Minnesota mom won’t explain why she threw son from 4th floor
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota mother has admitted she severely injured her 11-year-old son by throwing him from the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment but has not explained why, police said.
Itayvia Lloyd, 33, was being held Tuesday in the Ramsey County jail on probable charges of aggravated assault, malicious punishment of a child and assault of a police officer. Formal charges could be filed Tuesday.
A resident of the St. Paul apartment called police Monday believing the child had jumped from the balcony. Officers found the boy on the ground in the building’s courtyard with significant injuries, according to police spokesman Steve Linders.
Lloyd admitted that she dragged the boy from his bunk bed and threw him over the balcony, but did not explain why, Linders said.
The child is expected to survive, but he suffered injuries including at least one broken leg, a fractured jaw and head injuries, police said.
A 6-year-old sibling in the home appeared to be unharmed.
“It makes no sense,” Linders said, adding that it deeply affected first responders. “These are some of the most difficult calls that officers respond to — because many are parents themselves.”
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Naomi Campbell wears hazmat suit to airport amid coronavirus outbreak
CNN) — Naomi Campbell has long been an advocate of staying germ-free while traveling.
The supermodel even posted a video of her intense pre-flight ritual, which involved wiping down everything close to her airplane seat with Dettol anti-bacterial wipes, last year.
So, it’s perhaps no surprise the 49-year-old has opted to step things up considerably amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Campbell recently posted several images of herself boarding a plane at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday while wearing a hazmat suit, a pair of goggles, a face mask and pink latex gloves.
In one photo, she poses inside Tom Bradley International Terminal with her suitcase, while another shows her on-board a plane wearing a cape draped over the protective suit, with one latex-covered hand clutching her mobile phone to her ear and the other gripping on to a transparent plastic bag.
‘Safety first’
Campbell captioned the images with the words, “Safety First. NEXT LEVEL,” before pledging to post a “full video” on her YouTube channel shortly.
While the supermodel’s precautionary outfit was given the seal of approval by many of her followers, others accused her of making light of the deadly outbreak, which has infected over a 100,000 people and killed over 4,000 across the world.Check Out How To Monetize Your Video ContentLearn the first and last thing every video team should do to start earning money from posting videos to social media.Ad By FacebookSee More
Campbell spoke of her techniques for avoiding germs while flying during a five-minute video shared on her YouTube channel last summer.
“Clean anything that you could possibly touch,” she advised, before wiping her seat, seat belt, tray table, TV screen, remote control and window with anti-bacterial wipes.
“This is what I do on every plane I get on. I do not care what people think of me. It’s my health and it makes me feel better.”
After putting on a sanitary face mask before take-off, Campbell went on to stress the rigorous routine has helped her to stay healthy during her lengthy modeling career, which has spanned three decades.
“I mean as much as I travel, I should get sick so much more with colds and stuff,” she said.
“I’m blessed that I don’t. I really think that this helps me, my little routine.”
While Campbell’s approach might seem a little on the extreme side, travelers are being instructed to wash or sanitize their hands after touching surfaces in airports and planes as world leaders attempt to contain coronavirus.
According to infectious disease experts, frequent hand washing is one of the best defenses against the spread of such viruses.
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How New Yorkers are mating and dating during pandemic
In fair Corona, where we lay our scene, Juliet is prepping for a hot pandemic lockdown.
“Condoms, a bunch of sex toys . . . also, a mask — but not for coronavirus purposes,” says Mal, 41, reading off her quarantine shopping list.
The Lower East Sider, who declined to share her last name for privacy reasons, tells The Post that she has great sexpectations for the guy she’s been seeing during this viral outbreak. She thinks the next few weeks will be like those after the 9/11 attacks, when she and her then-boyfriend holed up in an apartment for several steamy days.
“We were stuck inside . . . and it was fantastic,” she says. “I felt safer with him.”
Coronavirus panic may be driving locals indoors, but it’s not killing their mojos. It just means they have to get craftier about canoodling — whether they’re single or partnered. That means setting up dates in less-crowded places (to gel with recommendations from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention), swapping face-to-face liaisons for sexy texts and cuffing a crush for a potentially lengthy quarantine.
Jason Lynn, 24, is trying to lock down his corona cling — fast.
“I’m working the DMs,” says the single financial adviser, who lives in North Jersey. “It’s been quiet . . . Everyone’s very cautious.”
But if his company tells him to work from home, he hopes to shack up with someone specific: a Connecticut girl he’s been seeing. Ideally, “in her place,” far away from the germy city.
“It would be heaven to be stuck with her for two weeks,” says Lynn, who’s been stocking up on protection of all kinds: disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer and condoms. He’s envisioning Netflix and chill sessions — a “Narcos” binge watch with plenty of nooky interludes.
“I’d get to really know her,” he says.
Meanwhile, New Yorkers with long-distance lovers are trying to figure out how to connect.
Things are extra complicated for Westchester County resident Isabel Baer and her boyfriend Adam Konig, who works for Microsoft in Seattle, since both live in COVID-19 hotspots.
“I was supposed to go visit him, but then we both got freaked out,” says Baer, 21, a former political campaign staffer. She and Konig, 23, have been together for a year and a half, and long-distance for eight months. “If domestic flights get cancelled for months, I’d be really upset.”
For now, they’re rerouting. This weekend, the two plan to spend their monthly visit in Konig’s hometown of Dallas.
“He’s nervous that I’m going to bring coronavirus to Dallas and be patient zero in Texas, but I don’t have symptoms and I’m not sick,” says Baer, who says they’ve been keeping the love alive through FaceTime. “I don’t want to get hysterical.”
In the local swingers scene, people are mourning the unsexy side effects of crowd control.
“Play parties hosted at private venues or houses that me and my partners frequently visit have been empty the past two weeks,” says Tim, a technology firm executive who declined to share his last name for privacy reasons.
The 33-year-old from Hoboken, NJ, gets the reasoning — “I wouldn’t want to get anyone sick” — but says it’s “frustrating,” and says his dating life has been “significantly” impacted by the outbreak.
While some sex parties in the city are reportedly staying open — and incorporating “extra soap and sanitizer” into their gatherings — organizers of the regular “orgies” and “fetish parties” Tim attends have told him that “they might be cancelling the upcoming two months in advance,” he says. “They [don’t] want to continue until the whole scare dies down.”
Like Baer and Konig, Tim has a tech-centric backup plan for the worst-case scenario.
“I would look into video sessions with cam girls,” he says.
Going digital has emotional perks, too.
“There’s a sense that you’ve been speaking to someone longer, so you could invite them over because you kind of already know them,” says Mal.
As for married couples? Things are less lusty in that corner. The virus is causing friction between partners — and not the fun kind.
“I wanted to prepare as early as possible just to make sure we were covered, and my husband wasn’t being helpful,” Vanessa, a 30-year-old mom from Harlem, tells The Post. “He still gets annoyed at me when I tell him to wash his hands properly.”
But optimists like Mal hope that lovers will use the opportunity to reignite their relationships. In her case, she’s excited to take things to the next level with her hopeful corona cling. Although they’ve been on a few dates, they aren’t official, she says — but all the craziness has inspired her to have The Talk with him.
“We’re going to have that discussion soon,” she says, “because I’ll want to be quarantined at my place.”
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Mother broke ribs holding tightly to kids during storm
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — A week after an EF-4 tornado destroyed communities and killed 24 people in Middle Tennessee, survivors continue to heal from their injuries as they process what happened.
Eric and Faith Johnson of Putnam County are among the survivors in the tornado-ravaged community of North McBroom Chapel Road, where eight people died on Tuesday morning. The family of five is packed at a hotel room for the next several days as the community helps them rebuild. Faith Johnson is recovering from breaking two ribs after holding on so tightly to her 18-month-old son and three-year-old daughter.
“I’m in a lot of pain, but my babies are worth it,” she said.
Eric Johnson was badly hurt after he was ripped from his home and landed in the backyard. He remembered waking up on his knees and head bleeding, and injury that required nine staples to close.
“I just can’t believe we’re still here,” Eric Johnson said. “For us to walk from that is a complete miracle and there’s no way to describe it.”
He was awakened by their dog, which prompted him to check the forecast. By the time he realized their lives were in danger, Faith Johnson and their children crouched in the bathtub. Roughly five seconds after he jumped in with them, Eric Johnson was blown away by the tornado.
“I grabbed my arms underneath; it was already in our house. It already shifted and pushed our house on the front, and our whole house exploded,” Eric Johnson said. “The winds just sucked me off and threw me.”
Faith Johnson described the moment like it was a scene straight from a movie as she watched him fly down what used to be their hallway. The bathtub shifted in different directions before breaking and landing on top of a pile of debris. Luckily, she and her kids were alive.
Meanwhile, Eric Johnson woke up on his knees with his head bleeding and yelled for his family.
“He was looking as though he had to look for his children, but I held on to them,” Faith Johnson said.
Eric Johnson has been returning to the scene every day since the tornado hit. He admitted the moment he nearly died keeps replaying in his head, but he visits hoping to find something new or their beloved dog that alerted him. The dog is alive, according to neighbors, but is too spooked to return.
On Tuesday, Eric Johnson tied a shirt with his scent around the cage.
“She can track the scent to know this is where we lived at,” he said.
Faith Johnson is hopeful someone will find her wedding ring. The amount of volunteers has been evident since last Tuesday, and the family said they’re grateful.
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This story was originally published by Matthew Torres on WTVF in Nashville.
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7-Eleven owner arrested after 4 boys burned by sanitizer
RIVER VALE, NJ — A River Vale 7-Eleven owner was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly sold sanitzer that burned children.
Manisha Bharade was hit with four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Four boys were burned. One mother shared pictures of her son on social media as a warning to parents.
Bharade allegedly mixed commercially available foaming sanitizer, which was not meant for resale, and water. Fourteen bottles were sold. Five bottles were turned over to police. Officers said nine bottles are unaccounted for.
Many have been making their own version of sanitzer amid coronavirus-related shortages.
Attorney General Gurbir Grewal slammed business owners price-gouging during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Let me be perfectly clear: if you try to take advantage of our residents during a public health emergency, we will hold you accountable,” Grewal said. “Retailers who try to make a quick buck by exploiting others will face civil and criminal consequences.”
Anyone who purchased hand sanitizer from the River Vale 7-Eleven is asked to contact the River Vale Police Department at 201-664-1111.
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Walmart to allow any worker concerned about coronavirus to stay home ‘without penalty’
Walmart is enacting an emergency leave policy for its 1.4 million hourly US workers that allows them to take time off without penalty if they fear the spread of a new virus.
The nation’s largest private employer said Tuesday that a worker at its store in Cynthiana, Ken., tested positive for the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The worker is receiving medical care and her condition is improving, according to an internal memo. The retailer consulted with state and local health experts after learning of the case and reinforced its cleaning and sanitizing protocol, and the store remains open after Walmart conferred with the state government.
As part of the new emergency leave policy, Walmart said that hourly workers who work in a store, club, office or distribution center will receive up to two weeks pay if they’re required to quarantine by the government or by the retailer. Workers who have a confirmed case of the virus will also receive two weeks of pay. If they are not able to return to work after that time, additional pay may be provided for up to 26 weeks for both full- and part-time hourly workers.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover. In mainland China, where the virus first exploded, more than 80,000 people have been diagnosed and more than 58,000 have so far recovered.
Walmart’s senior vice president of US benefits, Adam Stavisky, told The Associated Press that a revised policy was required during these “unprecedented and uncharted times.”
“We are looking to provide some additional support so they can better weather these times,” Stavisky said.
Previously, Walmart. allowed full-time hourly associate to carry over up to 80 hours of paid time off each year, and a part-time hourly associate could carry over up to 48 hours of paid time off.
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‘Jeopardy!’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to tape without audiences over coronavirus concerns
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will tape without studio audiences in response to the ongoing virus outbreak.
A person close to the shows told The Associated Press on Monday that the move is being taken out of an abundance of caution given the spread of the new coronavirus in numerous communities in the United States and abroad. The source spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the decision.
The popular gameshows are the latest television project to shift plans due to the new coronavirus. Last week, CBS announced that it was suspending production on “The Amazing Race” in response to the outbreak.
The shows tape months in advance, so the presumably quieter shows will not immediately be noticeable to viewers at home. Both are filmed at a studio in Culver City, California.
For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.
The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. According to the World Health Organization, people with mild illness recover in about two weeks, while those with more severe illness may take three to six weeks to recover.
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