Headlines for March 17, 2022

Ukraine Blames Russia for Attack on Mariupol Theater Where Hundreds Sheltered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Asks U.S. Congress for More Weapons, WHO Warns 6 Million People in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Face “Unparalleled Health Crisis”, U.N. Drive for Yemen Aid Falls Far Short of Goal Needed to Avert Catastrophe, UK’s Boris Johnson Meets With Saudi Crown Prince, Urging the Kingdom to Pump More Oil, FBI Documents Reveal Saudi Spy Linked to Prince Bandar Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, Homeland Security Dept. Grants 18-Month TPS to Afghans Who Fled Taliban Takeover, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Fed Raises Interest Rate for 1st Time Since 2018; Six More Hikes Expected in 2022, Colorado House Passes Bill to Protect Abortion and Contraceptive Access, 7.4 Earthquake Off Fukushima Coast Kills 4, Triggers Shutoff of Nuclear Plant Cooling Systems, Haitian Health Workers Strike to Protest Spike in Gang Kidnappings, Michoacán Reporter Armando Linares Becomes Eighth Mexican Journalist Murdered This Year, Iran Releases Dual British Citizens Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori After Years in Prison, Puerto Rico Exits Bankruptcy as Critics Question Fate of Remaining Debt and Continued Austerity