February 27 top stories
It is February 27. Here are today’s top stories.
Medical airplane crashes in Nevada
On Friday night, a medical services airplane crashed in western Nevada, killing all five people on board: the pilot, the patient, two medical staff, and a family member of the patient.
Authorities said the plane may have broken up in flight. It departed Reno and was en route to Salt Lake City but radar showed that it was descending after about 14 minutes.
Emergency crews have recovered several parts of the plane on the ground. A possible cause for the crash is bad weather as the area was under a winter storm warning on Friday night.
Michelle Yeoh wins historic SAG award
Actress Michelle Yeoh became the first Asian Best Actress Film winner in SAG history when she won the award last night for her role in “Everywhere Everything All At Once.” The film won four awards. Actor Ke Huy Quan won the Best Supporting Actor film, making him the first Asian actor to win that award.
Yeoh said in her acceptance speech that “This is not just for me, this is for every little girl that looks like me.”
Motorist crashes into group of bicyclists
On Saturday morning, a man driving a pickup truck crashed into a group of bicyclists in Goodyear, Arizona. Two cyclists, one female and one male, were killed, and 11 others were injured.
The driver, Pedro Quintana-Lujan, remained at the scene after the crash. He was arrested and charged with manslaughter and various counts of assault. Police said he was driving a pickup truck that was towing a trailer.
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Newspapers cut ties with “Dilbert” cartoon
Reuters said “the cartoon “Dilbert” has been dropped from numerous U.S. newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube.”
The creator, Scott Adams, said on Wednesday that he read a poll that said many African Americans do not think it’s “OK to be white.” Adams said this means Black Americans are a hate group and said that he doesn’t want to have anything to do with them.
One of the newspapers cutting ties with “Dilbert” is the Los Angeles Times. They said Adams “made racist comments.” Another newspaper in Cleveland said it was easy to decide to drop “Dilbert,” saying “We are not a home for those who espouse racism.”
Reuters said Adams responded to the controversy on his YouTube channel on Saturday that he expected to be “canceled” and that his income would be gone and his reputation destroyed. He said he expected this.
Dept. of Energy: Covid-19 may have been lab leak
The Wall Street Journal reported that scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy believe that the origin of Covid-19 was an accidental lab leak in China. The scientists said it was a “low confidence” assessment, meaning they are not entirely sure but are leaning that way.
Several top Republicans in Congress have pointed to the WSJ report as proof that their suspicions about the virus were right.
Axios said U.S. intelligence agencies are divided on what the evidence says about the origins of the coronavirus. Some federal agencies have an opposite viewpoint with a “low confidence” that the virus came from natural transmission from an infected animal.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the top U.S. experts on viruses, previously said the virus seems to have come from an animal-human transmission, but he would keep an open mind.
Axios said the real impact of the controversy over the origins of Covid-19 will be on the U.S.-China relationship and future funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Model in Hong Kong brutally murdered
In Hong Kong, a model and social media influencer named Abby Choi was brutally murdered with her body parts found in a refrigerator and elsewhere. Police have arrested Choi’s ex-husband and several of his family members and charged them with murder and/or related charges.
AP News explained that Choi had financial disputes with her ex-husband and his family. Her last post was a week ago when she attended the Paris Fashion Week.
She went missing last week and police found her dismembered remains in a refrigerator and that her skull was found in a cooking pot.
News images show police escorting those suspected of the murder — they were wearing large black masks covering their faces.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/us/nevada-care-flight-plane-crash/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/nevada-care-flight-plane-crash.html
https://mynews4.com/news/local/family-and-friends-identify-plane-crash-victims-through-gofundme
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/arizona-driver-cyclists-crash/index.html
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/27/covid-lab-leak-assessment-debate
https://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-model-laws-face-094750048.html