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Kamala Harris suspends travel after staffer tests COVID-19 positive
Read full article: Kamala Harris suspends travel after staffer tests COVID-19 positiveJoe Bidenโs presidential campaign said Thursday that vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. The campaign said Biden had no exposure, though he and Harris spent several hours campaigning together in Arizona on Oct. 8. Harris was scheduled to travel Thursday to North Carolina for events encouraging voters to cast early ballots. The campaign told reporters Thursday morning that Harris' communications director and a traveling staff member for her travel to Arizona tested positive after that Oct. 8 trip. Harris and Biden spent several hours together that day through multiple campaign stops, private meetings and a joint appearance in front of reporters at an airport.
Detroit City Council staffer killed in apparent murder-suicide
Read full article: Detroit City Council staffer killed in apparent murder-suicideDETROIT โ Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and others in city hall are mourning the loss of a beloved staffer. Deandree Watson was killed in Westland during an apparent murder-suicide over the weekend. Watson worked as a policy analyst in the office of Detroit City Councilman James Tate. Our dear friend and colleague will forever be missed.โโI am shocked and deeply saddened by the passing of DeAndree Watson. I extend my deepest condolences to DeAndreeโs family, friends, Councilman James Tate, Detroit City Council and his many colleagues at the City of Detroit,โ Duggan wrote in a Facebook post.