News Of The Week Roundup: Week 14, 2021

Another week, another news roundup. Two big celebrity deaths topped the news over the past week. Prince Philip died at 99 and rapper DMX died at age 50. DMX leaves behind 15 children - yes, 15! - which is just amazing to me.

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99 https://t.co/4RQKP1yHy8

— Columbus Dispatch (@DispatchAlerts) April 9, 2021

DMX, the chart-topping rapper who blended aggressive menace with emotional sincerity, has died at age 50 following a heart attack https://t.co/4ntm2nbEss

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) April 9, 2021

Today in horrible people news...

A Florida woman who—without wearing a mask—purposefully coughed on another customer in a Pier 1 store was sentenced to 30 days in jail

The judge said that action could have had “deadly consequences” for the victim, who recently had a brain tumor removed.https://t.co/kphtv6rRx7

— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) April 11, 2021

In more positive-related COVID-19 news, America continues to crush it on the vaccine front, setting new records nearly daily! I got my second vaccine on Thursday and I am very pumped.

In the past week, the U.S. administered a record *21.8 million COVID shots*.

For context: That’s almost as many as shots given in the first six weeks combined (22.4 million).

— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 11, 2021

A freak volcano eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has residents evacuating the toxic smoke clouds. The volcano last erupted in 1979.

Power cuts after another "explosive event" at volcano in St Vincent https://t.co/1H3RvwvtvW

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 11, 2021

And I leave you with this anniversary:

38 YEARS AGO: Dave Mustaine fired from Metallica: https://t.co/Uza17c7sQm

— Loudwire (@Loudwire) April 11, 2021