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Mo News: What You Missed This Weekend 'Speed Read'
Mosheh Oinounou
May 31, 2022
Hi everyone,
Hope you had a nice Memorial Day Weekend and took some time to remember what the holiday is about-- those who made the ultimate sacrifice defending this country. Thank you from us at Mo News.
Mosh is still on vacation in the Middle East, documenting his travels and the incredible history of the places he's visiting. Luxor ✅ Cairo ✅. He has just left Egypt and is on to the next stop. Follow along on his Instagram.
🗞 As for the news, here's a special edition SPEED READ that will get you caught up on what you may have missed this weekend, and what we're watching during the week ahead.
~ Jill
The Justice Department announced it will conduct a review of the law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The department has previously conducted after action-reviews following mass shootings in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015, and at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in June 2016.
Texas officials and law enforcement have been under intense scrutiny for the way officers responded to the shooting. The massacre, America's deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, has been followed by conflicting official accounts of how it unfolded.
The (extremely) delayed police confrontation with the mass shooter has compounded parents' anger, with some saying a much quicker response was possible and could have saved children's lives.
According to a timeline from Steven McCraw, head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, one hour and 20 minutes elapsed between the first call to 911 and police finally confronting the shooter, who had fired at least 142 rounds in the school. (Dallas Morning News)
Worth a Read: I Created the F.B.I.’s Active Shooter Program. The Officers in Uvalde Did Not Follow Their Training. (Guest Essay in The NY Times)
One Republican senator and one Democratic senator are hoping they can find some common ground on gun reforms that will garner enough Republican support to pass the 60-vote threshold in the Senate.
Republican Senator John Cornyn (TX) and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy (CT) will meet virtually on Tuesday to "see if we can agree on a basic framework" about how to go forward on gun legislation proposals, according to an aide to Cornyn.
European Union leaders have agreed on a compromise plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports after Hungary opposed a total ban. European Council chief Charles Michel said the deal cut off "a huge source of financing" for the Russian war machine and put "maximum pressure on Russia to end the war".
The ban on Russian oil imports was initially proposed by the European Commission a month ago. But resistance, notably from Hungary, held up the EU's latest round of sanctions.
Other landlocked countries, such as Slovakia and the Czech Republic, also asked for more time due to their dependence on Russian oil.
Shanghai authorities will lift the city's two-month long lockdown from midnight on Wednesday, allowing private cars including taxis back on to the roads and people to freely move in and out of low-risk housing compounds.
"The epidemic situation in our city has been effectively controlled and the situation continues to improve," the city government said. People will still be required to wear masks, discouraged from gathering and encouraged to get vaccinated.
Shanghai imposed a city-wide lockdown on its 25 million residents on April 1 to combat the spread of COVID-19, exacting harsh measures that caused widespread public anger over issues such as crowded quarantine centers, difficulties in accessing food and loss of income.
[ICYMI: Mo News got an exclusive tour of a quarantine camp in the city, available to Premium Subscribers.]
The findings demonstrate the ability of the Omicron variant, especially its BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages, to infect those who already have protection against the disease.
Still, despite the proportion of positive tests nearing a record daily cases as the latest surge peaked, hospitalizations were well below previous waves and relatively few deaths were recorded.
The "multistate outbreak" has been potentially linked to organic strawberries branded as FreshKampo and HEB, the FDA said.
They were sold at several retailers nationwide, including: Aldi, HEB, Kroger, Safeway, Sprouts Farmers Market, Trader Joe's, Walmart, Weis Markets and WinCo Foods.
The affected strawberries were purchased from March 5-April 25.
Tom Cruise is getting people back to the theaters. Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick was released in 62 international box office markets this weekend, landing with a $124M debut.
This includes previews and is the best overseas launch ever for a Tom Cruise movie on a like-for-like basis, surpassing Mission: Impossible – Fallout by 28%. With domestic through Sunday, the global total is $248M.
The rivalry between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic began in the quarterfinals of the French Open. 16 years later, it just might end in the quarterfinals of the French Open.
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