Ukraine updates, a new proposed Georgia bill, and a breakthrough in science: This weeks news recap
Local and Nationwide News
- Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the US Supreme Court
- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has proposed a bill to let Georgia residents carry a gun without a permit
- Marijuana has been decriminalized federally
Global News
- Yemen’s president Abd-Rabbu hands power to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
- Sri Lanka declares a state of emergency
- 20 dead after prison riot in Ecuador
Ongoing News
COVID-19 Pandemic
- Covid outbreak among A-list guests including members of Biden’s Cabinet following elite Gridiron Club Dinner
- A new Omicron subvariant: BA.2 begins to spread in Georgia
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- Over 300 Ukrainians are found dead as Russian forces leave the city of Bucha
- Around 30 dead, 100 injured in a Russian airstrike in Kramatorsk
Light News
- Alexis ‘Scrappy’ Hawkins becomes the first woman to sign with a professional baseball team
- Scientists discover a new star, WHL0137-LS or Earendel, the farthest star from the Earth
- Second grade students help boost adoptions at local animal shelter with hand written letters and drawings
- Five new quarters featuring prominent women set to release 2023
This Week in History…
- April 4, 1968- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
- April 5, 1994- Rock icon Kurt Cobain passes away
- April 6, 1917- The United States officially enters World War I
- April 8, 1974- Atlanta Braves player Hank Aaron breaks the all-time home run record
- April 9, 1865- Robert E. Lee surrenders, ending the American Civil War
