated with the war in Ukraine. Russia blamed Ukraine for the killing of Darya Dugina — daughter of Alexander Dugin, a Russian ideologue and ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — in an attack near Moscow last summer. Kyiv ...

More oil producers join Saudis in surprise production cuts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Several major oil producing countries have joined Saudi Arabia in announcing surprise production cuts that could send world oil prices higher. Saudi Arabia said Sunday it was cutting production by 500,000 barrels per day from May until the end of the year. That represents less than 5% of its average production in 2020. The United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria and Kazakhstan all announced similar but smaller reductions, for a total of 1.15 million barrels per day.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from May until the end of 2023, a move that could raise prices worldwide.Higher oil prices would help fill Russian President Vladimir Putin’s coffers as his country wages war on Ukraine and force Americans and others to pay even more at the pump amid inflation fueled in part by that conflict.It was also likely to further strain ti...

Explosion in Russian cafe kills prominent military blogger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — An explosion tore through a cafe in Russia’s second-largest city Sunday, killing a prominent military blogger who had supported the fighting in Ukraine. Russia’s Interior Ministry said more than a dozen people were wounded.Russian news reports said blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed and 16 people were hurt in the explosion at the Street Food Bar No. 1 cafe in St. Petersburg. The reports did not mention any claim of responsibility or provide details beyond saying that a cafe visitor carried an “explosive device.”The Interior Ministry said everyone at the cafe at the time of the blast was being “checked for involvement.”Russia media and military bloggers said Tatarsky was meeting with members of the public and that a woman presented him with a box containing a statuette that apparently exploded. A patriotic Russian group that organized the event said it had taken security precautions, but added that “regrettably, they proved insufficient.”Si...

Providence guard Breed suspended after gun charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence suspended guard Alyn Breed after he was charged with pointing a gun at his girlfriend and other crimes over the weekend.Maj. David Lapatin said Breed wielded the gun during an exchange with his girlfriend in an off-campus apartment early Saturday, The Providence Journal reported. He also is accused of taking a cellphone, driving someone’s car without permission and vandalism.Breed, 22, is charged with using a firearm in a violent crime, carrying a dangerous weapon during the commission of a violent crime, carrying a firearm without a license, unlawful entry of a home, domestic robbery, domestic vandalism and driving a vehicle without consent of the owner, Lapatin said.Breed was arrested Saturday and remained in custody awaiting a court appearance Monday. It was not known if he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.The school released a statement Saturday night saying athletic director Steve Napolillo and new men’s basketball coach Kim...

Two in hospital after TTC bus collision in Collier and Church streets area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

Two women have been transported to hospital after a collision involving a TTC bus in the Collier and Church streets area on Sunday afternoon.COLLISION:Collier St + Church St12:26 p.m.– Pedestrian and TTC bus involved– Police are on scene@TorontoMedics are transporting a woman in her 50s to hospital– Unknown extent of injuries– E/B lanes at Yonge/Church are blocked @TTCnotices#GO723859^lb— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) April 2, 2023Police arrived on scene at approximately 12:26 p.m. as Toronto paramedics transported two victims with injuries to hospital.One woman with severe to moderate injuries was taken to a trauma centre, and one woman with minor injuries was taken to a local hospital.Eastbound lanes at Yonge and Church are blocked.

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ opens with $38.5M, takes down John Wick

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Riding terrific reviews and a strong word-of-mouth, the role playing game adaptation “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” opened with $38.5 million in U.S. and Canadian movie theaters over the weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday, stealing the top box-office perch from “John Wick: Chapter 4.” The Paramount Pictures and eOne release appealed to more moviegoers than many expected a film based on a notoriously niche table top game to interest. “Game Night” directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley turned in a rollicking comic action-adventure, with a cast including Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page and Hugh Grant, that’s bringing in ticket buyers less familiar with “D&D.” Audiences gave “Honor Among Thieves,” which launched with a raucous opening-night premiere at SXSW, an A- CinemaScore. It scored 91% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. “We know how good our movie is,” said Chris Aronson, distribution chief for Param...

For want of a pipeline: Canadian LNG should power low-carbon revolution, report says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

WASHINGTON — As the world struggles to find the right balance between a carbon-free future and a present that still runs on fossil fuels, Canada could be leveraging its natural-gas riches to help fuel both, a new report suggests. The report, to be released Monday by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, urges the federal government to finally get serious about building the infrastructure necessary to fast-track the extraction and export of liquid natural gas. The carbon-credits clause of the 2015 Paris climate accord could be a “key driver of growth” for the LNG sector if Canadian natural gas were to become a viable alternative for coal-fired power plants around the world, it suggests.“This initiative could not only support natural gas exports but an array of services, technology, and materials exports,” writes Eric Miller, president of the D.C.-based Rideau Potomac Strategy Group and the report’s author.“Canada should use the global carbon market fra...

IDA Crown Jewish Academy talks Passover

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

CHICAGO — Students at IDA Crown Jewish Academy joins us in the studio to talk about the history of Passover.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.

Fetterman outlines 'downward spiral' that led to depression diagnosis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

(The Hill) – Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who was released from the hospital last week following treatment for clinical depression, detailed the “downward spiral” that led to him seeking help for his depression in February.“It's like, you just won the biggest race in the country,” Fetterman said to CBS Sunday Morning in his first interview since checking into treatment. “And the whole thing about depression is that objectively, you may have won, but depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost. And that's exactly what happened. And that was the start of a downward spiral.”Fetterman, who defeated Mehmet Oz in one of the most closely-watched and high stakes Senate races in 2022, was released from the hospital on Friday and will spend time with his family at home in Pennsylvania while the Senate is on a two week recess. The win over Oz helped Democrats secure a majority in the pivotal upper chamber.Fetterman said he expects to be back in the Senate when it reconvenes t...

Weekend Break with Studio by Garden Streets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

Join us in today's Weekend Break where Marcella makes succulents with Studio by Garden Streets.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.