Florida teen went to large church party two weeks before dying of coronavirus
A Florida teenager who died of the coronavirus attended a party at a church with 100 others just two weeks before her death, a report said Monday.
Carsyn Leigh Davis, 17, of Fort Myers, was at the church function last month where “She did not wear a mask [and] social distancing was not followed,” according to the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office report on her death.
The teen, who had several preexisting conditions, died on June 23 after testing positive for COVID-19.
The medical examiner’s report, obtained by the Fort Myers News-Press, details how the girl’s family treated her at home, with unproven drugs, for nearly a week before taking her to the hospital.
She had struggled with a number of health issues over the years, including a rare nervous-system disorder that resolved when she was five, obesity and an auto-immune disorder, the report states.
Her mother, Carole Brunton Davis, also stated in a Facebook post that her daughter was a cancer survivor, the News-Press previously reported.
The medical examiner found that the girl’s nurse mom and her father, a physician assistant, gave her azithromycin — an antibiotic being studied as a potential COVID-19 treatment — as a protective measure against the virus, the News-Press reported.
On June 13, a couple of days after the church event, the girl developed a headache, sinus pressure, and mild cough, which the family assumed was the result of a sinus infection, the report states.
Then on June 19, the teen’s mom noticed that she “looked gray” while sleeping — and gave her an unspecified dose of hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug hailed by some, including President Trump, as a possible treatment for COVID-19.
The FDA has warned people not to use the medication outside of supervised hospital settings because of possible side effects.
Earlier this month, the agency yanked its emergency use authorization for the drug as a treatment for the virus in hospitals, citing a lack of evidence it worked and that the risks outweighed any potential benefits.
The parents then tried putting the teen on an oxygen tank used by her grandfather, who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
They then finally took her to Gulf Coast Medical Center in south Fort Myers. The teen was transferred to The Golisano Children’s Hospital, which confirmed that she had COVID-19.
At the hospital, her parents opted for her to receive a plasma treatment, refusing to allow her to be intubated. That didn’t work, and the girl was later intubated anyway, according to the report.
She was later transferred to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, where she died.
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Philly bar owner pulls gun on black man after social distance dispute
A Philadelphia bar owner seated outside a nearby restaurant on Sunday was caught on camera pulling a gun on a black man who denounced the patrons for their lack of social distancing.
The tense encounter unfolded after the unidentified passerby stopped his bike near Nick’s Roast Beef and began calling out the customers who were dining outdoors, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
“Social distancing! No one is wearing a mask!” the unidentified man yelled out, witness Liz Krieger, 34, who was seated at the eatery, told the newspaper.
Customers shouted at the man to leave and Jamie Atlig, who owns the nearby Infusion Lounge, got up to confront him, the report said.
The black man yelled “MAGA privilege” at Atlig, who shot back, “Trump 2020!,” according to Krieger.
Atlig then pulled out his gun, prompting some customers, including Krieger, to rush to the black man’s defense.
“Put it the f–k away,” a woman could be heard on video telling Atlig.
“He’s doing nothing. He’s doing f—ing nothing. He had a f—ing bike lock,” she continues, according to the video, which was posted to Twitter by an intern of Philadelphia City Councilman Isaiah Thomas.
As quickly as the confrontation escalated, Krieger said, within seconds, Atlig put his gun away.
Krieger told the Philadelphia Inquirer that other customers screamed that the black man had a gun, when in actuality, she said, it was the man’s bike lock.
Robert Gamburg, a lawyer for Atlig, told the newspaper his client is licensed to carry a gun and took it out after the man “reached behind his back for an object.”
“He’s a business owner and he was being threatened,” Gamburg said. “Mr. Atlig unholstered his licensed firearm, defused the situation, and sat back down.”
Krieger disputes that account, telling the paper the man only took out his bike lock after Atlig pulled out his gun.
“A man had a gun pulled on him for speaking the truth. We weren’t social distancing,” Krieger said.
“He was completely in the right to be yelling at us — and if I hadn’t been there, this is how black people are shot and it’s claimed later that he had a bike lock on him and people thought it was a gun.”
Philadelphia police are probing the incident.
Thomas, who also shared the video to Twitter, wrote, “After a weekend of too much gun violence, more guns is not the answer.
“We need more solutions before we have more problems! #EnoughIsEnough.”
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Bus driver beaten by passengers refusing to wear face masks left brain-dead
A French bus driver was savagely beaten by a group of passengers who refused to wear face masks — an attack that left him brain-dead, according to reports.
Philippe Monguillot, 58, confronted the passengers who were not complying with a rule that requires face masks on public transportation when they boarded without tickets around 7 p.m. Sunday in Bayonne, French outlet Le Parisien reported.
“They just assumed they could all get on and do what they want, but the driver had to do his job,” a law enforcement source told the Daily Mail reported.
He was dragged off the bus onto the platform, where he was kicked and beaten by the group before they escaped, according to the reports.
“When he stood up to them, a very unpleasant argument developed, and voices were raised, and then the driver was attacked when everybody spilled out onto the bus platform,” the source told the outlet.
Monguillot was left unconscious and brought to the hospital, where he was determined to be brain-dead, Le Parisien reported.
His wife, Veronique, said the couple’s lives have been “destroyed” by the violent attack.
“He can’t leave us like this, he was going to be 59 years old soon,” she told Le Parisien. “No, you don’t do this over a bus ticket. You don’t kill for free like this.”
Five people face charges in connection with the grisly assault, but their identities haven’t been released, the outlet reported.
Bayonne Mayor Claude Olive condemned the attack as “barbaric” and said the city was working to improve safety for bus drivers.
“Philippe was a wonderful person who should have been protected,” Olive said.
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Cartoon titled ‘Officer Choker’ making rounds across social media depicting black Kid getting choked and shot by police
A cartoon video depicting a black kid getting choked and shot by two white officers is heartbreaking even for a cartoon. The video was posted on youtube by #CartoonDavid. The video has been on the YouTube account for over 3 years and now making rounds on social media.
A petition was started to have the account removed but appears to have been closed.
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Man shot dead in Bronx while walking with 6-year-old daughter
Harrowing surveillance footage captured the moment a man was fatally shot while crossing a Bronx street — hand-in-hand with his 6-year-old daughter.
The clip, tweeted by Rodney Harrison, the NYPD’s chief of detectives, opens with Anthony Robinson approaching the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and East 170th Street in Mount Eden around 5:50 p.m. Sunday.
Clasping his young daughter’s left hand in his right, Robinson, 29, stops at a crosswalk to eye a dark sedan slowing next to them, appearing to check whether the driver was turning into their path.
But the driver continues to roll along next to father and daughter as they cross Sheridan Avenue, the video shows.
Nearly out of the crosswalk, Robinson turns as though to say something to his daughter — leaving his back to the sedan.
The shooter then sticks a handgun out of the passenger’s window and opens fire, striking Robinson in the chest.
As Robinson crumples to the pavement, his terrified daughter takes off running down Sheridan Avenue, apparently unharmed, the footage shows.
Robinson, a resident of East New York, Brooklyn, was pronounced dead at BronxCare Health System.
His murder was one of eight across the city on a bloody Fourth of July weekend, his shooting one of at least 49.
Authorities have yet to make an arrest in the case, and ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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Want a heated steering wheel in your BMW? You’ll be able to download one via subscription
(CNN) — In the near future, you could get a heated steering wheel in your BMW through a software download. Then, a year or two later, if you decide that you no longer need the feature you can unsubscribe and stop paying for it.
Welcome to the world of “digital personalization,” one in which BMW hopes owners will add or remove options to their vehicles through software updates. This could include tech features, like adaptive cruise control or lane keeping assistance, or comfort items such as a heated steering wheel.
Owners could buy these options for fixed periods of time almost like they were apps. In one example BMW provided, an owner could pay for heated seats for three years, the period of time the owner expected to have the vehicle. The next owner could then decide whether to pay for the seat heaters to work.
Which features will be included among BMW’s new digital personalization offerings will vary from market to market. For instance, heated seats would almost certainly not be included as part of the plan in the US, where they are expected as the norm in any luxury car, a BMW spokesman said. Other features that aren’t routinely expected, such as a heated steering wheel or some advanced driving assistance technologies, might be sold as options that can be engaged or disengaged.
All of these features require built-in hardware which will already be in the cars from the factory — such as sensors and cameras for lane keeping assistance or heating coils for heated seats and steering wheels — but owners could then purchase the software to make them work. The appropriate software changes could be downloaded at any time “over the air” without the owner having to visit a dealer to do it.
This would also allow owners to try out a feature for a period of time at no charge before committing to buying it. This is similar to the way that satellite radio is often offered for free on new cars for a few months then owners can decide whether they should get an ongoing subscription. BMW’s “digital personalization” will enable a host of other car options to be offered in much the same way.
Tesla cars already have similar capabilities and owners can download new features and even get more driving range through over-the-air updates.2020: Simple Method Ends Toenail Fungus – Try It Now!Simple Way To Reduce Toenail Fungus (Watch)Ad By Clear Nail Plus See More
BMW is currently testing this sort of “digital personalization” in the US with “BMW Driver Recorder,” a system that uses cameras built into the car like a dashboard camera. In the event of an accident, this system will keep a video recording of what was happening outside in the 20 seconds leading up to the crash. This can be helpful in proving who was at fault.
Around 500 BMW owners are currently trying out the feature in the US for one month and, if they want to keep it, they have the option of paying $39 a year, $99 for three years or $149 to keep it permanently. Other features will be offered with similar pricing models.
The capability to do this will come in a new version of BMW’s in-car software that will begin rolling out this month, the company said. All of the features will not be enabled in all markets, a spokesman for BMW North America said.
In some markets, BMW owners may also be able to pay for “authentic” BMW engine sounds that will come through the car stereo. In many BMW cars today, the engine sound is augmented inside the cabin with pre-recorded sounds from the stereo. These are tuned to match the engine speed and performance so they sound like actual sounds coming directly from the engine. This is done so that the cabin can be quiet during normal driving but occupants can still experience engine sound when it’s wanted, BMW executives have said.
Adaptive suspension, which can automatically adjust suspension stiffness depending on the road surface and how aggressively the car is being driven, is another feature that could be offered later through the “digital personalization” system, according to BMW.
The software update also includes a number of other new features, such as improved cloud-based navigation, better voice command systems and the iPhone digital key recently announced by Apple.
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Cleveland Indians look into changing name amid pressure
CLEVELAND (AP) — They’ve been known as the Cleveland Indians since 1915. Those days could be over.
Amid new pressure sparked by a national movement to correct racial wrongdoings, the Indians said Friday night they will review their long-debated nickname which has been in place for 105 years.
“We are committed to making a positive impact in our community and embrace our responsibility to advance social justice and equality,” the team said in a statement that came just hours after the NFL’s Washington Redskins announced a similar move. “Our organization fully recognizes our team name is among the most visible ways in which we connect with the community.”
The move mirrors the one made by the Redskins, who are embarking on a “thorough review” of their name, which has been deemed as offensive by Native American groups for decades. The Redskins’ decision came in the wake of FedEx, which paid $205 million for naming rights to the team’s stadium, and other corporate partners calling for the team to change its nickname.
There have been previous efforts to get the Indians to rename themselves. But following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and other examples of police brutality against Black people in the U.S., there has been a major move nationwide to eradicate racially insensitive material.
In 2018, the Indians removed the contentious Chief Wahoo logo from their game jerseys and caps. The grinning, red-faced mascot, however, is still present on merchandise that can be purchased at Progressive Field and other team shops in Northeast Ohio.A total approach to your healthAetna Medicare Advantage plans are designed for the whole you – — body, mind and spirit. Age actively and live the life you love.Ad By Aetna See More
Nothing has been decided, but the Indians’ decision to at least discuss the possibility of a name change is new. There will certainly be backlash from some Cleveland fans, but the team is sensitive to doing the right thing in these changing times.
“We have had ongoing discussions organizationally on these issues,” the Indians said. “The recent social unrest in our community and our country has only underscored the need for us to keep improving as an organization on issues of social justice. With that in mind, we are committed to engaging our community and appropriate stakeholders to determine the best path forward with regard to our team name.”
“While the focus of the baseball world shifts to the excitement of an unprecedented 2020 season, we recognize our unique place in the community and are committed to listening, learning, and acting in the manner that can best unite and inspire our city and all those who support our team,” the club said.
Before their named was changed in 1915 to Indians — a nickname picked after sports writers solicited readers — Cleveland’s baseball team was called the Forest Citys, the Spiders, Blues, Bronchos and Naps, a name to honor Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie.
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41 shot overnight in NYC with at least 4 dead in citywide explosion of gun violence
New York City turned into the Wild West as a series of shootings claiming at least six lives and wounding 41 others — including a Bronx teenager — erupted amid Fourth of July celebrations.
The shocking wave of violence came as the city was reeling from ongoing anti-police brutality protests, weeks of lockdown orders prompted by the coronavirus outbreak and soaring summer temperatures. Adding to the chaotic atmosphere, illegal fireworks exploded throughout the five boroughs all night long.
In the first fatal shooting of the night, Jose Cepeda, a young father, was blasted in the chest a little after midnight Sunday in East New York, Brooklyn.
Cepeda, 20, and a friend had a “little disagreement” in front of the victim’s home on Atkins Ave. near Pitkin Ave. that turned deadly, neighbor Natasha Ramsay told the Daily News.
“The first one shot got him dead,” Ramsay, 42, said. “It’s so sad.”
Medics rushed Cepeda to Brookdale University Hospital but he couldn’t be saved.
That was just the first in a series of horrifying incidents that cop unions blamed on Mayor de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson, who last week passed an annual budget that shifted about $1 billion in NYPD funding, a move aimed at meeting activists’ demands for police reform.
Last year, nine people were shot, one fatally, and two men were slashed in the hours after Fourth of July fireworks.
“Criminals with guns fear no consequences,” the Police Benevolent Association, the NYPD’s largest union, tweeted Sunday, adding that the mayor, speaker “and all electeds” “owe their constituents an explanation.”
“The health and safety of New Yorkers is our top priority, which is why we are drilling down on problem spots with the NYPD,” a City Hall spokesperson stated.
“We all want a safe city, and we believe it can be done while bringing real transformational change,” Johnson said in a statement. “Let’s get at the root causes of violence and move away from a model that sees policing as the only answer to every problem we face.”
This year’s spike in mayhem continued a worrisome surge in crime since coronavirus prompted authorities to shut down the city in mid-March.
June was especially violent, with 250 people shot in the first 28 days of the month, according to NYPD stats. That’s a massive spike compared to the 97 people shot in the same time period last year, and is the city’s most violent June on record since 1996, NYPD stats show.
So far, murders are up by 23% this year citywide, with 176 slayings as of June 28 compared to 143 during the same period last year.
Even so, the city’s homicide rate remains far lower than the mid 1990s and even the mid-2000s. In 2006, the city saw 255 murders between Jan. 1 and June 28.
In Harlem Sunday, a 23-year-old was fatally shot on W. 116th St. near Morningside Park around 2:40 a.m. Police were notified of the shooting after the victim checked himself into a hospital and died minutes later, sources said.
“We were having a barbecue out here. Everybody was just having fun,” recounted a witness who declined to give her name. “I went inside and I came back down and everyone was running into the building saying, ‘They shooting, they shooting.‘”
“He just always wanted everyone to have fun and enjoy themselves,” she said of the victim, whose identity could not immediately be confirmed. “Everyone here knows him and looks at him like a little brother.”
A 19-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest and a 27-year-old man was blasted in the left shoulder around 4:20 a.m. after a large dispute erupted on E. 39th St. near Avenue D in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, sources said.
“This block has a lot of love but what happened last night wasn’t love,” a resident remarked to The News.
Both victims of that incident were rushed to King’s County Hospital but the teenager couldn’t be saved. The older man was in stable condition, police said.
Just 40 minutes later, a 40-year-old man was fatally shot in the chest on Sutter Ave. near Mother Gaston Blvd. outside the Hughes Houses in Brownsville, Brooklyn, police said.
The victim was rushed to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died, they added.
Just half a mile away from the night’s first fatal shooting, a 22-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were shot on Euclid Ave. near Sutter Ave., police said. The man was shot in the chest and the woman was wounded in the right leg around 2:30 a.m. Both victims were taken to Brookdale University Hospital and were expected to survive, cops said.
In Harlem, a 26-year-old man was clinging to life after six people were wounded in a shootout that erupted at a party on 131St. and Lenox Ave. just before 1 a.m., police said.
Medics rushed four of the victims to Harlem Hospital, while two of the victims walked into the hospital later in the evening with gunshot wounds, according to authorities.
There were no arrests in any of the incidents and investigations were ongoing, police said.
On Sunday night, a fresh wave of violence erupted, leaving two men dead — a 21-year-old man in Brownsville, Brooklyn and a 29-year-old man in Mt. Eden, the Bronx — and four others wounded, including a 15-year-old boy.
The teen, shot in the chest on Madison Ave. at E. 110th St. in East Harlem just before 6:45 p.m., was rushed to to Mt. Sinai-St. Luke’s Hospital and was in stable condition. The other three wounded gunshot victims were in critical condition after gunfire erupted on E. 171st St. by College Ave. in the Bronx.
NYPD Assistant Chief Kathleen O’Reilly, the commanding officer of Patrol Borough Manhattan North, called the violence “disgraceful.”
“Where are the elected officials and violence interupter(s)!!” she tweeted Sunday. “The community is suffering!!”
The mayhem came as the city has been on edge following weeks of Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the May 25 death of black Minneapolis man George Floyd under the knee of a white police officer.
Sunday’s shooters took advantage of an ongoing atmosphere of crisis, said Councilman Donovan Richards, who chairs the Council’s Public Safety Committee.
“The people exploiting this moment are sensing the division on the ground and they’re totally taking advantage of the streets, without a doubt,” the Queens Dem told The News.
“They sense division and therefore they understand they can take out their retribution on each other in ways they weren’t doing years ago because there was much more unity between the department and what was going on on the ground.”
The carnage drew the attention of President Trump, who’s been on a rampage of divisive statements as his re-election odds are threatened by his ham-fisted handling of coronavirus and nationwide protests.
“Chicago and New York City crime numbers are way up,” he tweeted Sunday evening. “Shootings up significantly in NYC where people are demanding that @NYGovCuomo & @NYCMayor act now. Federal Government ready, willing and able to help, if asked!”
The statement evoked last month’s calls from Trump for the National Guard to be deployed at the height of chaotic protests in the Big Apple, though local leaders staved him off.
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French woman thrown from roller coaster dies as husband tries to grab her feet
A woman was thrown to her death from a roller coaster in France — as her husband desperately tried to catch her feet, according to reports.
The unidentified 32-year-old mother was celebrating her 2-year-old child’s birthday at Saint-Paul Park in Oise on Saturday when tragedy struck on a Formula 1 ride, the Courrier Picard said.
“She went over the [safety] bar and her husband tried to catch her by the foot,” a witness named Farida told the paper.
It is the same ride where a 35-year-old woman died after getting thrown out in 2009, the paper said.
Park officials confirmed to FR24 News that a woman died at the scene Saturday after falling while the ride was “in operation.”
“The park area has been completely cut off for visitors,” Parc Saint-Paul director Gilles Campion said in a press release, FR24 said.
“All the teams join the family to express their deep sadness following this event.”
Police are still investigating the cause of the deadly accident at the park that attracts nearly 380,000 visitors per year, the reports said.
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Man attacks two-year-old being pushed in stroller in Manhattan
A two-year-old boy was hospitalized Wednesday after a man apparently attacked him at random in Morningside Heights, police sources said.
The boy was being pushed in a stroller by his nanny near the intersection of 110th Street and Morningside Drive around 9:35 a.m. when the assailant ran up and struck the boy in the face before fleeing, sources said.
The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital where he needed six stitches for a cut over his right eye, according to sources.
The man took off on 110th Street.
An investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made.
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