Monday, May 11 coronavirus and top news briefs
Hello, welcome to The Daily Moth! It is Monday, May 11. Here are coronavirus and top news briefs.
As of this afternoon, there are 1.3 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S. and 80,000 deaths. 216,000 people have recovered. On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 731 Covid-19 deaths, which is the first time in 42 days that the number of daily deaths was under 1,000.
More and more states are reopening in phases — such as barbershops, restaurants, coffee shops, construction, and gyms. Generally “red” states — those with a Republican majority — are moving faster in reopening than “blue” states - -those with a Democratic majority.
Three of the nation’s top health officials will go into self-quarantine because they may be exposed to the coronavirus. They are Dr. Anthony Fauci from the White House coronavirus task force team, CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield, and FDA head Stephen Hahn. President Trump’s valet and a top aide for Vice President Mike Pence recently tested positive for Covid-19. None of the three aforementioned officials said they were tested positive, but are quarantine themselves out of caution. This afternoon media reported that the White House has directed staff to wear masks. President Trump and VP Pence has been resistant to the idea of wearing masks themselves. We will see what impact it has on the White House.
Elon Musk said he would move Tesla’s headquarters and future programs from Fremont, California to either Texas or Nevada because his factory is still shut down due to coronavirus restrictions. He said he is suing the Alameda County.
On Saturday night there was a UFC fight in Jacksonville, Florida that had no fans but was televised. It was the first pro sports competition in North America since mid-March. There was one fighter who tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday morning and his fight was cancelled but the others proceeded. The UFC will host two more fight nights this week. This Sunday the NASCAR will hold races in North Carolina on television and without fans.
The Georgia Attorney General has requested the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate how local law enforcement in Brunswick handled the Ahmaud Arbery shooting case. There were no arrests until last week when a video was released. When the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case, they quickly made an arrest. But what about the weeks before it? So there’s a formal request for the DOJ to look at this. In separate but related news, there were “new” videos released that showed Arbery walking into a property under construction before he was shot to death. This was in February. He is seen looking around in the construction zone and does not take anything or damage anything. Arbery’s family attorney said he engaged in no illegal activity and was only there for a short time during a jog and resumed jogging afterwards until he was shot. The property owner said they never talked with Gregory or Travis McMichael — who were charged with murder — nor called police. The McMichaels lived near the construction zone. They might have seen something and became suspicious. It appears that they will try to defend shooting Arbery by saying they suspected him of being a burglar and was trying to do a “citizen’s arrest” and had to shoot him to “stand their ground.” Many civil rights organizations and political leaders said the shooting was based on racism and was a lynching. The Department of Justice said today they are looking at the evidence to see if they should bring federal hate crimes against the McMichaels.
Three well-known people passed away over the past weekend.
The first is Roy Horn from Siegfried and Roy —the duo who provided magic and entertainment shows with a white lion. Roy passed away on Friday from Covid-19. He was 75.
The second is Little Richard, a musician who Rolling Stones said is a “founding father of rock & roll.” He died from bone cancer at the age of 87.
The third is actor and comedian Jerry Stiller, who appeared in an elderly father role in “Seinfeld” and “The King of Queens” and was the real-life father of actor Ben Stiller. He died at 92 from natural causes.
The Iranian military accidentally fired a missile into one of their own naval vessels during training exercises. News reports say 19 sailors died and 15 others were injured.
That’s all the coronavirus and top news briefs for today. Check out our Deaf News stories. See you tomorrow and stay with the light!
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