Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A Michigan inmate who served 44 years for first-degree murder died of the coronavirus last week while waiting to be released from prison.William Garrison, 60, had the chance to be paroled in February before Michigan had any reported cases of the virus but…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Beaumont Health, the largest health care system in the state of Michigan, will test members of its own staff to determine if their blood contains antibodies created to fight coronavirus."We have 38,000 employees and we have another 4,000 doctors who…
Photo: Michigan Department of CorrectionsEarlier this year, 60-year-old William Garrison had an important choice to make. Convicted to serve a lifetime in prison when he was just 16 years old, Garrison was eligible for parole in February, or he could serve a seven-month sentence and walk away from prison, finally, a free man.Garrison chose freedom,…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A 5-year-old Michigan girl, the daughter of two first responders, has become the first child to die from COVID-19 in the state on Sunday.Skylar Herbert tested positive for the coronavirus back in March and later developed meningoencephalitis, a rare complication of the coronavirus, her…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A Michigan prisoner died from coronavirus just weeks before his parole. Sentenced as a juvenile, William Garrison served nearly 44 years of his sentence before succumbing to the virus. Garrison’s bunkmate found him struggling to breathe on Monday night in…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…