In the news
■ 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.