March 9, 2023: Russia, Biden in Pennsylvania, North Korea fires missile, California flood, LA police

March 9, 2023: Russia, Biden in Pennsylvania, North Korea fires missile, Atmospheric river, LA police

1. Russia launched a huge wave of missile strikes across Ukraine while people slept on Thursday, killing at least six civilians, knocking out electricity and forcing a nuclear power plant off the grid.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to the swing-state of Pennsylvania on Thursday to unveil a federal budget plan laden with spending proposals and higher taxes on the wealthy that will form a blueprint for his expected 2024 re-election bid.

3. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea, located between China and the Korean Peninsula, South Korea's military said.

4. Flood watch notices were posted across northern and central California for Thursday ahead of an atmospheric river storm expected to douse much of the state with heavy rain, including mountain areas still buried from a near-record snowfall.

5. Three Los Angeles police officers were shot and wounded on Wednesday evening but were in stable condition while the suspect "was pronounced deceased", the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said.

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