QUICK HITS

1 Ukraine marks another Easter at war as it comes under fire from Russian drones and troops:

As Ukraine spent its third Easter at war, Russia on Sunday launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east, wounding more than a dozen people, and claimed that its troops took control of a village they had been targeting. Ukraine’s air force said Russia had launched 24 Shahed drones overnight, of which 23 were shot down.

2 Stormy weather, flooding continues in Houston area:

More storms were moving through the already-saturated Houston area on Sunday, where flooding from heavy rains has led to the rescue of hundreds of people from homes, rooftops and roads.“It’s going to be raining through the day, and some of the storms could be producing the heavier downpours,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Hayley Adams.

3 Top RNC lawyer resigns after rift grows with Trump:

The top lawyer at the Republican Party is resigning after he cited conflicts with his other work obligations and after Donald Trump grew angry about his criticism of the former president’s false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, people familiar with the situation said Saturday night. The lawyer, Charlie Spies, is a long-respected GOP election operative who was hired by Trump’s top lieutenants in March after the former president engineered a takeover of the Republican National Committee, which in recent years has been the party’s main operation in both fundraising and field operations.

4 Australian police kill teen who attacked with a knife:

A 16-yearold boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night. The teen attacked the man and then rushed at police officers before he was shot, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday. “There are indications he had been radicalized online,” Cook said.