Oskaloosa News Recap For February 9th, 2021
National and World News
A fundraiser for the 5-year-old girl critically injured in a crash involving Britt Reid, the son of Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid, has brought in more than $300,000.
“Ariel remains in the hospital in critical condition and is not awake,” her aunt wrote on the GoFundMe page Monday. “No progress updates as of right now.”
As previously reported, Reid’s pickup slammed into a vehicle on a highway entrance ramp on over the weekend. Ariel and her 4-year-old cousin were injured in the accident. Ariel’s mother had pulled onto the ramp to help a family member who had run out of gas.
And the trial outcome is all but decided anyway: “Adding to the frustration on both sides, the outcome of the trial is a foregone conclusion. The chances are essentially zero that at least 17 Republicans will vote to convict the former president, the threshold likely needed to secure a conviction.”
Full reasoning from The Hill’s Niall Stanage: https://bit.ly/3p1JYFj
LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
Via The Hill’s
Peter Sullivan, “The rise of more contagious variants of the coronavirus are threatening an encouraging trend of falling COVID-19 cases across the country.” https://bit.ly/3pd2TNL
The takeaway: “Health officials are urging the public and governors not to ease up on precautions despite the somewhat improved situation, given that measures like wearing a mask and distancing from others are even more important when the virus is more contagious.”
iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Feb 9, 2021 12:02pm
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