News 1 (Rotterdam police clash with rioters as Covid protest turns violent)

Dutch police have shot and wounded at least two people after rioting erupted in Rotterdam over new Covid-19 measures. Protesters threw rocks and fireworks at them and set police cars ablaze. Hundreds of protesters had gathered to show their anger at government plans for a Covid vaccine pass, and a ban on fireworks on New Year's Eve. The Netherlands imposed a three-week partial Covid lockdown last week as cases surged. Seven people were injured in total and at least 20 arrested in a night condemned by Rotterdam's mayor as "an orgy of violence". Police fired warning shots and direct shots "because the situation was life-threatening", a police spokesperson told Reuters news agency. The city was placed under a state of emergency and its main train station closed as a result of the violence. Rioters lit fires in the main shopping area of Rotterdam - News 2 (LeBron James suspended for one game after a strike to an opposing player's face leads to an on-court scuffle) Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Monday was suspended for a game without pay for the first time for making contact with Detroit Pistons star Isaiah Stewart in the face. James had been ejected during a game against the Pistons on Sunday. The ejection was only the second in James' career -- the first coming in 2017 for comments made to a referee. Sunday's altercation occurred with 9:18 remaining in the third quarter and the Lakers trailing 78-66 in Detroit. As a free throw was being attempted, James swung his arm backward while boxing out for a rebound, hitting Stewart. The NBA issued a release Monday saying that Stewart will be suspended for two games without pay for "escalating" the confrontation and "repeatedly and aggressively" pursuing James.