Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death: Tuesday, Aug. 9

Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man.U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings to individually sentence each of the defendants, starting with Travis McMichael, who shot Arbery with a shotgun after the street chase initiated by his father and joined by a neighbor.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/crime/ahmaud-arbery/ahmaud-arbery-sentencing-greg-travis-mcmichael-william-roddie-bryan-federal-hate-crime/85-99e3a176-5358-4a6b-ad5d-fc1c1ce52f03With monkeypox cases on the rise in the United States, the federal government has declared a public health emergency to bolster the response to the outbreak that has infected more than 7,500 Americans as of Aug. 5. Online searches show many people are wondering how monkeypox spreads. Several VERIFY viewers, including Becki and Rob, have asked us whether the virus can be transmitted by touching surfaces that have come in contact with a person who has monkeypox. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/verify/monkeypox-verify/monkeypox-transmission-spread-touching-contaminated-surfaces-risk-level-fact-check/536-a793bb82-adac-43ab-8df9-dad4c7f17a06Plus, Olivia Newton-John, the British-Australian actress and singer who became everyone's sweetheart with her portrayal of Sandy in "Grease," died Monday morning, according to an announcement posted on her official social media accounts. She was 73. Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!