Friday, March 19 top stories
It is Friday, March 19. Here are today’s top stories.
The CDC has updated its guidelines for schools by recommending that students are kept at a distance of at least 3 feet instead of 6 feet. The students should still wear masks. NPR explained that this rule change will have a big impact because it would allow many more schools to open in person, full time.
The remaining four names of those who were killed in the Atlanta-area spa shootings have been released. The names I will show were four women who died in Atlanta. Three of them died of gunshot wounds to the head, while one died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Soon C. Park (74)
Hyun J. Grant (51)
Suncha Kim (69)
Young A. Yue (63)
There continues to be pressure from political figures to charge the shooter with hate crime charges. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Atlanta today to meet with Asian American leaders.
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The FBI has released 10 new videos of suspects who are seen attacking law enforcement officers during the storming of the Capitol on January 6. The FBI has not been able to identify who they are.
[Video Clip of several rioters attacking Capitol police on Jan 6]
You can see that some of them had a bat, a hammer, and that the young guy at the end sprayed some kind of substance on officers below him. The FBI has made over 300 arrests so far but are still looking for many more suspects.
Former president George W. Bush said in an interview with the Texas Tribune that on January 6, he felt “sick to his stomach… to see our nation’s Capitol being stormed.” Bush was asked if he thought the election was stolen and he said “no.”
Russian President Putin challenged U.S. President Biden to a live debate this weekend after Biden told ABC that he thought Putin is a killer. The White House turned down the request, saying Biden is too busy.
There is a controversy over obvious differences in the setup of weight rooms at the Men and Women’s NCAA Tournaments. Oregon Ducks Women’s player Sedona Prince posted a video of the women’s weight room at the tournament in San Antonio, which was one very small stack of dumbbells in a very large, empty room. She then showed a clip of the men’s weight room at their tournament in Indianapolis, which showed another large room but with many weightlifting benches and squat stands. The NCAA responded by saying it would bring more workout equipment for women’s basketball players.
That’s all the top stories for this week. Check out our other videos. Have a good weekend and stay with the light.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978608714/cdc-says-schools-can-now-space-students-3-feet-apart-rather-than-6
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-releases-videos-most-egregious-assaults-officers-capitol-riot-n1261419?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/atlanta-area-spa-shootings-biden-visit/h_b27edc9a7510488777d4229e32fe7bdf
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/24/texas-tribune-george-w-bush/
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-biden-busy-putin-live-chat
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/oregon-sedona-prince-ncaa-womens-tournament-weight-room