Tuesday, May 10 top stories
It is Tuesday, May 10. Here are today’s top stories.
Vicky White dies, Casey White captured
On Monday, law enforcement tracked Vicky White and Casey White, the corrections official and an inmate who escaped from an Alabama prison on April 29, at a hotel and leaving in a car. There was a car chase that ended with the car crashing and flipping.
When police approached the wrecked car, they found Vicky with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head. She passed away later on Monday evening.
Casey survived the wreck and was detained. Police said Casey asked them to help his wife and that she shot herself in the head and he didn’t do it. The couple were not married at the time of the jail escape but they may have considered themselves to be husband and wife.
Casey will be brought back to Alabama, where he faces previous murder charges. The local sheriff vowed that he would not get out of that jail again. The sheriff also said he doesn’t know if we’ll ever know why Vicky did what she did.
Musk says he would allow Trump back on Twitter
Elon Musk said today at a conference that he would allow Donald Trump back on Twitter when his purchase of Twitter is complete. He said it was a mistake to ban Trump because it “alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice.”
Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion on April 25 but the acquisition process will have to go through several months of approvals.
Musk said he doesn’t own Twitter yet so this is not a guarantee, but vowed that he would reverse Trump’s permanent ban when (and if) he does own Twitter.
1,000-pound great white shark near Jersey Shore
A 1,000-pound great white shark is now swimming off the New Jersey shore, according to a marine research group who is tracking the shark, which is named Ironbound. It is 12 feet and 4 inches.
The shark has an electronic tracker on its body that pings when the shark goes above the water. It was first tagged in 2019 in waters around Nova Scotia, Canada. It was last pinged in waters off the coast of New Jersey at 10:30 p.m. on April 28.
The research organization, OCEARCH, said Ironbound has traveled an estimated 13,000 miles since 2019 and has gone back and forth from Nova Scotia to the Florida Keys several times.
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Marilyn Monroe painting by Warhol fetches $195M
Andy Warhol’s painting of Marilyn Monroe, “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” fetched $195 million at an auction in New York. BBC said it is the “most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold” and the highest ever paid for an American work of art.
The winning bidder was an American art dealer and owner of a chain of art galleries, Larry Gagosian.
Gas prices hit new highs
The AAA said the national average price for regular gasoline is now $4.37 a gallon, which is a new record high. Diesel prices are at $5.50 a gallon, which is also the highest it’s ever been. Some states are seeing over $6 a gallon.
Gas and energy prices has risen dramatically after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
President Biden said in a speech today that it is his top domestic priority to deal with inflation and that he understands Americans are frustrated over the prices.
Abortion rights protesters rally at justices’ homes
On Monday night, a group of protesters who are opposed to the Supreme Court overturning Roe marched to the front of Justice Alito’s home in Alexandria, Virginia.
Over the weekend there were similar protests in the front of homes belonging to Justices Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts.
On Monday night the Senate unanimously passed a bill to grant security for the families of Supreme Court justices. NPR said “the bill would provide police protection to the immediate families of the nine justices… if the Marshal determines such protection is necessary.” The bill now goes to the House.
That is all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/09/us/vicky-casey-white-alabama-manhunt-monday/index.html
https://www.ft.com/content/50d2861e-fdeb-487c-b052-f2021558e87d
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61339179
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/10/gas-prices-hit-new-all-time-high
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097803459/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-abortion-access-protest-alito
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/09/samuel-alito-home-protest-abortion-rights-00031285