Mass Stabbing in Saskatchewan

Most Foul: Police in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan are hunting for two suspects who are believed to have stabbed to death 10 people in an Indigenous community and a nearby town. An additional 15 were injured in one of the biggest mass killings in the country’s history. 

  The two suspects, Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30, were last seen in Regina, about 200 miles south of where the attacks occurred.

  The James Smith Cree Nation declared a state of emergency. The Associated press quotes one woman who knew one of the victims saying, “No one in this town is ever going to sleep again. They’re going to be terrified to open their door.” 

  Investigators say they have found 13 crime scenes. The motive for the attacks is not immediately clear, but the chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations gave a statement suggesting the stabbings could be drug related.

New PM: Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Liz Truss to replace the departing Boris Johnson as the country’s prime minister. She becomes Britain’s third female prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

  Truss, who was foreign secretary, survived a field of eight candidates pushing for tax cuts and smaller government. She takes over in a time of double-digit inflation, a threat of recession, high energy bills, and possible winter fuel shortages. 

Enemy of the State: Donald Trump during a speech in Pennsylvania over the weekend  described President Joe Biden as “an enemy of the state” and the FBI and Department of Justice as “vicious monsters.”

  Trump vented his anger over the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago club and Biden’s speech last week in which the President said, “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that’s threatens the very foundations of our Republic.”

  Trump described Biden’s address as “the most vicious, hateful, and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president.”

  “You’re all enemies of the state,” Trump told thousands of supporters at his rally for Pennsylvania Republicans. But he said of Biden “He’s an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth.” 

  Trump told the crowd, “It was not just my home that was raided last month. It was the hopes and dreams of every citizen who I’ve been fighting for.”

  Most Americans don’t  have hopes and dreams of hoarding top secret government documents in their home, as Trump did. 

The War Zone:  While the Ukraine military focuses on chipping away at Russian forces in the south, shelling is still taking its toll on the Eastern front. Four civilians died in in Donetsk Province over the weekend.

  Pavlo Kyrylenko, the governor of Donetsk, said in an online post that since the invasion began in February, a confirmed 797 civilians have  been killed and more than 20,000 wounded in his region.

  The Institute for the Study of War reports that Ukrainian officials say that their southern offensive is “an intentionally methodical operation” to grind down Russian troops, supplies, and logistics. Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Oleksiy Arestovych told the Wall Street Journal that Ukrainian troops are uncovering and destroying Russia’s operational logistical supply system with artillery and precision weapon strikes. The offensive, they say, is not designed to produce quick and dramatic gains.

The Shooting Gallery: As mass shootings become routine in the US and going out Saturday night is a risk, six people were wounded in a shooting in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, early yesterday. 

  Around midnight Saturday, two people were killed and five wounded, including several university students, in a shooting in Norfolk, Virginia. The shooting took place near Old Dominion University. The two who were killed were 25 and 19 years old.

The Obit Page: Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the 2001 book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” about living on minimum wage, has died at age 81.

  Ehrenreich took work as a hotel housekeeper, cleaning lady, nursing home aide, and Wal-Mart associate to learn how Americans could or could not survive on what was then a minimum wage of $7 an hour.

  The book spurred a movement for higher wages. Ehrenreich

said, “Many people praised me for my bravery for having done this — to which I could only say: Millions of people do this kind of work every day for their entire lives — haven’t you noticed them?” 

 Marilyn Loden, who was 31 working in human resources at the New York Telephone Company when during a business meeting she used the term “glass ceiling” to describe the invisible barrier that kept women down in employment, has died at age 76.

  There’s some debate about whether Loden coined the expression in 1978. It didn’t appear in print until 1984 and is now a common term.

  Loden quit NY telephone when she was ordered to take a job she didn’t want. She went on to have a successful career as an author and management consultant.

The Spin Rack: The NASA moon shot was delayed again Saturday because of a fuel leak. The next attempt is weeks away. — Good Morning America host Robin Roberts announced that she’s steeping away from the anchor chair for a while to take care of her partner, Amber Laign, who’s recovering from treatment for breast cancer. — Gustavo Arnal, 52,  who was the chief financial officer of troubled Bed Bath & Beyond housewares chain jumped to his death Friday from the New York skyscraper known as the Jenga Building for its randomly stacked floors similar to the blocks game “Jenga.” BB&B  stock lost nearly a quarter of its value last week after the company announced a restructuring that includes store closures and layoffs. — In Texas, where abortion is now illegal even for victims of rape, Gov. Greg Abbott said women who’ve been raped can take the “morning after pill.” — Former President Barack Obama won the outstanding narrator Emmy Award for his reading on the Netflix documentary, “Our Great National Parks.” He’s got great pipes.

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It's Been Said

"In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have, no excuses."

-Andrew Cuomo, resigning as governor of New York after accusations of sexual harassment

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