In the news
■ Naia Tugwell and a stranger used a coat and a blanket to rescue a koala after it caused a five-car pileup while trying to cross a six-lane freeway in Adelaide, Australia, saying the animal was “very calm” after she placed it in her car where it held on to the steering wheel until animal-rescue workers arrived.
■ Eddie Santiago, transportation director in Milwaukee County, Wis., said melting and refreezing snow can create “a natural ramp” along highway barriers, after a driver survived his pickup careening over an interchange exit ramp wall and plummeting about 70 feet.
■ Pete Buttigieg, the new U.S. transportation secretary, is quarantining for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for the coronavirus and is taking “all necessary steps” to ensure there is no further spread, a spokesman said.
■ Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and a granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, has given birth to a boy, the queen’s ninth great-grandchild and 11th in line to the throne, Buckingham Palace announced.
■ Lonnie Richardson, 50, accused of threatening to kill a Wright County, Mo., judge, sheriff and their families, was arrested near Lebanon where he had barricaded himself inside a small camper, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
■ Scott Carter, chief life sciences officer at the Detroit Zoo, said zoo workers are devastated by the death of Anana, a 20-year-old female polar bear, who was killed by Nuka, a 16-year-old male bear, as he attempted to mate with her.
■ Derek Allen, an off-duty sheriff’s captain in LaPorte County, Ind., made a quick U-turn when he spotted a herd of about 75 Holstein calves running along a highway after escaping from a farm, turning on his lights and working with other officers and volunteer firefighters to corral the animals.
■ Sister Andre, a 116-yearold French nun who is believed to be the world’s second-oldest person, has survived having covid-19 and is looking forward to celebrating her 117th birthday Thursday.
■ Roy Ferguson, a judge in Alpine, Texas, is cautioning anyone attending court hearings on Zoom to make sure any filters are turned off before logging on, after an attorney accidentally joined a video court hearing while using a filter that made him appear like a fluffy white kitten.