Friday, April 29 top stories
It is Friday, April 29. Here are today’s top stories.
Kyiv bombed while UN Secretary-General in town
On Thursday, the UN Secretary-General Guterres visited Kyiv and met with Ukraine’s president. The city was hit with two Russian missiles during that time. One of the blasts killed a woman, a 55-year-old Ukrainian journalist named Vira Hyrych at her home.
An analyst from BBC said Kyiv has not been struck by Russian forces in two weeks.
Guterres and Putin had a meeting on Tuesday. Guterres told Putin that the invasion was against the UN charter and that “this war must end.”
Kyiv Mayor Klitschko said after the Kyiv attacks that Putin was showing his middle finger to the UN with the blasts.
CDC confirms first U.S. case of H5 bird flu
The CDC confirmed the first U.S. case of H5 bird flu in a Colorado man who was a state inmate working on a farm.
The flu’s formal name is H5N1 Avian Influenza and it is highly contagious between birds and can infect humans, although it rarely happens.
The man who tested positive is currently in isolation and taking antiviral drugs. He experienced fatigue but is currently recovering. The CDC said follow-up testing of the man turned out to be negative for H5 bird flu and said it is possible that the virus was simply in his nose without causing a physical infection.
This particular bird flu was first detected in the U.S. in January. The virus has since spread in over 30 states among wild birds and farms with various types of birds. Iowa has the most cases. Over 23 million birds died or were euthanized so far.
Three Florida prison officers charged with murder
Three correctional officers in Miami, Florida were arrested and charged with murdering a prisoner on February 14.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the three guards were transferring the inmate out of a mental health unit and that the inmate, Ronald G. Ingram, threw urine on one of the officers.
The three guards then handcuffed the prisoner and beat him before carrying him in a van. The man was later found dead inside of the van. A medical examiner said the inmate had a punctured lung that caused internal bleeding and had bruises on his face and torso.
The three guards who were arrested were between the ages of 24 and 34. There is a fourth guard suspected of being involved who is currently at large.
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Speeding car hits school bus
The Albuquerque Police Department released footage of a school bus with 23 children that was hit by a car traveling over 100 mph in February. The impact sent the bus on its side and caused seven children to be hospitalized, including some with broken bones that required surgery. I will show you a clip and I have to warn that it is distressing.
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The bus driver said the car was racing with another car before it crashed into the bus.
The driver, Mario Perez, was charged with two counts of reckless driving causing great bodily harm. He faces up to six years in prison.
Panic in Israeli airport due to Americans carrying unexploded shell
In Israel on Thursday, a family of American tourists tried to bring through airport security an unexploded shell they found on a tour. When security staff detected the shell, they said it was unexploded ordnance and issued evacuation orders, which caused a panic in the airport. A video shows passengers running or crouching to seek shelter. It was chaotic.
The American family said they didn’t realize the shell was dangerous. Security officials cancelled the evacuation order after they were satisfied that the family made a mistake and allowed them to board their flight and the airport resumed normal operations.
The Washington Post said the shell is a remnant of a war with Syria in 1967 or 1973 and that locals know to use caution with shells and avoid them.
16 states sue Postal Service over gas-powered vehicles
Sixteen states and the D.C. sued the U.S. Postal Service seeking to thwart the USPS’ plan to purchase 165,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks in the next 10 years. The plaintiffs say the mail trucks should be powered by electricity to combat climate change.
The USPS deal is worth about $11 billion. The new trucks would get about 15 miles per gallon and if the truck has air conditioning on, it would only get around 8 MPG, which is poor.
The USPS said 10% of the new trucks would be electric and that they can’t buy an all-electric fleet due to a limited budget.
That is all the top stories for this week. Have a good weekend and stay with the light.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61252785
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/climate/usps-gas-electric-vehicles-lawsuit.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/28/sixteen-states-sue-postal-service-over-plan-to-buy-gas-vehicles.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/28/health/colorado-bird-flu-human-case-cdc/index.html
https://people.com/health/cdc-confirms-first-human-case-of-bird-flu-in-colorado-man/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/29/israel-ben-gurion-airport-unexploded-shell/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/israel-airport-unexploded-shell-american-tourists/index.html