> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://dailybrief.net/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # April 13, 2022 - URL: https://dailybrief.net/220413/ - Published: 2022-04-13T10:45:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-15T13:59:26.000Z - Description: UKRAINE | BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING | ABORTION | NEW YORK | FUEL PRICES | MINNESOTA | U.S. ECONOMY | NEW MEXICO | NIGERIA | PHILIPPINES | LONDON | R.I.P. | MLB | TODAY IN HISTORY - Author: Daily Brief - Tags: issue ![](https://dailybrief.net/content/images/2022/04/2022-04-13_ghost_newscloud.png) Listen to this issue. 0:00 /3:26 1× **UKRAINE** | Today is day 49 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Here are your updates \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ukraine+russia+latest+updates&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\]: - The U.S. is expected to announce an additional $750 million in military assistance for Ukraine today. The aid is expected to include heavy ground artillery systems, among other weapons systems and equipment. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=us+750+million+more+military+aid+for+ukraine&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] - Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday characterized peace talks with Ukraine as being at a dead end and said that Russia’s military operations in Ukraine will continue until its objectives are achieved. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=putin+ukraine+talks+at+dead+end&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] - U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday termed the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “genocide,” saying that President Vladimir Putin is trying to “wipe out the idea of even being a Ukrainian.” \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=biden+calls+russian+invasion+a+genocide&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] - Russian Defense Ministry officials say at least 1,000 members of the Ukrainian military surrendered to Russian forces in Mariupol yesterday. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ukrainian+forces+mariupol+surrender&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] - The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are traveling to Kyiv for in-person meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=presidents+of+Poland%2C+Lithuania%2C+Latvia+and+Estonia+head+to+kyiv&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **BROOKLYN SUBWAY SHOOTING** | At least 10 people were shot and 29 injured when a man deployed smoke canisters and began shooting yesterday in a Brooklyn subway station. Police have named Frank R. James, 62, as a person of interest in the investigation. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brooklyn+subway+shooting+updates&df=w&iar=news&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **ABORTION** | Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law yesterday that makes it a felony offense to perform an abortion in the state, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oklahoma+governor+signs+abortion+law&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **NEW YORK** | New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned yesterday following his arrest on charges of bribery, fraud, and falsification of records related to a campaign contribution scheme. Benjamin pleaded not guilty in an initial appearance in a Manhattan federal court. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=NY+Lt+Gov+Brian+Benjamin+resignation&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **FUEL PRICES** | President Biden yesterday announced a new Environmental Protection Agency waiver that will temporarily allow increased sales of 15% ethanol blend gasoline. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=15%25+ethanol+blend+waiver+biden&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **MINNESOTA** | Two men convicted of taking part in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque received prison sentences of 14 and 16 years yesterday. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=minnesota+mosque+bombing+sentences&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **U.S. ECONOMY** | Labor Department data released yesterday showed an 8.5% year-over-year increase in consumer prices, with the largest increases seen in grocery and gas costs. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=labor+department+8.5%25+increase+consumer+prices&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **NEW MEXICO** | Residents of several New Mexico counties were forced to evacuate their homes yesterday as wildfires in several areas continued to spread. A fire in Ruideso has destroyed at least 150 structures. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=new+mexico+wildfires&df=w&iar=news&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **NIGERIA** | Local officials in the Nigerian state of Plateau say an armed gang has killed more than 100 people in four villages in the state’s Kanam region. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nigeria+plaeau+100+killed&df=w&iar=news&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **PHILIPPINES** | Search and rescue operations in the Philippines continue this morning after at least 56 people died in landslides and floods caused this week by heavy rains. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=philippines+flooding+search+and+rescue&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **LONDON** | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fined yesterday for attending a birthday party in his official residence in June 2020 that violated COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=boris+johnson+covid+gathering+fine&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **R.I.P.** | Actor and comic Gilbert Gottfried died yesterday at the age of 67\. Reports say the cause of death was a rare genetic muscle disease that affects the heart. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Gilbert+Gottfried+death&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **MLB** | San Francisco Giants’ Alyssa Nakken became the first female on-field coach in Major League Baseball history last night when she took over as the first-base coach during the Giants game against the San Diego Padres. \[[more](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Alyssa+Nakken+first+mlb+female+coach+on+field&iar=news&df=w&ia=news&ref=dailybrief.net)\] **TODAY IN HISTORY** | On this date in 1964, for his performance in “Lilies of the Field,” Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Academy Award for best actor. \[[more history](https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-13?ref=dailybrief.net)\]