Monday, May 30 top stories
It is Monday, May 30. I’m back in the studio. Thank you to Renca Dunn for covering top stories last week. Here are today’s top stories.
Biden visits Uvalde; DOJ to review police response
President Biden visited Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas to show support for the community grieving the 19 children and two teachers who were gunned down last week.
The Justice Department said it would review the Uvalde law enforcement’s response to the shooting because it took about an hour for cops to breach a classroom door and confront the shooter despite there being children inside in the classroom calling 911 for help and many officers just a few feet away.
It was the second time in two weeks that Biden visited a city to support those grieving from a mass shooting as before Uvalde, Biden visited Buffalo, New York where 10 people in a supermarket were killed in a racist attack.
There are many calls for Congress to pass new gun legislation as in both the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings, the gunmen were 18-year-old men with apparent mental health issues and were able to easily and legally purchase powerful military-style rifles. But it seems like it’ll be another deadlock in Congress as Republican leaders have shown they do not want to support legislation that would put in stricter checks for gun buyers.
First hurricane of 2022: Agatha
We have the first hurricane of 2022 — a Category 3 storm named Agatha. It is forecast to make landfall on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast today with sustained winds of 110 mph. The storm is expected to bring heavy rains and coastal flooding.
Pelosi’s husband arrested for DUI
Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was arrested on Saturday night and charged with DUI. Paul was driving a Porsche in Napa County, California when he collided with a Jeep. Law enforcement said Paul’s blood alcohol content level was above the legal limit. He was released on Sunday morning. Nancy was in Rhode Island at the time to give a commencement address at Brown University. Her spokesperson said she wouldn’t provide comments on this “private matter.”
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Plane crashes in Nepal
On Sunday morning in Nepal, a passenger plane with 22 people on it disappeared during bad weather and was later found crashed on a mountainside. First responders said they’ve found 20 bodies so far and that there are no presumed survivors. The plane was operated by Tara Air. It is Nepal’s 10th plane crash in 10 years. Axios said Nepal’s weather can change suddenly and that airstrips are situated in rocky, hard to access terrain.
Glass protecting Mona Lisa painting smeared with cake
The glass protecting the Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre Museum in Paris was smeared with cake by a male protester who posed as a woman in a wheelchair on Sunday. After the protester smeared the cake, he threw roses around him before security tackled him. A video shows museum staffers wiping down the glass. The painting was untouched, only the glass was smeared. The protester said he wanted to call attention to the Earth because people are destroying the Earth.
Jury deliberating in Depp v Heard trial
The Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard defamation trial concluded its testimony and arguments phase on Friday in a courtroom in Virginia. The jury started deliberating on Friday but is now on a three-day recess due to the Memorial Day weekend. Depp sued Heard for $50 million with the allegation that she falsely portrayed him as a domestic abuser during the time they were married. Heard has countersued for $100 million. We’ll see how long the jury deliberates and what verdict they reach beginning tomorrow and the rest of the week.
That’s all the top stories for today. See you tomorrow and stay with the light.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/29/us/shooting-texas-school-uvalde#uvalde-biden
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/17/us/buffalo-mass-shooting-guns-suspect/index.html
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/30/hurricane-agatha-threatens-mexico
https://nypost.com/2022/05/30/nancy-pelosis-husband-in-a-car-crash-before-his-dui-arrest/
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/30/nepal-plane-crash-bodies-recovered-tara-air
https://www.axios.com/2022/05/30/mona-lisa-attacked-cake-video