News Of The Week Roundup: Week 27, 2021

Last week felt incredibly long to me. The best things to happen for me was the premieres of both Big Brother and Love Island. I love my summer trash TV. Both serve as a good distraction to life right now.

There were a few big news stories over the past week. Rescue crews gave up searching for survivors in the Miami condo collapse and switched to a search and recovery mission. This small miracle did happen:

An alert hotel maid may have stopped a Las Vegas-like shooting massacre at the MLB All-Star Game. I hope this employee receives a large cash award.

4 arrested at Maven Hotel, police feared a ‘Las Vegas style shooting' during All-Star Game in Denver https://t.co/dKqX912QK5

— Clint Watts (@selectedwisdom) July 11, 2021

Richard Branson and Virgin Galatic shot off into space this morning. The billionaire space race is on!

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity carrying billionaire Richard Branson takes off https://t.co/HedtkQf4PA

— State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 11, 2021

As the world continues to reopen at difference paces thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, the United States hit a big concert milestone in Las Vegas last night.

Garth Brooks played to 68,000 fans in Las Vegas on Saturday — the first major U.S. stadium concert since Covid began https://t.co/1anY8TIu9a

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) July 11, 2021

The problem is that huge pockets of low-vaccinated areas of America are creating COVID hot-spots again. Missouri is surging like never before and hospitals are diverting because of capacity issues.

The 5 states w/ the lowest rates of COVID-19 vaccination, according to the CDC, are:
Mississippi - 29.9% fully vaccinated
Alabama - 32.9% fully vaccinated
Arkansas - 34.5% fully vaccinated
Louisiana - 35.3% fully vaccinated
Wyoming - 35.4% fully vaccinated

— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) July 5, 2021

Things in Mississippi are so bad, folks are encouraged to avoid big indoor events (again). Get your shots, people!

Return Of Covid Restrictions: Mississippi Tells Seniors To Avoid Big Gatherings—Regardless Of Vaccine Status https://t.co/tt1IHeBHTK pic.twitter.com/BDnsNH9TFS

— Forbes (@Forbes) July 9, 2021

U.S. COVID update: Daily cases continue to rise despite limited reporting on Saturdays

- New cases: 14,520
- Average: 18,916 (+1,015)
- In hospital: 18,329 (+115)
- In ICU: 4,577 (+60)
- New deaths: 109

More data: https://t.co/YDZSbYO7l7

— BNO Newsroom (@BNODesk) July 10, 2021

The President of Haiti was assassinated. It seems some Americans may have been involved.

The armed group who assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moise were "professional killers" consisting of more than two dozen people, including two American citizens and retired members of the Colombian military, authorities have said. https://t.co/00qD8AQePc

— CNN (@CNN) July 9, 2021

Former President and First Lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter celebrated 75 years of marriage. An amazing milestone.

Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter mark 75 years of marriage. Their union, which spans decades of public service from rural Georgia to the White House and beyond, is the longest marriage in US presidential history https://t.co/vHvFRR6ajG pic.twitter.com/dEF5lLz4Cy

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) July 7, 2021

And I leave you with this:

Many are produced, but few are cheesen: Wisconsin makes more cheese than any other state at 3.4 billion pounds each year. But believe it or not, there's no official state cheese. A new bill plans to make it colby. https://t.co/AbMDeSQgVF #odd

— AP Oddities (@AP_Oddities) July 7, 2021