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| Pence Aide Tests Positive |
Katie Miller, the press secretary for Vice President Mike Pence, tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend. Miller becomes the second White House staffer to test positive in recent days, following one of President Trump's personal drivers. There were mixed reports as of this morning as to whether the vice president, who tested negative, would self-isolate.
The news did prompt three of the administration's top public health officials, each of whom had interacted with Miller, to enter some form of self-isolation. Dr. Stephen Hahn, head of the US Food and Drug Administration, will self-quarantine for two weeks, while Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chief Dr. Robert Redfield will reportedly mix telework, facemasks, and other forms of social distancing.
Overseas, United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a modest loosening of restrictions while leaving the bulk of the country's lockdown in place. Meanwhile, South Korea, one of the first countries to control its outbreak, is grappling with a second wave of infections. The new cluster of cases has been linked to a single 29-year-old who visited a string of Seoul nightclubs last weekend.
The total number of confirmed cases worldwide passed 4 million yesterday, with more than 282,000 deaths (real-time map). The US accounts for 1.3 million of those cases, and has reported 79,528 deaths as of this morning.
Finally, you may have seen (or heard someone mention) "Plandemic," a conspiracy theory video that made the rounds on social media over the weekend. It includes a number of questionable assertations and implies the coronavirus pandemic was orchestrated for certain organizations to profit from a vaccine. You can find background here, a look at the discredited researcher Judy Mikovits here, and more fact-checking here.
We've added a number of new items to our expert-curated coronavirus resource page. Check it out here. |
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| The Architect of Rock & Roll |
Richard Penniman, better known by his stage name of Little Richard, passed away over the weekend at the age of 87. Family representatives said the cause of death was bone cancer. The legendary musician's uptempo rhythm and flamboyant falsetto shrieks broke open the genre of 1950s rhythm and blues that laid the groundwork for future generations of soul, rock & roll, and more. In doing so, he also sliced across racial barriers for millions of young fans.
Stacking up numerous accolades throughout his six-decade career, Little Richard was part of the first class of artists inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He is credited with having influenced musicians ranging from Elvis Presley and the Beatles to David Bowie and Prince (among many others).
His hits included "Tutti Frutti," "Good Golly Miss Molly," "Rip It Up," and more; listen to the 20 most popular songs here. |
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| A Cold (and Warm) Mother's Day |
Nearly 100 million Americans woke up to chilly temperatures over the weekend as an Arctic air mass brought rare May snow in many spots across the upper Midwest and Northeast. Detroit, Pittsburgh, and New York City all saw record lows set for the date Saturday morning. More than a dozen states saw snowfall, with isolated pockets (w/video) in the Northeast blanketed by up to 10 inches.
Meanwhile, the West Coast has seen summer-like heat. Connecting the two is a break in the polar vortex - a mass of low-pressure, cold air that rotates above the Earth's polar regions. The mass is usually held in place by the jet stream (see the science), but a bulge in the jet stream that pushed warm air north in the western US forced chilly Arctic air down in the east.
The extreme temperatures on both sides of the country will even out this week. |
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