Portal:Current events/2017 April 3
April 3, 2017 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing
- An attack on a Saint Petersburg Metro train at Sennaya Ploshchad station kills at least 11 people and injures more than 50 others. Authorities disarm another bomb, found at nearby Vosstaniya Square station. (The Independent) (The New York Times)
- Piracy off the coast of Somalia
Arts and culture
- An Egyptian excavation team discovers the remains of a pyramid dating back 3,700 years to the thirteenth Dynasty of Egypt at the Dahshur necropolis 40km south of Cairo. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Cyclone Debbie
- A mother and two children drown after their car plunges into the flooded Tweed River, raising the death toll to eight people. A ten-year-old girl escapes and alerts authorities. (News.com.au)
- A boiler explosion at a Missouri box company in St. Louis's historic Soulard neighborhood kills three people and injures four others. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) (St. Louis Public Radio)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Russia
- Russian authorities arrest more than 100 gay men in Chechnya, including television personalities and religious figures, for "nontraditional sexual orientation." The Novaya Gazeta newspaper reported that three of the arrested men have been killed, while others reportedly were released for family honor killing. Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov's spokesperson said this report contains “absolute lies and disinformation” since there are no homosexuals in Chechnya. (The Guardian) (The New York Times)
- Trump Tower wiretapping allegations
- Media reports indicate that former National Security Advisor Susan Rice improperly requested the unmasking of some American names, including those of Donald Trump's campaign staff, that had been incidentally collected during national security investigations. A National Security Adviser may request unmasking if specific criteria are met. A Rice associate denies that the unmasking was improper. (Fox News) (Business Insider) (The Blaze)
Politics and elections
- Armenian parliamentary election, 2017
- Authorities declare that the Republican Party, led by President Serzh Sargsyan, wins the Armenia election amid accusations by opposition parties and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe of voting irregularities. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- In ice hockey
- The NHL announces that it will not release its players to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics. (ESPN)
- In basketball
- 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
- North Carolina defeats Gonzaga, 71-65, for the 2017 men's basketball national title. (ESPN) (The New York Times)
- The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces its 2017 induction class, which will formally enter the Hall on September 8: (Hall of Fame press release)
- To be inducted as players are Zack Clayton, Nikos Galis, George McGinnis, and Tracy McGrady.
- To be inducted as coaches are Robert Hughes, Muffet McGraw, and Bill Self.
- To be inducted as contributors are Mannie Jackson, Tom Jernstedt, Jerry Krause, and Rebecca Lobo.
- 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game