News Wrap: Ukraine claims Russia plans to sabotage Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Amna Nawaz:
Elsewhere, a 14-year-old boy was killed and six people hurt in a shooting on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Nine others were wounded in a neighborhood shooting in Washington, D.C. And, in Philadelphia today, a suspect was arraigned on murder charges in Monday night's shooting that killed five people.
One of the so-called Central Park 5 in New York has won the Democratic nomination for a City Council seat in Central Harlem. Yusef Salaam was convicted, imprisoned and then exonerated in the rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park in 1989.
Last week, Salaam claimed victory on primary night, but he had to wait for officials to count absentee ballots before the race was called today. He is all but assured of winning the general election in November.
In the war in Ukraine, fears about the fate of a nuclear plant under Russian control escalated today. Each side claims the other plans to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site in Southeastern Ukraine. It's the largest in Europe. The plant has already been damaged during months of shelling, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia has now mined the roofs of reactor buildings.
Source: PBS NewsHour
