Thursday, October 6. Here are today’s top stories
It is Thursday, October 6. Here are today’s top stories.
Biden and DeSantis pledges continued support for Florida
President Biden and Florida Gov. DeSantis were able to put their political differences aside for a day on Wednesday as they made a joint appearance in Fort Myers, Florida to pledge that they would continue to support communities that were devastated by Hurricane Ian.
DeSantis said he appreciated the “team effort” from the president. Biden said the Florida governor has been doing a good job in handling the recovery efforts.
AP News said the death toll in Florida from the hurricane is now at least 89 people. Nine others died from the hurricane elsewhere.
DeSantis said power has been restored to more than 97% of the state and announced that a bridge at Pine Island was repaired in only three days.
Kidnapped family of 4 found dead in California
In California, the Merced County Sheriff said the family of four who was kidnapped on Monday was found dead on a rural farm.
The family was an 8-month-old baby Aroohi Dheri, her parents Jasleen Kaur and Jasdeep Singh, and her uncle Amandeep Singh.
The sheriff said a 48-year-old suspect was taken into custody. He released a video that showed the suspect kidnapping the four people at gunpoint at the family’s trucking business. The sheriff said he does not know why the suspect did this and that he feels very angry about what happened.
The sheriff said the suspect was convicted in 2005 in a case involving armed robbery and false imprisonment and was paroled in 2015.
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22 children murdered at child care center in Thailand
In northeast Thailand, a former police officer carried out a mass shooting and knife attack at a child care center that killed at least 22 children and several adults. The gunman also killed his wife and child before committing suicide. The death toll is at least 37 people.
The age range of the children at the daycare was between two to five years old.
News reports said the gunman was fired from his post last year over allegations that he used drugs and that he was facing a trial on drug charges.
Reuters reported that the gunman was in court earlier during the day and that he went to the daycare to pick up his child but when he saw that his child was not there, began the killing spree.
Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha said the shooting was a shocking incident.
Gas prices increasing again
The AAA said today’s national average gas price is $3.86 a gallon. AAA said the price has increased seven cents over the past week and that the main culprits are tight supply and increased demand.
OPEC+, a cartel of countries that are major oil producers, agreed to slash oil production by about 2 million barrels a day. This means there may be higher gas prices in the future.
The Biden administration tried to push OPEC to not cut production but was not successful.
Fat Bear Week in Alaska
In Alaska, it is the “Fat Bear Week,” an annual online competition in which people view images of brown bears who visit the Brooks River in Katmai National Park to vote on which bears are the “fattest of the fat.”
The idea is to celebrate bears’ success in preparation for winter hibernation as they eat salmon. The bears can weigh over 1,200 pounds.
The bears are identified by names such as “32 Chunk,” “335,” “435 Holly,” or other combinations of numbers and words.
The website explore.org organizes the tournament and provides an opportunity to vote by viewing images of two bears in various head-to-head matchups. Votes are done by clicking on a link and inserting your email address. You can check out the link to see all the information.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/06/us/california-family-found-dead-thursday/index.html
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63147956
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/06/thailand-mass-shooting
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63147956
https://gasprices.aaa.com/tight-supply-and-more-demand-cause-pump-prices-to-rise/
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/05/energy/gas-prices/index.html