by Chase Burns • Feb 8, 2021 at 6:00 pm
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Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright of Texas is dead: He was 67. Two weeks ago, he contracted COVID-19. Wright will go down as the first sitting U.S. Congress member to die after falling ill to the coronavirus. Pour one out for Ron, a man who recently asked What are we waiting for? when it comes to reopening schools. (We re waiting because we want to prevent death, Ron.)
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Health officials in Minnesota announced the first case of the highly transmissible COVID variant from Brazil has arrived in their state (and, by extension, the US): It is one of three variants that has been of concern to global scientists.
The Dutch are rioting over new COVID-19 restrictions: Cops fired warning shots and tear gas and turned water canons on crowds before arresting 250 people at anti-lockdown protests across the Netherlands, the BBC reports. The riots came after the Dutch government imposed a 4 p.m. curfew over the weekend to slow the spread of the deadly virus, which has infected almost one million people and killed over 13,500 in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
Here's your daily roundup of the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to The Stranger to keep it comin'!) Twitter permanently banned Donald Trump: WOW!!!!! It feels great to type that. Almost as great as it will feel to write "Donald Trump has been removed from office." (🤞) "After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended.
In a recent Slog AM,
Stranger writer Jasmyne Keimig sleepily wrote that state Senator Mark Mullet would serve another six-year term after narrowly winning the 5th Legislative District race over challenger Ingrid Anderson. But, as
many readers pointed out, state senators only serve four-year terms. She regrets the error.
Nathalie Graham, who covers city hall for
The Stranger, regrets each time she thought covering a new Tree Ordinance update was worthwhile. It never was.
Quibi regrets launching a billion-dollar service meant to appeal to people on the move during a global pandemic when nearly everyone is working from home and craves long-form media.
[The following report is from our sister publication, The Stranger
, in Seattle. eds.]
The Seattle Police Department entered Cal Anderson Park at 7:35 a.m. on Friday morning and gave a 15-minute warning for protesters and the residents of a homeless encampment to vacate the park and remove their belongings.
Bike cops stationed on the north end of the park faced off against protesters while another troop of SPD officers came in from the south end, closer to the main encampment. After around 30 minutes of stand-offs with protesters, police cleared 11th Avenue and allowed Seattle Parks and Recreation vehicles to enter the encampment and start cleaning the area.