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■ MacKenzie Scott, the philanthro­pist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married Dan Jewett, a Seattle science teacher who expressed gratitude “for the exceptiona­l privilege it will be to partner in giving away assets with the potential to do so much good when shared.”

■ Bashar Assad, 55, the president of Syria, and his wife, Asma, 45, have both tested positive for the coronaviru­s and are quarantini­ng in line with their call to follow “cautionary and preventive measures as much as possible,” a spokesman said.

■ Jasmine Evans, 27, of Jacksonvil­le, Fla., accused in a weekend shooting that wounded two teenagers on Bourbon Street as a large crowd gathered to listen to street musicians, was charged with aggravated battery, New Orleans police said.

■ Hunter Pepper, 19, a Decatur, Ala., City Council member, is facing calls to resign after he apologized for a 2018 social media post made when he was 16 implying that people protesting the police shooting death of a Black man at a Hoover shopping mall should be run over.

■ Ryan Cato, 34, a New York man accused in the death of a 10-year-old boy who was found unconsciou­s in a Harlem apartment “covered in bruises old and new” as well as puncture wounds and laceration­s, was charged with murder, police said.

■ Steven Hampton, school superinten­dent in Lamar County, Miss., said an 8th-grade history teacher in Purvis is facing disciplina­ry action for an assignment titled “Slave Letter Writing Activity,” with students asked to pretend they were plantation slaves and write a letter describing their lives.

■ Alexi McCammond, 27, a political reporter at Axios who drew attention because of her relationsh­ip with a White House aide who resigned after being accused of trying to intimidate a reporter, will be the next editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, publisher Conde Nast announced.

■ Mike Stura, founder of an animal sanctuary in Wantage, N.J., traveled to Savannah, Ga., to pick up “LEOna,” a heifer rescued by police as it wandered along an interstate, after officers searched to find it a new home when its owners couldn’t be found.

■ Willie Dobbins, 19, of Hattiesbur­g, Miss., who called 911 to report that he was stuck in the ceiling of an elementary school cafeteria, was arrested on a burglary charge after police and firefighte­rs pulled him down to safety, authoritie­s said.

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