Latest on #WaukeshaParade

🔸One person of interest in custody
🔸Unclear whether attack was related to terrorism
🔸‘Some fatalities’ confirmed
🔸11 adults, 12 children transported to hospitals

🇷🇺🇺🇦The hysteria continues?
American officials have reportedly shared intelligence with European allies that includes a map outlining an alleged Russian troop "buildup" near the Ukrainian border.

According to a Bloomberg report, one scenario outlined by US intel paints Russian troops allegedly attempting to enter Ukraine through Crimea, the Russian border, and through Belarus, a country currently in the midst of a migrant crisis with Poland.

The report is the latest in a series of accusations made against Russia, even as the Kremlin has consistently rejected any assertion that it is planning an invasion. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov recently lashed out at the allegations, saying earlier that "this hysteria is being whipped up artificially."

🇺🇸 ⚠️ Walnut Creek police are warning of possible organized theft events after about 80 people stole from a local Nordstrom store in California this weekend. Three looters have been arrested, one of them had a firearm.

🔎 "The remaining participants in this criminal mob fled from the area in cars at high speeds," the police said on Sunday.

Video credit: Jodi Hernandez with NBC News

⚡️Five people dead, over 40 injured after vehicle plows through Waukesha Christmas parade

Lee Dong-seop, the president of Kukkiwon, the world Taekwondo headquarters, visited Donald Trump's residence in Florida and presented him a Taekwondo ninth Dan Black belt, the highest degree.

“It is my honour to receive the Honorary Dan Certificate and I think Taekwondo is a magnificent martial art for self-defence,” Trump said. He reportedly added that he would wear the Taekwondo suit in the US Congress if he made it back to the White House.

📸: Yonhap News Agency

The Wisconsin incident suspect may have tried to escape another crime scene, ABC reports

According to sources, the investigation found no connection between the Wisconsin incident and radicalisation, extremism or the Kyle Rittenhouse trial

❗Biden nominates Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chairman, CNBC reports

Kyle Rittenhouse insists during the interview with Fox News that he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and says that the shooting incidents during the Kenosha riots on 25 August 2020, had "nothing to do with race."

🇺🇸 Saule Omarova, who has been nominated by US President Joe Biden as a top banking watchdog at the US Treasury Department, was once a member of the USSR communist youth organization Komsomol, which could have served as springboard for her political career had she not moved to the US, Laura Sharkubenova, the director of the school where Omarova graduated in Kazakhstan, tells Sputnik.

Photo credit: Omarova’s Twitter

The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies parade group says their members are among the victims of the Wisconsin incident

Live from Waukesha following Christmas parade SUV ramming that killed five https://sputniknews.com/20211122/live-from-waukesha-following-christmas-parade-suv-ramming-that-killed-five-1090931951.html

❗ Sen. Warren pledges to oppose Biden's nomination of Jerome Powell for second term as Fed chair

❗️🛢The US is preparing to release oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as soon as Tuesday in concert with other consuming nations, Bloomberg reports.

The plans still could change, but the country is allegedly weighing a release of more than 35 million barrels over time.

The United States has added four Afghan men to its Designated Global Terrorists list, the US Department of the Treasury said

President Joe Biden said he and his family were praying for the families of the five people who were killed in the the Waukesha, Wisconsin attack, saying the entire community was struggling to cope with the deadly incident that occurred just days ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday.

⚡️ Waukesha Parade suspect charged with five counts of intentional homicide

According to Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson, the suspect was involved in a domestic disturbance just minutes before he drove his automobile through a police barricade at the parade. Authorities have denied that they were pursuing the suspect at the time of the fatal incident.
The act has not been labeled a terrorist attack.

DeSantis says that people have returned to work amid recent Florida's resistance to vaccine mandates

🗣“We provided protections for Floridians so they wouldn’t lose their job because of these mandates,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said.

DeSantis signed multiple bills regarding vaccine mandates on Thursday during Florida’s special legislative session. Under one of the bills, private employers must give workers the option of opting out of the vaccine mandate, including medical and religious exemptions.

⚡️🇷🇺US imposes sanctions on two vessels, one entity as targets over Nord Stream 2

⚡️🇺🇸 The Biden administration is considering sending lethal weapons and military advisers to Ukraine amid fears over a Russian incursion, CNN reported. The weapons would include new Javelin anti-tank, anti-armor missiles and mortars, according to the report.

The families of the Parkland high school massacre victims settled their lawsuit with the Justice Department after suing the agency and the FBI for not acting on tips warning about the shooter, according to a federal court filing on Monday.

On Valentine's Day 2018, Nikolas Cruz entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and murdered 17 students and faculty members and injured 17 others. According to the lawsuit, the FBI received tips about Cruz's violent behavior, mental instability, and a large purchase of firearms, yet failed to intervene.