Monday, May 4 coronavirus & top news briefs
Hello, welcome to The Daily Moth! It is Monday, May 4. Hope your weekend was good. Here are top news briefs.
There are 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 in the world. The U.S. has almost 1.2 million cases with 68,000 deaths. We are #1 in the world in cases and deaths, by far.
The New York Times said although cases of infections and deaths have stabilized, it’s not improving in the U.S. Between 1,000 to 2,000 people have died every day for the last month.
The Times reported that they saw an internal document from the FEMA that projected the daily death toll from COVID-19 to reach about 3,000 on June 1.
Italy, Spain, and France have reported their lowest daily death tolls from COVID-19. Italy reported 174 deaths on Monday. Spain reported 164 deaths. France reported 135 deaths. All three countries are starting to slowly allow people to go to parks, to visit relatives, and order takeout food.
Today the Supreme Court held arguments remotely via phone for the first time in history. The case was about whether booking.com may trademark its name. The Times said the court will hear 10 cases by phone over the next two weeks, including cases related to subpoenas for President Trump’s financial records.
In Flint, Michigan a security guard at a Dollar Store was shot in the head and later died in a hospital on Friday. The guard’s name was Calvin Munerlyn. News reports said the guard got in an argument with a mother and daughter because the daughter was not wearing a face mask. Michigan requires people to wear face masks in enclosed spaces. The mother and daughter was refused service and left. The woman made a phone call to her husband, who went to the store about 20 minutes later with another man. They shot at the guard in the head and left the scene. The wife/mother was arrested and is in custody. The suspects, Larry Teague (the father) and Ramonyea Bishop, are still at large.
Don Shula, a legendary NFL coach of the Miami Dolphins, passed away at the age of 90. He led the team to the only perfect season in NFL history in 1972.
There was viral news over the weekend about the “murder hornet,” which is the world’s largest hornet. They were spotted in the U.S. for the first time in Washington state. The formal name of the bug is “Asian giant hornet.” They are about 2 inches long. They are a threat to honeybee populations because they are capable of killing hundreds of them in an hour with their mandibles. Their stingers can deliver very powerful, painful venom and they kill about 50 people a year in Japan. Hopefully those hornets don’t spread across the U.S. Officials are trying to locate them and stop them from breeding.
An alligator attacked and killed a 58-year-old woman in South Carolina on Friday. Her name was Cynthia Covert. Deputies shot and killed the alligator. The Post and Courier reported that Covert was curious about the alligator and was four feet away from a pond when she was attacked. A friend of Covert tried to warn her, but it was too late. The friend’s husband grabbed a shovel and hit the alligator, but the alligator did not release the woman and pulled her underwater. When deputies arrived, they saw both the alligator and the woman surface and then go underwater. The alligator went back up a second time and a deputy shot at it four times. Covert was pulled ashore but was declared dead. The alligator died and was handed over to authorities.
That is all the top news updates for today. Check out our Deaf News stories. See you tomorrow and stay with the light!
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
https://www.abc12.com/content/news/3-charged-with-murder-of-Family-Dollar-security-guard-over-face-mask-dispute-570178991.html
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/woman-warned-by-friend-moments-before-fatal-kiawah-island-alligator-attack-report-states/article_29034044-8e2a-11ea-b2e6-73acab6e89fd.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/don-shula-miami-dolphins-dies-age-90/
https://www.wjcl.com/article/murder-hornet-found-in-us-for-the-first-time/32353580