Monday, October 5 news briefs
Tropical Storm Delta likely to turn into hurricane
Weather forecasters say Tropical Storm Delta, which formed into the Caribbean Sea, is likely to turn into a hurricane by tomorrow night into Wednesday morning. It is forecast to hit the western part of Cuba and then churn into the Gulf of Mexico, where it may hit the Gulf Coast on Friday.
CBS News said the storm may turn into a Category 3 but go down to a Category 2 or 1 before it makes landfall, likely in Louisiana or Mississippi.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tropical-storm-delta-forms-likely-to-hit-us-as-hurricane/
Two Incidents of violence: Trump supporter arrested for punching anti-Trump activist; Man arrested for breaking window and pepper-spraying officer
In Denton, Texas a 44-year-old man, Jason Lata, was arrested after he was seen in a video punching a man who was playing an anti-Donald Trump song called “FDT” at a Buc-ee’s gas station where there was a “MAGA meet-up.”
The video shows Lata shouting, “Turn it off!” The man playing the music, Dan Schochler, shook his head. Lata then took a step back and punched the man in the head, causing a cut and a broken tooth.
Lata left the gas station but was later arrested and charged with assault causing bodily injury.
Schochler set up a GoFundMe for his medical treatment that raised about $5,000.
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Police in Portland, Oregon said they have arrested a 41-year-old man for breaking the rear hatch of a patrol SUV and pepper spraying an officer inside. His name is John Russell.
Police said Russell ran away to his car and drove away, but he was pulled over a short time later. A search found a window punch tool, a laser pointer, a slingshot, plastic goggles, and sharp metal blades. Russell was charged with assaulting a public safety officer, aggravated harassment, and first-degree criminal mischief.
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to scientists who discovered Hepatitis C virus
The 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three scientists who discovered the Hepatitis C virus.
BBC explained that the virus causes liver cancer and that in the 1960’s there was concern and confusion on why people who received donated blood saw their livers become inflamed.
British scientist Michael Houghton and U.S. researchers Harvey Alter and Charles Rice was able to pinpoint the mystery illness as the Hepatitis C virus. Blood tests and new medicines were developed.
The Nobel Prize committee said millions of lives were saved because of the three scientists’ discovery.
But the virus still kills about 400,000 people a year and about 71 million live with it, mostly in Africa and Asia. It spreads through blood-to-blood contact and the virus causes severe liver damage called cirrhosis or liver cancer.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54418463
https://www.axios.com/nobel-prize-medicine-hepatitis-c-56324d22-1fec-41fd-a489-78d56