Monday morning news - September 5, 2022

For WORLD Radio, I'm Kent Covington. 

Canada stabbings » At least 10 people are dead after a series of stabbings at an Indigenous community in Saskatchewan, Canada. Fifteen others are wounded.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore:

BLACKMORE: Our thoughts are with the many victims, deceased and injured, their family, friends, and communities. It is horrific what has occurred in our province today.

She said there are 13 crime scenes on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the village of Weldon.

Police last night were searching for two suspects. Blackmore said it appeared the perpetrators targeted some of the victims, while others were attacked at random. She could not speak to a possible motive.

Zaporizhzhia » Heavy fighting around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant partially knocked the facility offline over the weekend.

UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi is leading a team of inspectors. He said the plant clearly bears the scars of war.

GROSSI: I was able to see myself and my team impact holes, markings on buildings from shelling.

The plant’s last external power line was severed on Saturday, but the facility was able to run electricity through a reserve line, even as nearby explosions shook the ground.

Russia has occupied the Zaporizhzhia facility since early March, but Ukrainian staff continues to operate it.

Jackson water » Water is flowing once again in Jackson, Mississippi. Officials announced Sunday that they’ve restored water pressure to most of the city’s customers. But it’s still not safe to drink just yet. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba:

LUMUMBA: In terms of having water that is fit for consumption, I think that we are a matter of days, not weeks, away from that.

The boil notice will continue until the city reports two rounds of clear samples.

At least 9 migrants died in border crossing » Border officials in Texas searched for more drowning victims over the weekend. That after at least nine migrants died trying to cross the rain-swollen Rio Grande.

Mexican officials also aided in the search near Eagle Pass, Texas.

U.S. crews rescued 37 others from the river, which rose more than 2 feet in a single day.

The Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass, is fast becoming the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. Agents stopped migrants nearly 50,000 times in the sector in July alone.

CA wildfire » In Northern California, firefighters are laboring to contain a blaze that sparked out of control at the start of the Labor Day weekend.

The blaze has driven about 1,000 people from their homes in the rural community of Weed. One local resident described a frightening scene …

AUDIO: I went outside. Everything was black. Debris, fire was going through the air. Things were exploding. You couldn’t see in front of your face.

As of Sunday, the fire covered about 7 square miles and was 25% contained.

Cal Fire reported three injuries but no fatalities.

NASA moon rocket » NASA’s new moon rocket remains on the launching pad.

The rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak over the weekend. That forced controllers to scrub their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies.

It’s unclear when they’ll try again. Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin:

SARAFIN: Our focus is on understanding the problem, developing solutions. Then we’ll follow up next week when we have those options fleshed out further.

NASA hopes to reschedule the launch for later this month.

The previous attempt to launch a week ago was also troubled by hydrogen leaks.

Box office » At the weekend box office, Spider-man swung into first place again.

TRAILER: When Mysterio revealed my identity, my entire life got screwed up. I was wondering if you can maybe make it so that he never did?

The re-release of Spider-Man: No Way Home took in another $8 million domestically over the holiday weekend. It has now grossed almost $2 billion worldwide.

Another holdover, Top Gun: Maverick finished second with $7 million. The sequel has now grossed nearly 1.5 billion globally.

I’m Kent Covington. For more news, features, and analysis, visit us at wng.org. 

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