Thursday, October 15 top news briefs
It is Thursday, October 15. Here are today’ top news briefs.
First Lady Melania Trump announced last night that her son Barron (14) tested positive for the coronavirus a few days after she and the father, Donald Trump, tested positive. Barron is now negative, as well as Melania and Donald.
Melania said Barron had no symptoms, but that she had some symptoms such as body aches, a cough, fatigue, and headaches. She said she took vitamins and ate healthy food to make a recovery.
A man in Michigan named Lee Mouat was charged with a federal hate crime for yelling “Black lives don’t matter” while using a chain bike lock to assault a 18-year-old Black teenager named Devin Freelon.
This happened on June 6 at a beach near Detroit. Freelon was with a group of friends playing music. Mouat demanded them to lower the music while calling them racial slurs, then walked to his vehicle to get a chain and struck Freelon in the jaw. Freelon had a fractured jaw and lost several teeth.
The family of Freelon raised over $18,000 on GoFundMe to help with expenses for a dentist to replace his teeth. An update on the GoFundMe said he is doing great and will have three teeth replaced.
The Biden campaign said that two employees who traveled with Sen. Kamala Harris in Arizona tested positive for Covid-19. Because of this, Harris’ travel plans through Sunday are cancelled. The campaign said the two people did not have contact with Harris or Biden in the 48 hours before they tested positive, so Harris does not need to quarantine.
There is a second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe. A chart from BBC shows sharp spikes in the past two months compared with the summer months. Several European cities are now going into strict coronavirus restrictions again. London will bar any indoor socializing and people can meet outdoors only in groups of six. Paris will have a curfew order from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. The Czech Republic is shutting down schools and bars. The Netherlands is shutting down all bars and restaurants except for takeaway.
Dr. Fauci said on Wednesday night that Americans should be very careful about Thanksgiving plans and that you may have to sacrifice social gatherings unless you are very confident that they are not infected. Fauci said he has three children who live in different states and they have decided not to visit him because it would require them to get into airports and it may put him at risk for the infection.
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https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-politics-barron-trump-8d87cdfcba2dbbf355523d59618135b9
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-against-a-hate-crime-amp-save-devins-smile
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/live-updates/coronavirus/?id=73623859