Thursday morning news: September 8, 2022

For WORLD Radio, I'm Kent Covington. 

Canadian police arrest second stabbing suspect » Canadian police on Wednesday arrested the second suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people in Saskatchewan after a three-day manhunt.

Police located 32-year-old Myles Sanderson near the town of Rosthern in Saskatchewan. He reportedly surrendered after police rammed his vehicle.

Meantime, families of the victims are left with grief and unanswered questions.

ARCAND: How did this happen to our family? Why did it happen? We have no answers.

Saskatoon Tribal Council chief Mark Arcand heard there. His sister was among the victims.

Two days earlier, officers found the fugitive’s brother Damien Sanderson dead. Authorities believe the brothers carried out the attacks together.

Myles Sanderson is an ex-con with 59 convictions and a history of violence. He was released on parole in February.

Shelling continues around Zaporizhzhia » Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday.

That a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog pressed for a safe zone around the plant. UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi said he’s seen battle damage at the facility with his own eyes.

GROSSI: They are playing with fire and something very, very catastrophic could take place.

SHMYHAL: [Ukrainian]

Ukraine's Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, on Thursday asked for an international mission involving the EU, the UN and other international groups. He proposed that outside groups demilitarize an 18-mile radius around the plant.

SHMYHAL: [Ukrainian]

Russia currently controls the nuclear plant, which is the largest in Europe.

Trump FBI » Former Attorney General Bill Barr is criticizing a federal judge’s decision to grant Donald Trump’s request for a special master to review the documents the FBI seized from his home. He said the Justice Dept. should appeal.

He also responded to Trump’s claim that he had previously declassified the documents seized from his Mar-A-Lago estate.

BARR: The classified stuff are government documents. And they go to the government. There is no scenario, legally, under which the president gets to keep the government documents, whether it's classified or unclassified.

The Washington Post reported that among the seized records was “A document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.”

But Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said the Justice Dept is leaking information to the press, and …

RUBIO: Why would you leak? There’s only one reason to leak this stuff, and that is to create a narrative.

He said that’s further evidence that the Justice Dept. is politicizing the case.

COVID deaths » New COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall worldwide.

The World Health Organization reports that new COVID cases went down last week by about 12 percent to 4.2 million.

And Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus says weekly reported deaths have plummeted more than 80% since February.

GHEBREYESUS: This is very encouraging. But there is no guarantee these trends will persist. The most dangerous thing is to assume they will.

He added that the pandemic isn’t over, and that one person still dies with COVID-19 every 44 seconds.

Michigan abortion ruling » A Michigan judge struck down 1931 pro-life law that was set to take effect after the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision, saying it violates the state’s constitution. WORLD’s Mary Muncy has more.

MARY MUNCY, REPORTER: The decision comes months after the same judge temporarily barred authorities from enforcing the pro-life law.

Judge Elizabeth Gleicher said that the law violates the Michigan constitution by denying women a quote—“safe” and “routine” avenue of medical care.

The ruling comes as the Michigan Supreme Court considers whether to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would establish a right to abortion.

Reporting for WORLD, I’m Mary Muncy.

Sandy Hook advice for Uvalde » As a new school year begins this week in Uvalde, Texas, survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting are sharing messages of hope.

In 2012, a gunman killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown, Connecticut. Almost a decade later, 19 students and two teachers died in the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Jackie Hegarty is a survivor of the Sandy Hook shooting.

HEGARTY: The biggest piece of advice I can say is find comfort in your loved ones, especially classmates because they have that shared trauma. Don’t bottle things up. Talk to your family, your friends.

Some Sandy Hook survivors say it’s normal to struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and survivor’s guilt. But there is hope and healing is possible.

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

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